Utah Statutes
§ 45-2-13 — Conveying false or libelous material to newspaper or broadcasting stations.
Utah § 45-2-13
This text of Utah § 45-2-13 (Conveying false or libelous material to newspaper or broadcasting stations.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Utah primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Bluebook
Utah Code Ann. § 45-2-13 (2026).
Text
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.
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
Legislative History
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 173, 2025 General Session
Nearby Sections
15
§ 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.Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
Utah § 45-2-13, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/ut/45-2-13.