Section 504 – Written false statement.

• (1) An actor commits the offense of written false statement if:
  • (a) the actor makes a statement that the actor does not believe to be true on or under a form bearing a notification authorized by law to the effect that false statements made therein are punishable; or
  • (b) with intent to deceive a public servant in the performance of the public servant’s official function, the actor:
    • (i) makes a written false statement that the actor does not believe to be true;
    • (ii) knowingly creates a false impression in a written application for a pecuniary or other benefit by omitting information necessary to prevent a statement in the application from being misleading;
    • (iii) submits or invites reliance on a writing that the actor knows to be lacking in authenticity; or
    • (iv) submits or invites reliance on a sample, specimen, map, boundary mark, or other object that the actor knows to be false.

• (2)
  • (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), a violation of Subsection (1) is a class B misdemeanor.
  • (b) A violation of Subsection (1) is a third degree felony if the false statement is on a financial declaration described in Section 77-38b-204.

• (3) It is not an offense under this section if the actor retracts the falsification before it becomes manifest that the falsification was or would be exposed.

Amended by Chapter 328, 2022 General Session