Section 504.6 – False or misleading information.

• (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.

Amended by Chapter 131, 2015 General Session