Utah Code § 45-2-2

Current with legislation effective through 3/21/2024

Section 45-2-2 - Libel and slander defined

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Libel" means a malicious defamation, expressed either by printing or by signs or pictures or the like, tending to blacken the memory of one who is dead, or to impeach the honesty, integrity, virtue or reputation, or publish the natural defects of one who is alive, and thereby to expose him to public hatred, contempt or ridicule.

(2) "Slander" means any libel communicated by spoken words.

Utah Code § 45-2-2

Amended by Chapter 134, 1975 General Session