Utah Code Ann. § 76-6-501.5 – Producing or transferring false identification. | Midpage
§ 76-6-501.5
Utah Code Ann. § 76-6-501.5
Producing or transferring false identification.
Effective May 3, 2023Enacted by Chapter 111, 2023 General Session
(1) Terms defined in Sections 76-1-101.5 and 76-6-501 apply to this section.
(2) An actor commits producing or transferring a false identification document if the actor:
(a) knowingly and without lawful authority produces, attempts, or conspires to produce an identification document, authentication feature, or a false identification document that is or appears to be issued by or under the authority of an issuing authority;
(b) transfers, or possesses with intent to transfer, an identification document, authentication feature, or a false identification document knowing that the document or feature was stolen or produced without lawful authority;
(c) produces, transfers, or possesses a document-making implement or authentication feature with the intent that the document-making implement or the authentication feature be used in the production of a false identification document or another document-making implement or authentication feature; or
(d) traffics in false or actual authentication features for use in false identification documents, document-making implements, or means of identification.
(3) A violation of Subsection (2) is a second degree felony.
(4) This section may not be construed to impose criminal or civil liability on any law enforcement officer acting within the scope of a criminal investigation.
(6) The court shall order, in addition to the penalty prescribed for a person convicted of a violation of this section, the forfeiture and destruction or other disposition of all illicit authentication features, identification documents, false transaction cards, document-making implements, or means of identification.