Utah § 45-2-3 - Privileged publication or broadcast defined.
Full text of Utah Utah Code § 45-2-3 — Privileged publication or broadcast defined., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 45-2-3. Privileged publication or broadcast defined.
A privileged publication or broadcast which shall not be considered as libelous or slanderous per se, is one made:
| (1) | In the proper discharge of an official duty. |
| (2) | In any publication or broadcast of or any statement made in any legislative or judicial proceeding, or in any other official proceeding authorized by law. |
| (3) | In a communication, without malice, to a person interested therein, by one who is also interested, or by one who stands in such relation to the person interested as to afford a reasonable ground for supposing the motive for the communication innocent, or who is requested by the person interested to give the information. |
| (4) | By a fair and true report, without malice, of a judicial, legislative, or other public official proceeding, or of anything said in the course thereof, or of a charge or complaint made by any person to a public official, upon which a warrant shall have been issued or an arrest made. |
| (5) | By a fair and true report, without malice, of the proceedings of a public meeting, if such meeting was lawfully convened for a lawful purpose and open to the public, or the publication or broadcast of the matter complained of was for the public benefit. |
Amended by Chapter 134, 1975 General Session
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