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Title 45 - Publication and Broadcasting
Chapter 2 - Libel
Section 13 - Conveying false or libelous material to newspaper or broadcasting stations.
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UT Code § 45-2-13 (2025)
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Effective 5/7/2025
45-2-13. Conveying false or libelous material to newspaper or broadcasting stations.
A person who willfully states, conveys, delivers, or transmits, by any means, to the manager, editor, publisher, reporter, or agent of any radio station, television station, newspaper, magazine, periodical, or serial for publication, any false or libelous statement concerning any person, and thereby secures actual publication, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 173, 2025 General Session
45-2-13. Conveying false or libelous material to newspaper or broadcasting stations.
A person who willfully states, conveys, delivers, or transmits, by any means, to the manager, editor, publisher, reporter, or agent of any radio station, television station, newspaper, magazine, periodical, or serial for publication, any false or libelous statement concerning any person, and thereby secures actual publication, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 173, 2025 General Session
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