{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-13-68-401","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 13-68-401","heading":"Unlawful acts.","body":"(1) It is unlawful for a lawyer referral consultant or another person to:\n(a) make, cause, or allow to be made a false or misleading statement to a client or prospective client while providing or soliciting services to that client or prospective client;\n(b) make, cause, or allow to be made a guarantee or promise to a client or prospective client, unless the guarantee or promise is in writing and there is basis in fact for making the guarantee or promise;\n(c) charge a client a fee for referral of the client to another person for services that the lawyer referral consultant cannot or will not provide to the client;\n(d) communicate with a prospective client for the purpose of obtaining or referring business if the communication concerns a disaster, or an action for personal injury or wrongful death, unless:\n(i) the disaster, injury, or death occurred more than 30 days before the communication;\n(ii) the prospective client is a person who has a prior familial, prior personal, or prior professional relationship with the lawyer to be referred, the lawyer referral consultant, or the person communicating with the prospective client;\n(iii) the prospective client initiates the communication; or\n(iv) a third party who has a prior familial or prior close personal relationship with the prospective client requests the communication;\n(e) represent that the division or the state endorses or approves the lawyer referral consultant;\n(f) omit from a filing with the division a material statement of fact that this chapter or a rule the division makes in accordance with this section requires; or\n(g) include in a filing with the division a material statement of fact that the lawyer referral consultant or the lawyer referral consultant's principal knows or should know is false, deceptive, inaccurate, or misleading.\n(2) A lawyer referral consultant may not translate a document or other information in a way that falsely represents or implies that the lawyer referral consultant is an attorney.","path":["Title 13 Commerce and Trade","Chapter 13-68 Lawyer Referral Consultants Registration Act","Part 13-68-4 Prohibited Acts and Penalties"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title13/Chapter68/13-68-S401.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"029ff12905cbd484dd72995a312a728b0fda59995fadba224543d04d218a5ab0","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-13-68-303","next":"us-ut/utah-code-13-68-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}