Sex offenses are sexual acts that are prohibited by law; they are also called sex crimes. Some sex offenses are crimes of violence that involve sex. Others are violations of social taboos, or sexual acts that society considers to be inappropriate and against social norms. In addition, some sexual activities are considered crimes even if they are freely consented to.

If you are accused of a sexual offense against someone you live with, it can be charged as a domestic violence sexual offense.

In Utah, the types of sexual activity that are generally prohibited by law include sexual activity involving children, and any act where there is harassment, nuisance, fear, injury or assault of a sexual nature, the absence of consent, or a risk of abuse in certain professional relationships. Under Utah law, pornographic material of children is prohibited to possess, view, distribute, create, or permit to be created.

• How Utah Law defines 'Consent'
• Aggravated Sexual Assault (Utah Code Ann. §76-5-405)
• Forcible Sexual Abuse (Utah Code Ann. §76-5-404)
• Sexual Abuse of a Minor (Utah Code Ann. §76-5-401.1)
• Sodomy (Utah Code Ann. §76-5-403)
• Forcible Sodomy (Utah Code Ann. §76-5-403)
• Sodomy on a Child (Utah Code Ann. §76-5-403.1)
• Rape (Utah Code Ann. §76-5-402)
• Rape of a Child (Utah Code Ann. §76-5-402.1)
• Object Rape (Utah Code Ann. §76-5-402.2)
• Object Rape of a Child (Utah Code Ann. §76-5-402.3)
• Unlawful Sexual Activity with a Minor (Utah Code Ann. §76-5-401)
• Unlawful Sexual Conduct with a 16 or 17 Year Old (Utah Code Ann. §76-5-401.2)