Jurisdiction for Swine - Enforcement and Penalties - Utah

A person is guilty of a third degree felony if the person releases a:

(1) swine on public or private property for hunting purposes; or

(2) feral swine on public or private property for any purpose.

Citation: U.C.A. § 4-25-302.

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(3)

(a) Notwithstanding Section 76-9-301, and subject to the requirements of this section, an individual may kill a feral swine roaming on private or public land.

(b) An individual shall obtain the consent of the landowner before killing a feral swine on private land.

(c) Feral swine may be killed:

(i) year-round;

(ii) in any number; and

(iii) with a firearm, bow and arrow, or crossbow.

(4) Feral swine may not be hunted or killed under Subsection (3)(c):

(a) with the use of artificial light or night vision equipment, except as authorized by county ordinance(,) or

(b) from or with any airborne vehicle or device, except as provided in Section 4-23-106.

(5) An individual may not receive compensation, or attempt to receive compensation, from hunting feral swine

(6) An authorized individual who kills a swine under this section is not liable to the owner for the loss of the swine, unless:

(a) the swine is conspicuously identified by an ear tag or other form of visual identification; and

(b) the individual who killed the swine knew the swine was identified by an ear tag or other form of usual identification.

Citation: U.C.A. § 4-25-303.