Utah legal term
Corporation in Utah Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Utah legislative session
In Utah criminal law, “Corporation” 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 “Corporation” mean in Utah criminal law?
"Corporation" means all organizations required by the laws of this state or any other state to obtain a certificate of authority, a certificate of incorporation, or other form of registration to transact business as a corporation within this state or any other state and shall include domestic, foreign, profit and nonprofit corporations, but shall not include a corporation sole, as such term is used in Title 16, Chapter 7, Corporations Sole. (Utah Code Ann. § 76-2-201)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Insurance fraud
- Issuing a bad check or draft
- Theft of utility or cable television services
- Abuse or neglect of a child with a disability
- Embezzlement, abstraction, or misapplication of corporate or association funds
- Exhibition of a fraudulent document relating to a corporation or an increase of capital stock
- False entry in a corporate or association book, report, or statement
- Fraudulent signing of a stock subscription or agreement
- Illegal concurrence by a director in a dividend or division of capital
- Making or publishing a report containing a false material statement
- Misrepresentation of a person as an officer, agent, member, or promoter
- Prohibited refusal of inspection or copying of corporate books
Related terms in the same statutes
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