{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-40-6-12","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 40-6-12","heading":"Evasion of chapter or orders -- Penalties -- Limitation of actions.","body":"(1)\n(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:\n(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;\n(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\n(iii) removing from this state or destroying, mutilating, altering, or falsifying any record, account, or memorandum.\n(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.\n(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.","path":["Title 40 Mines and Mining","Chapter 40-6 Board and Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title40/Chapter6/40-6-S12.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"403d0d87710cef898e69973cb51c69bfac60fd9f729398b140b5c94edb538002","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-40-6-11","next":"us-ut/utah-code-40-6-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}