{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-76-8-412","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 76-8-412","heading":"Stealing, destroying or mutilating public records by custodian.","body":"(1)\n(a) As used in this section, \"public record\" means the following records filed or deposited in a public office:\n(i) a record;\n(ii) a map;\n(iii) a book; or\n(iv) a paper or proceeding of a court.\n(b) Terms defined in Sections 76-1-101.5 and 76-8-101 apply to this section.\n(2) An actor commits stealing, destroying, or mutilating a public record by a custodian if the actor:\n(a) is a government officer who has custody of a public record; and\n(b) steals, willfully destroys, mutilates, defaces, alters, falsifies, removes, or secrets the whole or a part of the public record or permits another individual to do so.\n(3) A violation of Subsection (2) is a third degree felony.","path":["Title 76 Criminal Offenses","Chapter 76-8 Offenses Against the Administration of Government","Part 76-8-4 Offenses Against Public Property"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title76/Chapter8/76-8-S412.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"e894292c9e6e8960959737718bfcbd0641ba181a6b8633743527b522fa54d849","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-76-8-411","next":"us-ut/utah-code-76-8-413"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}