Utah Statutes
§ 45-2-13 — Conveying false or libelous material to newspaper or broadcasting stations.
A person who willfully states, conveys, delivers, or transmits, by any means, to the manager, editor, publisher, reporter, or agent of any radio station, television station, newspaper, magazine, periodical, or serial for publication, any false or libelous statement concerning any person, and thereby secures actual publication, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 173, 2025 General Session
Nearby Sections
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§ 45-1-101
Legal notice publication requirements.§ 45-1-308
Proof of broadcast.§ 45-1-309
Rates of broadcasters.§ 45-2-1.5
Actual damages -- Broadcast in good faith -- Retraction -- Time -- Candidate for public office.§ 45-2-10
Privileged broadcasts.§ 45-2-2
Libel and slander defined.