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2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 3 - Obstructing Governmental Operations › Section 311.5 - Aiding or concealing a juvenile offender -- Trespass of a secure care facility -- Criminal penalties.

Effective 9/1/2021
76-8-311.5.
Aiding or concealing a juvenile offender -- Trespass of a secure care facility -- Criminal penalties.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Division" means the Division of Juvenile Justice Services created in Section 80-5-103.
(b) "Juvenile offender" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102.
(c) "Secure care" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102.
(d) "Secure care facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102.
(2) An individual 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 juvenile offenders, without permission;
(b) entering any premises belonging to a secure care facility and committing or attempting to commit a trespass or damage on the premises of a secure care facility; or
(c) willfully annoying or disturbing the peace and quiet of a secure care facility or of a juvenile offender in a secure care facility.
(3) An individual is guilty of a third degree felony who:
(a) knowingly harbors or conceals a juvenile offender who has:
(i) escaped from secure care; or
(ii) as described in Subsection (4), absconded from:
(A) a facility or supervision; or
(B) supervision of the division; or
(b) willfully aided or assisted a juvenile offender who has been lawfully committed to a secure care facility in escaping or attempting to escape from the secure care facility.
(4) As used in this section:
(a) a juvenile offender absconds from a facility under this section when the juvenile offender:
(i) leaves the facility without permission; or
(ii) fails to return at a prescribed time.
(b) A juvenile offender absconds from supervision when the juvenile offender:
(i) changes the juvenile offender's residence from the residence that the juvenile offender reported to the division as the juvenile offender's correct address to another residence, without notifying the division or obtaining permission; or
(ii) for the purpose of avoiding supervision:
(A) hides at a different location from the juvenile offender's reported residence; or
(B) leaves the juvenile offender's reported residence.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 261, 2021 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 3 - Obstructing Governmental Operations › Section 312 - Bail-jumping.

76-8-312.
Bail-jumping.
(1) A person is guilty of an offense when having been released on bail or on his own recognizance by court order or by other lawful authority upon condition that he subsequently appear personally upon a charge of an offense, he fails without just cause to appear at the time and place which have been lawfully designated for his appearance.
(2) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree when the offense charged is a felony, a class B misdemeanor when the offense charged is a misdemeanor, and an infraction when the offense charged is an infraction.
Amended by Chapter 32, 1974 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 3 - Obstructing Governmental Operations › Section 313 - Threatening elected officials -- Assault.

76-8-313.
Threatening elected officials -- Assault.
A person commits assault on an elected official when he attempts or threatens, irrespective of a showing of immediate force or violence, to inflict bodily injury to the elected official with the intent to impede, intimidate, or interfere with the elected official in the performance of his official duties or with the intent to retaliate against the elected official because of the performance of his official duties.
Amended by Chapter 45, 1996 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 3 - Obstructing Governmental Operations › Section 314 - Threatening elected officials -- "Elected official" defined.

76-8-314.
Threatening elected officials -- "Elected official" defined.
As used in this section, "elected official" means:
(1) any elected official of the state, county, or city and includes the members of the official's immediate family;
(2) any temporary judge appointed to fill a vacant judicial position;
(3) any judge not yet retained by a retention election;
(4) any member of a school board; and
(5) any person appointed to fill a vacant position of an elected official as defined in Subsection (1).
Amended by Chapter 45, 1996 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 3 - Obstructing Governmental Operations › Section 315 - Threatening elected officials -- Penalties for assault.

76-8-315.
Threatening elected officials -- Penalties for assault.
Assault on an elected official is a felony of the third degree if bodily injury is attempted or occurs, otherwise the assault is a class B misdemeanor.
Enacted by Chapter 330, 1983 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 3 - Obstructing Governmental Operations › Section 316 - Influencing, impeding, or retaliating against a judge or member of the Board of Pardons and Parole or acting against a family member of a judge or a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole.

Effective 5/4/2022
76-8-316.
Influencing, impeding, or retaliating against a judge or member of the Board of Pardons and Parole or acting against a family member of a judge or a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Board member" means an appointed member of the Board of Pardons and Parole.
(b) "Family member" means parents, spouse, surviving spouse, children, and siblings of a judge or board member.
(c) "Judge" means judges of all courts of record and courts not of record and court commissioners.
(2) A person is guilty of a third degree felony if the person threatens to assault, kidnap, or murder a judge, a family member of a judge, a board member, or a family member of a board member with the intent to impede, intimidate, or interfere with the judge or board member while engaged in the performance of the judge's or board member's official duties or with the intent to retaliate against the judge or board member on account of the performance of those official duties.
(3) A person is guilty of a second degree felony if the person commits an assault on a judge, a family member of a judge, a board member, or a family member of a board member with the intent to impede, intimidate, or interfere with the judge or board member while engaged in the performance of the judge's or board member's official duties, or with the intent to retaliate against the judge or board member on account of the performance of those official duties.
(4) A person is guilty of a first degree felony if the person commits aggravated assault on a judge, a family member of a judge, a board member, or a family member of a board member with the intent to impede, intimidate, or interfere with the judge or board member while engaged in the performance of the judge's or board member's official duties or with the intent to retaliate against the judge or board member on account of the performance of those official duties.
(5) A person is guilty of a first degree felony if the person commits attempted murder on a family member of a judge or a family member of a board member with the intent to impede, intimidate, or interfere with the judge or board member while engaged in the performance of the judge's or board member's official duties or with the intent to retaliate against the judge or board member on account of the performance of those official duties.
(6) A member of the Board of Pardons and Parole is an executive officer for purposes of Subsection 76-5-202(2)(a)(xiii).
Amended by Chapter 181, 2022 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 3 - Obstructing Governmental Operations › Section 317 - Refusal to comply with order to evacuate or other orders issued in a local or state emergency -- Penalties.

76-8-317.
Refusal to comply with order to evacuate or other orders issued in a local or state emergency -- Penalties.
(1) A person may not refuse to comply with an order to evacuate issued under this chapter or refuse to comply with any other order issued by the governor in a state of an emergency under Section 53-2a-204 or by a chief executive officer in a local emergency under Section 53-2a-205, if notice of the order has been given to that person.
(2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Amended by Chapter 295, 2013 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 3 - Obstructing Governmental Operations › Section 318 - Assault or threat of violence against child welfare worker -- Penalty.

Effective 9/1/2022
76-8-318.
Assault or threat of violence against child welfare worker -- Penalty.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Assault" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-5-102.
(b) "Child welfare worker" means an employee of the Division of Child and Family Services created in Section 80-2-201.
(c) "Threat of violence" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-5-107.
(2) An individual who commits an assault or threat of violence against a child welfare worker is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if:
(a) the individual is not:
(i) a prisoner or an individual detained under Section 77-7-15; or
(ii) a minor in the custody of or receiving services from a division within the Department of Human Services;
(b) the individual knew that the victim was a child welfare worker; and
(c) the child welfare worker was acting within the scope of the child welfare worker's authority at the time of the assault or threat of violence.
(3) An individual who violates this section is guilty of a third degree felony if the individual:
(a) causes substantial bodily injury, as defined in Section 76-1-101.5; and
(b) acts intentionally or knowingly.
Amended by Chapter 181, 2022 General Session
Amended by Chapter 335, 2022 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 4 - Offenses Against Public Property › Section 403 - Failure to keep and pay over public money.

Effective 5/12/2020
76-8-403.
Failure to keep and pay over public money.
Except as otherwise provided in Subsection 76-8-402(4), a person who receives, safekeeps, transfers, or disburses public money who neglects or fails to keep and pay over the money in the manner prescribed by law is guilty of a felony of the third degree.
Amended by Chapter 61, 2020 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 4 - Offenses Against Public Property › Section 404 - Making profit from or misusing public money or public property -- Disqualification from office -- Criminal penalty.

Effective 5/12/2020
76-8-404.
Making profit from or misusing public money or public property -- Disqualification from office -- Criminal penalty.
A public officer, regardless of whether the public officer receives, safekeeps, transfers, disburses, or has a fiduciary relationship with public money, who makes a profit from or out of public money or public property, or who uses public money or public property in a manner or for a purpose not authorized by law and is convicted of a felony under Section 76-8-402 is, in addition to the punishment provided by law, disqualified from holding public office.
Amended by Chapter 61, 2020 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 4 - Offenses Against Public Property › Section 405 - Failure to pay over fine, forfeiture, or fee.

76-8-405.
Failure to pay over fine, forfeiture, or fee.
Every public officer who receives any fine, forfeiture, or fee and refuses or neglects to pay it over within the time prescribed by law is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 4 - Offenses Against Public Property › Section 406 - Obstructing collection of revenue.

76-8-406.
Obstructing collection of revenue.
Every person who willfully obstructs or hinders any public officer from collecting any revenue, taxes, or other sums of money in which the people of this state are interested, and which such officer is by law empowered to collect, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 4 - Offenses Against Public Property › Section 407 - Refusing to give tax assessment information, or giving false information.

76-8-407.
Refusing to give tax assessment information, or giving false information.
Every person who unlawfully refuses, upon demand, to give to any county assessor or deputy county assessor a list of his property subject to taxation, or to swear to such list, or who gives a false name, or fraudulently refuses to give his true name when demanded by the assessor in the discharge of his official duties, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 4 - Offenses Against Public Property › Section 408 - Giving false tax receipt or failing to give receipt.

76-8-408.
Giving false tax receipt or failing to give receipt.
Every person who uses or gives any receipt, except that prescribed by law, as evidence of the payment for any tax or license of any kind, or who receives payment for the tax or license without delivering the receipt prescribed by law, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 4 - Offenses Against Public Property › Section 409 - Refusing to give tax assessor or tax or license collector list of, or denying access to, employees.

76-8-409.
Refusing to give tax assessor or tax or license collector list of, or denying access to, employees.
Every person who, when requested by the assessor or collector of taxes or license fees, refuses to give to the assessor or collector the name and residence of each person in his employ, or to give the assessor or collector access to the building or place of employment, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Amended by Chapter 5, 1991 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 4 - Offenses Against Public Property › Section 410 - Doing business without license.

76-8-410.
Doing business without license.
Every person who commences or carries on any business, trade, profession, or calling, for the transaction or carrying on of which a license is required by any law, or by any county, city, or town ordinance, without taking out the license required by law or ordinance is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 4 - Offenses Against Public Property › Section 411 - Trafficking in warrants.

76-8-411.
Trafficking in warrants.
No state, county, city, town, or district officer shall, either directly or indirectly, contract for or purchase any warrant or order issued by the state, county, city, town, or district of which he is an officer, at any discount whatever upon the sum due on the warrant or order, and, if any state, county, city, town, or district officer shall so contract for or purchase any such order or warrant on a discount, he is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 4 - Offenses Against Public Property › Section 412 - Stealing, destroying or mutilating public records by custodian.

76-8-412.
Stealing, destroying or mutilating public records by custodian.
Every officer having the custody of any record, map, or book, or of any paper or proceedings of any court, filed or deposited in any public office, or placed in his hands for any purpose, who is guilty of stealing, willfully destroying, mutilating, defacing, altering, falsifying, removing, or secreting the whole or any part thereof, or who permits any other person so to do, is guilty of a felony of the third degree.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 4 - Offenses Against Public Property › Section 413 - Stealing, destroying or mutilating public records by one not custodian.

76-8-413.
Stealing, destroying or mutilating public records by one not custodian.
Every person, not an officer such as is referred to in the preceding section, who is guilty of any of the acts specified in that section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 4 - Offenses Against Public Property › Section 414 - Recording false or forged instruments.

76-8-414.
Recording false or forged instruments.
Every person who knowingly procures or offers any false or forged instrument to be filed, registered, or recorded in any public office, which instrument, if genuine, might be filed or registered or recorded under any law of this state or of the United States, is guilty of a felony of the third degree.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 4 - Offenses Against Public Property › Section 415 - Damaging or removing monuments of official surveys.

76-8-415.
Damaging or removing monuments of official surveys.
Every person who willfully injures, defaces, or removes any signal, monument, building, or appurtenance thereto, placed, erected, or used by persons engaged in the United States or state survey is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 4 - Offenses Against Public Property › Section 416 - Taking toll or maintaining road, bridge, or ferry without authority -- Refusal to pay lawful toll.

76-8-416.
Taking toll or maintaining road, bridge, or ferry without authority -- Refusal to pay lawful toll.
Any person who demands or receives compensation for the use of any bridge or ferry, or who sets up or keeps any road, bridge, or ferry, or constructed ford, for the purpose of receiving remuneration for its use without authority of law; and any person who refuses to pay on demand the compensation or fee authorized to be collected for use of a licensed toll road, bridge, ferry, or constructed ford after having used it is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 4 - Offenses Against Public Property › Section 417 - Tampering with official notice or proclamation.

76-8-417.
Tampering with official notice or proclamation.
Every person who intentionally defaces, obliterates, tears down, or destroys any copy or transcript or extract from or of any law of the United States or of this state, or any proclamation, advertisement, or notice, set up at any place in this state by authority of any law of the United States or of this state, or by order of any court or of any public officer, before the expiration of the time for which the same was to remain set up, is guilty of an infraction.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 4 - Offenses Against Public Property › Section 418 - Damaging jails or other places of confinement.

Effective 9/1/2022
76-8-418.
Damaging jails or other places of confinement.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Child" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102.
(b) "Detention facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102.
(c) "Secure care facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102.
(d) "Shelter facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102.
(2) A person who willfully and intentionally breaks down, pulls down, destroys, floods, or otherwise damages any public jail or other place of confinement, including a detention facility, a shelter facility, or a secure care facility, is guilty of a felony of the third degree.
(3) This section is applicable to a child who willfully and intentionally commits an offense against a public jail, a detention facility, a shelter facility, or a secure care facility.
Amended by Chapter 335, 2022 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 4 - Offenses Against Public Property › Section 419 - Damaging highways or bridges.

76-8-419.
Damaging highways or bridges.
(1) Every person who intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly digs up, removes, displaces, breaks, or otherwise damages or destroys any public highway, or any private way laid out by authority of law, or any bridge upon the highway or private way is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(2) If the violation of this section constitutes an offense subject to a greater penalty under another provision of Title 76, Utah Criminal Code, than is provided under this section, this section does not prohibit the prosecution and sentencing for the offense subject to a greater penalty.
Amended by Chapter 166, 2002 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 4 - Offenses Against Public Property › Section 420 - Removing or damaging road signs.

76-8-420.
Removing or damaging road signs.
Every person who intentionally or knowingly removes or injures any milepost or milestone or guidepost or any inscription on them, erected upon any highway, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Amended by Chapter 229, 2007 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 5 - Falsification in Official Matters › Section 501 - Definitions.

Effective 5/8/2018
76-8-501.
Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "False statement" includes a false unsworn declaration, with "unsworn declaration" being defined in Section 78B-18a-102.
(2) "Material" means capable of affecting the course or outcome of an official proceeding, unless the person who made the statement or provided the information retracts the statement or information before the earlier of:
(a) the end of the official proceeding in which the statement was made or the information was provided;
(b) when it becomes manifest that the false or misleading nature of the statement or information has been or will be exposed; or
(c) when the statement or information substantially affects the proceeding.
(3) "Official proceeding" means:
(a) any proceeding before:
(i) a legislative, judicial, administrative, or other governmental body or official authorized by law to take evidence under oath or affirmation;
(ii) a notary; or
(iii) a person that takes evidence in connection with a proceeding described in Subsection (3)(a)(i);
(b) any civil or administrative action, trial, examination under oath, administrative proceeding, or other civil or administrative adjudicative process; or
(c) an investigation or audit conducted by:
(i) the Legislature, or a house, committee, subcommittee, or task force of the Legislature; or
(ii) an employee or independent contractor of an entity described in Subsection (3)(c)(i), at or under the direction of an entity described in Subsection (3)(c)(i).
Amended by Chapter 298, 2018 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 5 - Falsification in Official Matters › Section 502 - False or inconsistent material statements.

76-8-502.
False or inconsistent material statements.
A person is guilty of a felony of the second degree if in any official proceeding:
(1) He makes a false material statement under oath or affirmation or swears or affirms the truth of a material statement previously made and he does not believe the statement to be true; or
(2) He makes inconsistent material statements under oath or affirmation, both within the period of limitations, one of which is false and not believed by him to be true.
Amended by Chapter 324, 1997 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 5 - Falsification in Official Matters › Section 503 - False or inconsistent statements.

Effective 5/13/2014
76-8-503.
False or inconsistent statements.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), a person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if:
(a) the person makes a false statement under oath or affirmation or swears or affirms the truth of the statement previously made and the person does not believe the statement to be true if:
(i) the falsification occurs in an official proceeding, or is made with a purpose to mislead a public servant in performing the public servant's official functions; or
(ii) the statement is one that is authorized by law to be sworn or affirmed before a notary or other person authorized to administer oaths; or
(b) the person makes inconsistent statements under oath or affirmation, both within the period of limitations, one of which is false and not believed by the person to be true.
(2) Subsection (1) does not include obstructing a legislative proceeding, as described in Section 36-12-9.5.
(3) A person is not guilty under this section if the person retracts the falsification before it becomes manifest that the falsification has been or will be exposed.
Amended by Chapter 167, 2014 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 5 - Falsification in Official Matters › Section 504 - Written false statement.

Effective 5/4/2022
76-8-504.
Written false statement.
(1) An actor commits the offense of written false statement if:
(a) the actor makes a statement that the actor does not believe to be true on or under a form bearing a notification authorized by law to the effect that false statements made therein are punishable; or
(b) with intent to deceive a public servant in the performance of the public servant's official function, the actor:
(i) makes a written false statement that the actor does not believe to be true;
(ii) knowingly creates a false impression in a written application for a pecuniary or other benefit by omitting information necessary to prevent a statement in the application from being misleading;
(iii) submits or invites reliance on a writing that the actor knows to be lacking in authenticity; or
(iv) submits or invites reliance on a sample, specimen, map, boundary mark, or other object that the actor knows to be false.
(2)
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), a violation of Subsection (1) is a class B misdemeanor.
(b) A violation of Subsection (1) is a third degree felony if the false statement is on a financial declaration described in Section 77-38b-204.
(3) It is not an offense under this section if the actor retracts the falsification before it becomes manifest that the falsification was or would be exposed.
Amended by Chapter 328, 2022 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 5 - Falsification in Official Matters › Section 504.5 - False statements -- Preliminary hearing.

76-8-504.5.
False statements -- Preliminary hearing.
(1) A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if the person makes a false statement:
(a) which the person does not believe to be true;
(b) that the person has reason to believe will be used in a preliminary hearing; and
(c) after having been notified either verbally or in writing that:
(i) the statement may be used in a preliminary hearing before a magistrate or a judge; and
(ii) if the person makes a false statement after having received this notification, he is subject to a criminal penalty.
(2) Notification under Subsection (1) is sufficient if it is verbal or written and is in substantially the following form: "You are notified that statements you are about to make may be presented to a magistrate or a judge in lieu of your sworn testimony at a preliminary examination. Any false statement you make and that you do not believe to be true may subject you to criminal punishment as a class A misdemeanor."
Enacted by Chapter 215, 1999 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 5 - Falsification in Official Matters › Section 504.6 - False or misleading information.

Effective 5/12/2015
76-8-504.6.
False or misleading information.
(1) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if the person, not under oath or affirmation, intentionally or knowingly provides false or misleading material information to:
(a) an officer of the court for the purpose of influencing a criminal proceeding; or
(b) the Bureau of Criminal Identification for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of eligibility for:
(i) expungement; or
(ii) removal of the person's name from the White Collar Crime Registry created in Title 77, Chapter 42, Utah White Collar Crime Offender Registry.
(2) For the purposes of this section "officer of the court" means:
(a) prosecutor;
(b) judge;
(c) court clerk;
(d) interpreter;
(e) presentence investigator;
(f) probation officer;
(g) parole officer; and
(h) any other person reasonably believed to be gathering information for a criminal proceeding.
(3) This section does not apply under circumstances amounting to Section 76-8-306 or any other provision of this code carrying a greater penalty.
Amended by Chapter 131, 2015 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 5 - Falsification in Official Matters › Section 505 - False or inconsistent statements -- Proof of falsity of statements -- Irregularities no defense.

76-8-505.
False or inconsistent statements -- Proof of falsity of statements -- Irregularities no defense.
(1) On any prosecution for a violation of Subsection 76-8-502(1) or 76-8-503(1)(a), falsity of a statement may not be established solely through contradiction by the testimony of a single witness.
(2) In prosecutions for violation of Subsection 76-8-502(2) or 76-8-503(1)(b), it need not be alleged or proved which of the statements are false but only that one or the other is false and not believed by the defendant to be true.
(3) It is not a defense to a charge under this part that the oath or affirmation was administered or taken in an irregular manner.
Amended by Chapter 324, 1997 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 5 - Falsification in Official Matters › Section 506 - Providing false information to law enforcement officers, government agencies, or specified professionals.

76-8-506.
Providing false information to law enforcement officers, government agencies, or specified professionals.
A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if he:
(1) knowingly gives or causes to be given false information to any peace officer or any state or local government agency or personnel with a purpose of inducing the recipient of the information to believe that another has committed an offense;
(2) knowingly gives or causes to be given to any peace officer, any state or local government agency or personnel, or to any person licensed in this state to practice social work, psychology, or marriage and family therapy, information concerning the commission of an offense, knowing that the offense did not occur or knowing that he has no information relating to the offense or danger; or
(3) knowingly gives or causes to be given false information to any state or local government agency or personnel with a purpose of inducing a change in the person's licensing or certification status or the licensing or certification status of another.
Amended by Chapter 92, 2005 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 5 - Falsification in Official Matters › Section 507 - False personal information to peace officer.

76-8-507.
False personal information to peace officer.
(1) A person commits a class C misdemeanor if, with intent of misleading a peace officer as to the person's identity, birth date, or place of residence, the person knowingly gives a false name, birth date, or address to a peace officer in the lawful discharge of the peace officer's official duties.
(2) A person commits a class A misdemeanor if, with the intent of leading a peace officer to believe that the person is another actual person, he gives the name, birth date, or address of another person to a peace officer acting in the lawful discharge of the peace officer's official duties.
Amended by Chapter 42, 2002 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 5 - Falsification in Official Matters › Section 508 - Tampering with witness -- Receiving or soliciting a bribe.

76-8-508.
Tampering with witness -- Receiving or soliciting a bribe.
(1) A person is guilty of the third degree felony of tampering with a witness if, believing that an official proceeding or investigation is pending or about to be instituted, or with the intent to prevent an official proceeding or investigation, he attempts to induce or otherwise cause another person to:
(a) testify or inform falsely;
(b) withhold any testimony, information, document, or item;
(c) elude legal process summoning him to provide evidence; or
(d) absent himself from any proceeding or investigation to which he has been summoned.
(2) A person is guilty of the third degree felony of soliciting or receiving a bribe as a witness if he solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit in consideration of his doing any of the acts specified under Subsection (1).
(3) The offense of tampering with a witness or soliciting or receiving a bribe under this section does not merge with any other substantive offense committed in the course of committing any offense under this section.
Amended by Chapter 140, 2004 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 5 - Falsification in Official Matters › Section 508.3 - Retaliation against a witness, victim, or informant.

76-8-508.3.
Retaliation against a witness, victim, or informant.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) A person is "closely associated" with a witness, victim, or informant if the person is a member of the witness', victim's, or informant's family, has a close personal or business relationship with the witness or victim, or resides in the same household with the witness, victim, or informant.
(b) "Harm" means physical, emotional, or economic injury or damage to a person or to his property, reputation, or business interests.
(2) A person is guilty of the third degree felony of retaliation against a witness, victim, or informant if, believing that an official proceeding or investigation is pending, is about to be instituted, or has been concluded, he:
(a)
(i) makes a threat of harm; or
(ii) causes harm; and
(b) directs the threat or action:
(i) against a witness or an informant regarding any official proceeding, a victim of any crime, or any person closely associated with a witness, victim, or informant; and
(ii) as retaliation or retribution against the witness, victim, or informant.
(3) This section does not prohibit any person from seeking any legal redress to which the person is otherwise entitled.
(4) The offense of retaliation against a witness, victim, or informant under this section does not merge with any other substantive offense committed in the course of committing any offense under this section.
Enacted by Chapter 140, 2004 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 5 - Falsification in Official Matters › Section 508.5 - Tampering with juror -- Retaliation against juror -- Penalty.

76-8-508.5.
Tampering with juror -- Retaliation against juror -- Penalty.
(1) As used in this section "juror" means a person:
(a) summoned for jury duty; or
(b) serving as or having served as a juror or alternate juror in any court or as a juror on any grand jury of the state.
(2) A person is guilty of tampering with a juror if he attempts to or actually influences a juror in the discharge of the juror's service by:
(a) communicating with the juror by any means, directly or indirectly, except for attorneys in lawful discharge of their duties in open court;
(b) offering, conferring, or agreeing to confer any benefit upon the juror; or
(c) communicating to the juror a threat that a reasonable person would believe to be a threat to injure:
(i) the juror's person or property; or
(ii) the person or property of any other person in whose welfare the juror is interested.
(3) A person is guilty of tampering with a juror if he commits any unlawful act in retaliation for anything done by the juror in the discharge of the juror's service:
(a) to the juror's person or property; or
(b) to the person or property of any other person in whose welfare the juror is interested.
(4) Tampering with a juror is a third degree felony.
Amended by Chapter 219, 1992 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 5 - Falsification in Official Matters › Section 509 - Extortion or bribery to dismiss criminal proceeding.

76-8-509.
Extortion or bribery to dismiss criminal proceeding.
(1) A person is guilty of a felony of the second degree if by the use of force or by any threat which would constitute a means of committing the crime of theft by extortion under this code, if the threat were employed to obtain property, or by promise of any reward or pecuniary benefits, he attempts to induce an alleged victim of a crime to secure the dismissal of or to prevent the filing of a criminal complaint, indictment, or information.
(2) "Victim," as used in this section, includes a child or other person under the care or custody of a parent or guardian.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 5 - Falsification in Official Matters › Section 510.5 - Tampering with evidence -- Definitions -- Elements -- Penalties.

Effective 5/13/2014
76-8-510.5.
Tampering with evidence -- Definitions -- Elements -- Penalties.
(1) As used in this section, "thing or item" includes any document, record book, paper, file, electronic compilation, or other evidence.
(2) A person is guilty of tampering with evidence if, believing that an official proceeding or investigation is pending or about to be instituted, or with the intent to prevent an official proceeding or investigation or to prevent the production of any thing or item which reasonably would be anticipated to be evidence in the official proceeding or investigation, the person knowingly or intentionally:
(a) alters, destroys, conceals, or removes any thing or item with the purpose of impairing the veracity or availability of the thing or item in the proceeding or investigation; or
(b) makes, presents, or uses any thing or item which the person knows to be false with the purpose of deceiving a public servant or any other party who is or may be engaged in the proceeding or investigation.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to any offense that amounts to a violation of Section 76-8-306.
(4)
(a) Tampering with evidence is a third degree felony if the offense is committed in conjunction with an official proceeding.
(b) Any violation of this section except under Subsection (4)(a) is a class A misdemeanor.
Amended by Chapter 167, 2014 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 5 - Falsification in Official Matters › Section 511 - Falsification or alteration of government record -- Penalty.

76-8-511.
Falsification or alteration of government record -- Penalty.
A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if under circumstances not amounting to an offense subject to a greater penalty under Title 76, Chapter 6, Part 5, Fraud, the person:
(1) knowingly makes a false entry in or false alteration of anything belonging to, received, or kept by the government for information or record, or required by law to be kept for information of the government;
(2) presents or uses anything knowing it to be false and with a purpose that it be taken as a genuine part of information or records referred to in Subsection (1); or
(3) intentionally destroys, conceals, or otherwise impairs the verity or availability of the information or records, knowing that the destruction, concealment, or impairment is unlawful.
Amended by Chapter 238, 2003 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 5 - Falsification in Official Matters › Section 512 - Impersonation of officer.

76-8-512.
Impersonation of officer.
A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor who:
(1) impersonates a public servant or a peace officer with intent to deceive another or with intent to induce another to submit to his pretended official authority or to rely upon his pretended official act;
(2) falsely states he is a public servant or a peace officer with intent to deceive another or to induce another to submit to his pretended official authority or to rely upon his pretended official act; or
(3) displays or possesses without authority any badge, identification card, other form of identification, any restraint device, or the uniform of any state or local governmental entity, or a reasonable facsimile of any of these items, with the intent to deceive another or with the intent to induce another to submit to his pretended official authority or to rely upon his pretended official act.
Amended by Chapter 4, 2013 Special Session 1
Amended by Chapter 4, 2013 Special Session 1
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 5 - Falsification in Official Matters › Section 513 - False judicial or official notice.

76-8-513.
False judicial or official notice.
A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor who, with a purpose to procure the compliance of another with a request made by the person, knowingly sends, mails, or delivers to the person a notice or other writing which has no judicial or other sanction but which in its format or appearance simulates a summons, complaint, court order, or process, or an insignia, seal, or printed form of a federal, state, or local government or an instrumentality thereof, or is otherwise calculated to induce a belief that it does have a judicial or other official sanction.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 5 - Falsification in Official Matters › Section 515 - Impersonation of a utility officer or employee.

Effective 5/3/2023
76-8-515.
Impersonation of a utility officer or employee.
(1)
(a) As used in this section:
(i) "Critical infrastructure facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-6-106.3.
(ii) "Sabotage" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-8-901.
(iii) "Terrorism" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-2a-102.
(iv) "Utility" means a private or governmental entity operating a critical infrastructure facility.
(b) Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section.
(2) An actor commits impersonation of a utility officer or employee if the actor, without authority from a utility:
(a) intends to lead an individual to believe that the actor is acting on behalf of the utility in an official capacity; and
(b) attempts to act on behalf of the utility.
(3)
(a) A violation of Subsection (2) is a class A misdemeanor.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), a violation of Subsection (2) is a third degree felony if the actor, while taking the action described in Subsection (2), intends to commit an act of terrorism or sabotage.
Enacted by Chapter 179, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 6 - Abuse of Process › Section 601 - Wrongful commencement of action in justice court.

76-8-601.
Wrongful commencement of action in justice court.
Any party to any suit or proceeding, and any attorney or agent for the party, who knowingly commences, prosecutes, or maintains any action, suit, or proceeding in any justice court other than as provided in Sections 78A-7-105 and 78A-7-106, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 6 - Abuse of Process › Section 602 - Assuming liability for conferring jurisdiction upon justice court judge.

76-8-602.
Assuming liability for conferring jurisdiction upon justice court judge.
Any person who binds himself, or voluntarily becomes liable jointly or jointly and severally with any other person, for the purpose of conferring jurisdiction of any cause upon any justice court judge in any precinct or city that would be without jurisdiction except for the liability of the joint obligor, and any person who induces a person to assume the liability for the purpose of conferring jurisdiction upon the justice court judge, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Amended by Chapter 59, 1990 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code › Chapter 8 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government › Part 6 - Abuse of Process › Section 603 - Wrongful attachment by justice court judge -- Liability.

76-8-603.
Wrongful attachment by justice court judge -- Liability.
It is unlawful for any justice court judge to issue any writ of attachment, and for any party, agent, or attorney of the party, to advise, induce, or procure the issuance thereof, in any action, suit, or proceeding before the affidavit is filed, or where the affidavit filed does not conform substantially with the requirements of Rule 64C of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor and shall be liable to the person whose property, credits, money, or earnings are attached for double the value of the attached property, together with all costs paid by him, and all damages incurred in the attachment proceedings.
Amended by Chapter 59, 1990 General Session