{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-13-49-401","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 13-49-401","heading":"Unlawful acts.","body":"(1) It is unlawful for an immigration consultant to:\n(a) make a false or misleading statement to a client while providing a service to the client;\n(b) make a guarantee or promise to a client, unless the guarantee or promise is in writing and the immigration consultant has some basis in fact for making the guarantee or promise;\n(c) make a statement that the immigration consultant can or will obtain a special favor from or has special influence with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, or any other governmental agency, employee, or official, that may have a bearing on a client's immigration matter;\n(d) charge a client a fee for the referral of the client to another person for services that the immigration consultant cannot or will not provide to the client;\n(e) represent that the division or the state endorses the immigration consultant;\n(f) omit from a filing with the division a material statement of fact this chapter or a rule the division makes in accordance with this chapter requires; or\n(g) include in a filing with the division a material statement of fact that the immigration consultant or immigration consultant's principal knows or should know is false, deceptive, inaccurate, or misleading.\n(2) An immigration consultant may not translate a document or other information in a way that falsely represents or implies that the immigration consultant is an attorney.","path":["Title 13 Commerce and Trade","Chapter 13-49 Immigration Consultants Registration Act","Part 13-49-4 Prohibited Acts and Penalties"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title13/Chapter49/13-49-S401.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"8d878a8d770fdf1d73129dd1ee3303cff3eb2cbd17a7a08a3b0c2b382cd9e0d7","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-13-49-306","next":"us-ut/utah-code-13-49-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}