§ 62A-7-402. Aiding or concealing youth offender -- Trespass -- Criminal penalties.

(1) A person who commits any of the following offenses is guilty of a class A misdemeanor:

(a) entering, or attempting to enter, a building or enclosure appropriated to the use of youth offenders, without permission;

(b) entering any premises belonging to a secure facility and committing or attempting to commit a trespass or damage on those premises; or

(c) willfully annoying or disturbing the peace and quiet of a secure facility or of a youth offender in a secure facility.

(2) A person is guilty of a third degree felony who:

(a) knowingly harbors or conceals a youth offender who has:

(i) escaped from a secure facility; or

(ii) absconded from:

(A) a facility or supervision; or

(B) supervision of the Division of Juvenile Justice Services; or

(b) willfully aided or assisted a youth offender who has been lawfully committed to a secure facility in escaping or attempting to escape from that facility.

(3) As used in this section:

(a) a youth offender absconds from a facility when he:

(i) leaves the facility without permission; or

(ii) fails to return at a prescribed time.

(b) A youth offender absconds from supervision when he:

(i) changes his residence from the residence that he reported to the division as his correct address to another residence, without notifying the Division of Juvenile Justice Services or obtaining permission; or

(ii) for the purpose of avoiding supervision:

(A) hides at a different location from his reported residence; or

(B) leaves his reported residence.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 13, 2005 General Session