Utah Code 76-8-417. Tampering with an official notice or proclamation
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(1) Terms defined in Sections 76-1-101.5 and 76-8-101 apply to this section.
Terms Used In Utah Code 76-8-417
- Actor: means a person whose criminal responsibility is in issue in a criminal action. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
- Public officer: means :(15)(a) an elected official of a public entity;(15)(b) an individual appointed to, or serving an unexpired term of, an elected official of a public entity;(15)(c) a judge of a court of record or not of record, including justice court judges; or(15)(d) a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
- United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2) An actor commits tampering with an official notice or proclamation if the actor intentionally defaces, obliterates, tears down, or destroys:(2)(a) a copy, transcript, or extract from or of a law of the United States or of this state; or(2)(b) a proclamation, advertisement, or notice, set up in this state by authority of a law of the United States or of this state, or by order of a court or of a public officer, before the expiration of the time for which the proclamation, advertisement, or notice was to remain set up.(3) A violation of Subsection (2) is an infraction.