32B-4-504 (Effective 07/01/11) - Making false statements.
32B-4-504 (Effective 07/01/11). Making false statements.
(1) (a) A person who makes a false material statement under oath or affirmation in anofficial proceeding before the commission or the department is guilty of a second degree felony.
(b) As used in Subsection (1)(a), "material" statement is as defined in Section 76-8-501.
(2) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if that person knowingly:
(a) makes a false statement under oath or affirmation in an official proceeding before thecommission or the department;
(b) makes a false statement with a purpose to mislead a public servant in performing thatpublic servant's official functions under this title;
(c) makes a false statement and the statement is required by this title to be sworn oraffirmed before a notary or other person authorized to administer oaths;
(d) makes a false written statement on or pursuant to a record required by this title;
(e) creates a false impression in a record required by this title by omitting informationnecessary to prevent a statement in them from being misleading;
(f) makes a false written statement with intent to deceive a public servant in theperformance of that public servant's official functions under this title; or
(g) submits or invites reliance on a record required under this title which that personknows to lack authenticity.
(3) A person is not guilty under Subsection (2) if that person retracts the falsificationbefore it becomes apparent that the falsification is or will be exposed.
Enacted by Chapter 276, 2010 General Session