R622-2-8. Enforcement

(A) Pursuant to Section 67-1a-7, Utah Code, except as otherwise provided by law, only the lieutenant governor, or the lieutenant governor's designee, is authorized to use or affix the seal to a document in pursuance of law. If any person illegally uses the seal, or such seal when defaced, the state may refer such criminal violations to an appropriate prosecuting authority.

(B) Under the provisions of Section 76-6-501, Utah Code, the state may seek redress against a person, or persons, who impermissibly replicate the seal as a forgery. A person or entity employing the seal, or a replica, with the intent to defraud or imply that the presence of the seal or replica appeared by permission of the state, or whose presentation of the seal denigrates it's ability to authenticate by proper state authority, may be referred to an appropriate prosecuting authority.