2006 Utah Code - 76-6-1102 — Identity fraud crime.

     76-6-1102.   Identity fraud crime.
     (1) For purposes of this part, "personal identifying information" may include:
     (a) name;
     (b) address;
     (c) telephone number;
     (d) driver's license number;
     (e) Social Security number;
     (f) place of employment;
     (g) employee identification numbers or other personal identification numbers;
     (h) mother's maiden name;
     (i) electronic identification numbers;
     (j) electronic signatures under Title 46, Chapter 4, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; or
     (k) any other numbers or information that can be used to access a person's financial resources or medical information in the name of another person without the consent of that person except for numbers or information that can be prosecuted as financial transaction card offenses under Sections 76-6-506 through 76-6-506.4.
     (2) (a) A person is guilty of identity fraud when that person:
     (i) obtains personal identifying information of another person whether that person is alive or deceased; and
     (ii) knowingly or intentionally uses, or attempts to use, that information with fraudulent intent, including to obtain, or attempt to obtain, credit, goods, services, any other thing of value, or medical information.
     (b) It is not a defense to a violation of Subsection (2)(a) that the person did not know that the personal information belonged to another person.
     (3) Identity fraud is:
     (a) a third degree felony if the value of the credit, goods, services, or any other thing of value is less than $5,000; or
     (b) a second degree felony if the value of the credit, goods, services, or any other thing of value is or exceeds $5,000.
     (4) Multiple violations may be aggregated into a single offense, and the degree of the offense is determined by the total value of all credit, goods, services, or any other thing of value used, or attempted to be used, through the multiple violations.

Amended by Chapter 21, 2006 General Session
Amended by Chapter 345, 2006 General Session