Utah legal term
Authentication feature in Utah Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Utah legislative session
In Utah criminal law, “Authentication feature” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Utah criminal code.
What does “Authentication feature” mean in Utah criminal law?
"Authentication feature" means any hologram, watermark, certification, symbol, code, image, sequence of numbers or letters, or other feature that either individually or in combination with another feature is used by the issuing authority on an identification document, document-making implement, or means of identification to determine if the document is counterfeit, altered, or otherwise falsified. (Utah Code Ann. § 76-6-501)
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