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Utah Code § 45-2-3

Privileged publication or broadcast defined

Utah · Utah Code Title 45 — Publication and Broadcasting · Status: effective

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Utah Code § 45-2-3, Privileged publication or broadcast defined, Utah, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2337726
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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.