- (1) Pursuant to Section 67-1a-7, except as otherwise provided by law, only the lieutenant governor, or the lieutenant governor's designee, may use or affix the seal to a document in pursuance of law. If any person illegally uses the seal, or such seal when defaced, the state may refer such criminal violations to an appropriate prosecuting authority.
- (2) Under the provisions of Section 76-6-501 the state may seek redress against a person, or persons, who impermissibly replicate the seal as a forgery. A person or entity employing the seal, or a replica, with the intent to defraud or imply that the presence of the seal or replica appeared by permission of the state, or whose presentation of the seal denigrates its ability to authenticate by proper state authority, may be referred to an appropriate prosecuting authority.
KEY: Great Seal
Date of Last Change: May 31, 2024
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 67-1a-7; 67-1a-2; 76-6-501