False or misleading information.

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  • (1) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if the person, not under oath or affirmation, intentionally or knowingly provides false or misleading material information to:
    • (a) an officer of the court for the purpose of influencing a criminal proceeding; or
    • (b) the Bureau of Criminal Identification for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of eligibility for:
      • (i) expungement; or
      • (ii) removal of the person's name from the White Collar Crime Registry created in Title 77, Chapter 42, Utah White Collar Crime Offender Registry.
  • (2) For the purposes of this section "officer of the court" means:
    • (a) prosecutor;
    • (b) judge;
    • (c) court clerk;
    • (d) interpreter;
    • (e) presentence investigator;
    • (f) probation officer;
    • (g) parole officer; and
    • (h) any other person reasonably believed to be gathering information for a criminal proceeding.
  • (3) This section does not apply under circumstances amounting to Section 76-8-306 or any other provision of this code carrying a greater penalty.




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