Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 53G-8-603 - Criminal trespass upon school property - Penalty(1) A person is guilty of criminal trespass upon school property if the person does the following: (a) enters or remains unlawfully upon school property, and: (i) intends to cause annoyance or injury to a person or damage to property on the school property;(ii) intends to commit a crime; or(iii) is reckless as to whether the person's presence will cause fear for the safety of another; or(b) enters or remains without authorization upon school property if notice against entry or remaining has been given by: (i) personal communication to the person by a school official or an individual with apparent authority to act for a school official;(ii) the posting of signs reasonably likely to come to the attention of trespassers;(iii) fencing or other enclosure obviously designed to exclude trespassers; or(iv) a current order of suspension or expulsion.(2) As used in this section: (a) "Enter" means intrusion of the entire body.(b) "School official" means a public or private school administrator or person in charge of a school program or activity.(c) "School property" means real property owned or occupied by a public or private school, including real property temporarily occupied for a school activity or program.(3) Violation of this section is a class B misdemeanor.Renumbered from § 53A-3-503 by Chapter 3, 2018 General Session ,§ 283, eff. 1/24/2018.Amended by Chapter 78, 1990 General Session