2011 Utah Code
Title 76 Utah Criminal Code
Chapter 6 Offenses Against Property
Section 518 Criminal simulation.

76-6-518. Criminal simulation.
(1) A person is guilty of criminal simulation if, with intent to defraud another:
(a) he makes or alters an object in whole or in part so that it appears to have value because of age, antiquity, rarity, source, or authorship that it does not have;
(b) he sells, passes, or otherwise utters an object so made or altered;
(c) he possesses an object so made or altered with intent to sell, pass, or otherwise utter it; or
(d) he authenticates or certifies an object so made or altered as genuine or as different from what it is.
(2) Criminal simulation is punishable as follows:
(a) If the value defrauded or intended to be defrauded is less than $500, the offense is a class B misdemeanor.
(b) If the value defrauded or intended to be defrauded is or exceeds $500 but is less than $1,500, the offense is a class A misdemeanor.
(c) If the value defrauded or intended to be defrauded is or exceeds $1,500 but is less than $5,000, the offense is a felony of the third degree.
(d) If the value defrauded or intended to be defrauded is or exceeds $5,000, the offense is a felony of the second degree.

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