Utah Code
Utah Code § 76-8-513 (2026)
Sending a false judicial or official notice
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As used in this section:
"Official document" means:
a summons, complaint, court order, or process; or
an insignia, seal, or printed form of a federal, state, or local governmental entity or an instrumentality of a federal, state, or local governmental entity.
"False official document" means a document that has the appearance or format of an official document but that has not been sanctioned by the relevant governmental entity.
"False official document" includes a document calculated to induce an individual to believe that the document is an official document of the relevant governmental entity.
An actor commits sending a false judicial or official notice if the actor knowingly sends, mails, or delivers to an individual a false official document with the purpose to procure the compliance of the individual.
A violation of Subsection (2) is a class B misdemeanor.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1999–2018 · leading case: State v. Duffey, 981 P.2d 1 (Wash. Ct. App. 1999).
State v. Duffey, 981 P.2d 1 (Wash. Ct. App. 1999). “1999); Utah Code Ann. § 76-8-513 (1995); Va. Code Ann.”
State v. York, 2018 UT App 90 (Utah Ct. App. 2018). “In contrast, the admission of evidence of qualifying criminal convictions under rule 609(a)(1) of the Utah Rules of Evidence is subject to the weighing of the prejudicial effect of the evidence as against its probative value.”
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