Utah Code

Utah Code § 45-2-7 (2026)

Limitations and restrictions -- Immune from liability -- Due care

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Except as provided in Section

45-2-1.5

, nothing in this act contained shall be construed to relieve any person broadcasting over a radio or television station from liability under the law of libel, slander, or defamation. Nor shall anything else in this act be construed to relieve any person, firm, or corporation owning or operating a radio or television broadcasting station or network from liability under the law of libel, slander, or defamation on account of any broadcast prepared or made by any such person, firm, or corporation or by any officer or employee thereof in the course of the officer's or employee's employment. In no event, however, shall any such person, firm, or corporation be liable for any damages for any defamatory statement or act published or uttered in or as a part of a visual or sound broadcast unless it shall be alleged and proved by the complaining party that such person, firm, or corporation has failed to exercise due care to prevent the publication or utterance of such statement or act in such broadcast. Bona fide compliance with any federal law or the regulation of any federal regulatory agency shall be deemed to constitute such due care as hereinabove mentioned.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1972–2013 · leading case: Seegmiller v. KSL, Inc., 626 P.2d 968 (Utah 1981).

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Seegmiller v. KSL, Inc., 626 P.2d 968 (Utah 1981). · cites it 5× “Section 45-2-7, enacted in 1951, provides in essence that no “person, firm, or corporation owning or operating a radio or television broadcasting station or network” may be held liable for the broadcast of a defamatory statement unless the complaining party proves lack of “due…”

Byron D. Neely, Individually, & Byron D. Neely, M.D., P.A. v. Nanci Wilson, CBS Stations Grp. of Texas, L.P., D/B/A Keye-Tv & Viacom, Inc., 418 S.W.3d 52 (Tex. 2013). “Codified Laws § 20-11-6 ; Utah Code Ann. § 45-2-7 ; Va.Code Ann. § 8.”

Direct Imp. Buyers Ass'n v. KSL, Inc., 538 P.2d 1040 (Utah 1975). · cites it 4× “[2] The plaintiff also claims that the defendant did not exercise due care to prevent the broadcasting of the false statements as required by Section 45-2-7, U.C.A. 1953. In view of the fact that the announcer stated, "And to top that, the Utahn says he's close to a cure for…”

Demman v. Star Broad. Co., 497 P.2d 1378 (Utah 1972). · cites it 4× “The defendants further rely on Section 45-2-7, U.C.A. 1953, Replacement Vol.”

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