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2025 Utah Code
Title 13 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 68 - Lawyer Referral Consultants Registration Act
Part 4 - Prohibited Acts and Penalties
Section 401 - Unlawful acts.
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UT Code § 13-68-401 (2025)
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Effective 5/2/2024
13-68-401. Unlawful acts.
Amended by Chapter 209, 2024 General Session
13-68-401. Unlawful acts.
- (1)It is unlawful for a lawyer referral consultant or any other person to:
- (a)make a false or misleading statement to a client while providing services to that client;
- (b)make a guarantee or promise to a client, unless the guarantee or promise is in writing and there is basis in fact for making the guarantee or promise;
- (c)charge a client a fee for referral of the client to another person for services that the lawyer referral consultant cannot or will not provide to the client; or
- (d)communicate with a prospective client for the purpose of obtaining or referring business if the communication concerns a disaster, or an action for personal injury or wrongful death, unless:
- (i)the disaster, injury, or death occurred more than 30 days before the communication;
- (ii)the prospective client is a person who has a prior familial, prior personal, or prior professional relationship with the lawyer to be referred, the lawyer referral consultant, or the person communicating with the prospective client;
- (iii)the communication is initiated by the prospective client; or
- (iv)the communication is requested by a third party who has a prior familial or prior close personal relationship with the prospective client.
- (2)A sign describing the prohibition described in Subsection (1)(c) shall be conspicuously displayed in the office of a lawyer referral consultant.
Amended by Chapter 209, 2024 General Session
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