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Utah Code § 40-6-12: Evasion of chapter or orders -- Penalties -- Limitation of actions.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 40 Mines and Mining
  2. Chapter 40-6 Board and Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining

(1)

(a) A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if, for the purpose of evading this chapter or any order of the board, he is convicted of any of the following:

(i) making or causing to be made any false entry in any report, record, account, or memorandum required by this chapter or by any order;

(ii) omitting or causing to be omitted from any report, record, account, or memorandum, full, true, and correct entries as required by this chapter or by any order; or

(iii) removing from this state or destroying, mutilating, altering, or falsifying any record, account, or memorandum.

(b) Upon conviction under Subsection (1), a person is subject to a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both fine and imprisonment.

(2) Any suit, action, or other proceeding based upon a violation of this section may be commenced only within one year from the date of the alleged violation.

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