Utah Code
Utah Code § 76-8-412 (2026)
Stealing, destroying or mutilating public records by custodian
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As used in this section, "public record" means the following records filed or deposited in a public office:
a record;
a map;
a book; or
a paper or proceeding of a court.
Terms defined in Sections 76-1-101.5 and 76-8-101 apply to this section.
An actor commits stealing, destroying, or mutilating a public record by a custodian if the actor:
is a government officer who has custody of a public record; and
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.
A violation of Subsection (2) is a third degree felony.
Amended by Chapter 96, 2024 General Session
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1982–2025 · leading case: State v. Hales, 652 P.2d 1290 (Utah 1982).
State v. Hales, 652 P.2d 1290 (Utah 1982). “, 1953, § 76-8-412. Although the State introduced a voluntary statement defendant made at the request of a deputy sheriff, defendant did not testify at the trial.”
State v. Coleman, 2025 UT App 33, 566 P.3d 772. “” Utah Code §§ 76-8-412 to -413 (2023). According to Coleman, because there is no mention of copies in the text, the statute applies only to original documents and not to copies of such documents.”
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