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Title 45 - Publication and Broadcasting
Chapter 2 - Libel
Section 12 - Privilege as to communications between interested persons.
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UT Code § 45-2-12 (2025)
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Effective 5/7/2025
45-2-12. Privilege as to communications between interested persons.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 173, 2025 General Session
45-2-12. Privilege as to communications between interested persons.
- (1)A communication made to a person interested in the communication by one who is also interested, or who stands in a relation to the former as to afford a reasonable ground for supposing his motive innocent, is not presumed to be malicious, and is a privileged communication.
- (2)Libelous remarks or comments connected with a matter privileged by Subsection (1) receive no privilege by reason of the libelous remarks or comments being so connected.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 173, 2025 General Session
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