{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-32b-4-504","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 32B-4-504","heading":"Making false statements.","body":"(1)\n(a) A person who makes a false material statement under oath or affirmation in an official proceeding before the commission or the department is guilty of a second degree felony.\n(b) As used in Subsection (1)(a), \"material\" statement is as defined in Section 76-8-501.\n(2) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if that person knowingly:\n(a) makes a false statement under oath or affirmation in an official proceeding before the commission or the department;\n(b) makes a false statement with a purpose to mislead a public servant in performing that public servant's official functions under this title;\n(c) makes a false statement and the statement is required by this title to be sworn or affirmed before a notary or other person authorized to administer oaths;\n(d) makes a false written statement on or pursuant to a record required by this title;\n(e) creates a false impression in a record required by this title by omitting information necessary to prevent a statement in them from being misleading;\n(f) makes a false written statement with intent to deceive a public servant in the performance of that public servant's official functions under this title; or\n(g) submits or invites reliance on a record required under this title which that person knows to lack authenticity.\n(3) A person is not guilty under Subsection (2) if that person retracts the falsification before it becomes apparent that the falsification is or will be exposed.","path":["Title 32B Alcoholic Beverage Control Act","Chapter 32B-4 Criminal Offenses and Procedure Act","Part 32B-4-5 Operations"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title32B/Chapter4/32B-4-S504.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"8817bf2d7f8010ec48e11ce74464ba65cf3749237787f927ace86d431c74da15","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-32b-4-503","next":"us-ut/utah-code-32b-4-505"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}