Utah § 4-32-114 - Unauthorized use or possession of official devices, labels, marks, or certificates -- False statements, misrepresentations, and trade secrets.

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§ 4-32-114. Unauthorized use or possession of official devices, labels, marks, or certificates -- False statements, misrepresentations, and trade secrets.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-32-114. Unauthorized use or possession of official devices, labels, marks, or certificates -- False statements, misrepresentations, and trade secrets.

(1)	A person may not cast, print, lithograph, or make any device or label containing or bearing any official mark or simulation of a mark, or any form or simulation of an official certificate, unless authorized by the commissioner.

(2)

A person may not:

(a)	forge any official device, mark, or certificate;

(b)	use any official device, mark, or certificate without the authorization of the commissioner;

(c)	alter, detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate;

(d)	fail to use, detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate as required by this chapter;

(e)

knowingly possess any of the following, if it bears any unauthorized, counterfeit, simulated, forged, or altered official mark:

(i)	an official device;

(ii)	a counterfeit, simulated, forged, or altered official certificate;

(iii)

a device;

(iv)

a label;

(v)	a carcass of any animal, including poultry; or

(vi)	a part or product of any animal, including poultry;

(f)	knowingly make any false statement in any shipper's certificate, or nonofficial or official certificate;

(g)	knowingly represent that any meat or poultry product has been inspected and approved, or exempted, under this chapter when, in fact, it has not; or

(h)

use to the person's advantage or reveal any information acquired under the authority of this chapter relating to any matter entitled to protection as a trade secret unless the information is:

(i)	revealed to an authorized government representative; or

(ii)	ordered by a court in a judicial proceeding.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session

Source: official Utah text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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