{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-78b-5-617","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 78B-5-617","heading":"Writings bearing obvious alterations -- Explanation required.","body":"(1) The party producing as genuine a writing which has been altered, or appears to have been altered after its execution in a part material to the question in dispute must account for the appearance of alteration.\n(2) The party may show that the alteration:\n(a) was made by another without the party's concurrence;\n(b) was made with the consent of the parties affected by it;\n(c) was otherwise properly or innocently made; or\n(d) does not change the meaning or language of the instrument.\n(3) An altered writing that a party cannot adequately explain under Subsection (2) is not admissible.","path":["Title 78B Judicial Code","Chapter 78B-5 Trial, Judgment, and Appeal","Part 78B-5-6 Evidence"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title78B/Chapter5/78B-5-S617.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"3d18c577889374af58c954f8ad58e122c5988a4f7ab2777670d3b6ef494a6675","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-78b-5-616","next":"us-ut/utah-code-78b-5-618"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}