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Posted: June 25, 2012
URCP 025. Substitution of parties. Amend. Clarifies that the notice of hearing on a motion to substitute parties must be served with the motion if the hearing has been scheduled by the time the motion is served.
Supreme Court Order.
URCP 083. Vexatious litigants. New. Establishes the standards and procedures for declaring a person to be a vexatious litigant. Establishes management of cases involving vexatious litigants.
Supreme Court Order.
Posted: December 1, 2011
URCP 026.02 Disclosures in personal injury actions. New. Describes special disclosures in personal injury actions.
Supreme Court Order.
Posted: August 30, 2011
The Supreme Court has approved these extensive changes to the civil disclosure and discovery rules. Because several of the rules are difficult to read with traditional redline interlineation, the rules are also shown here as amended. The amendments are effective for all cases filed on or after November 1, 2011.
Supreme Court Order.
| Redline | As Amended |
| URCP 001. General provisions. | URCP 001. General provisions. |
| URCP 008. General rules of pleadings. | URCP 008. General rules of pleadings. |
| URCP 009. Pleading special matters. | URCP 009. Pleading special matters. |
| URCP 016. Pretrial conferences. | URCP 016. Pretrial conferences. |
| URCP 026. General provisions governing disclosure and discovery. | URCP 026. General provisions governing disclosure and discovery. |
| URCP 026.01. Disclosure in domestic relations actions. | URCP 026.01. Disclosure in domestic relations actions. |
| URCP 029. Stipulations regarding disclosure and discovery procedure. | URCP 029. Stipulations regarding disclosure and discovery procedure. |
| URCP 030. Depositions upon oral questions. | URCP 030. Depositions upon oral questions. |
| URCP 031. Depositions upon written questions. | URCP 031. Depositions upon written questions. |
| URCP 033. Interrogatories to parties. | URCP 033. Interrogatories to parties. |
| URCP 034. Production of documents and things and entry upon land for inspection and other purposes. | URCP 034. Production of documents and things and entry upon land for inspection and other purposes. |
| URCP 035. Physical and mental examination of persons. | URCP 035. Physical and mental examination of persons. |
| URCP 036. Request for admission. | URCP 036. Request for admission. |
| URCP 037. Discovery and disclosure motions; Sanctions. | URCP 037. Discovery and disclosure motions; Sanctions. |
| URCP 054. Judgments; costs. | URCP 054. Judgments; costs. |
Posted: August 2, 2011
URCP 064D. Writ of garnishment. Amend. Requires the creditor to certify to the court a good faith effort to meet and confer with the garnishee before attempting to impose liability on the garnishee.
Supreme Court Order
Posted: March 1, 2011
URCP 058A. Entry of judgment; abstract of judgment. Amend. Resolves an inconsistency within the rule and directs that a judgment by confession will be signed by the clerk.
Supreme Court Order.
Posted: June 30, 2010
URCP 058B. Satisfaction of judgment. Amend. Simplify and clarify the process for entering a satisfaction of judgment. Provide the judgment debtor with a process to raise the issue.
URCP 064D. Writ of garnishment. Amend. Eliminate the requirement that the garnishee file answers to interrogatories with the court. Establishes deadline for hearing on objection to a writ.
URCP 064E. Writ of execution. Amend. Establishes deadline for hearing on objection to a writ.
Supreme Court Order
Posted: June 22, 2009
CJA 03-0304. Official court reporters. Renumber and amend. Eliminate provisions regulating the office of official court reporter. Retain transcript format. Renumber as 5-203.
CJA 03-0304.01. Substitute certified shorthand reporters. Repeal. Eliminate provisions for a substitute shorthand reporter.
CJA 03-0305. Official court transcribers. Renumber and amend. Eliminate provisions for assignment of transcript preparation. Renumber as 5-202.
CJA 04-0201. Record of proceedings. Amend. Eliminate requirements and standards for recording a court hearing by an official court reporter. Rely exclusively on audio video records.
URAP 11. The record on appeal. Amend. Request preparation of an official transcript through the appellate court clerk rather than the trial court executive.
URAP 12. Transmission of the record. Amend. Shifts responsibilities from the official court reporter to a court transcriber.
URAP 54. Transcript of proceedings. Amend. Request preparation of an official transcript through the appellate court clerk rather than the trial court clerk.
URCP 052. Findings by the court; correction of the record. Amend. Establishes a procedure for correcting the record of a hearing.
Supreme Court Order, Appellate Rules.
Supreme Court Order, Civil Rules.
Posted: February 6, 2009
URCP 045. Subpoena. Amend. Permits a person affected by a subpoena to object.
URCP 103. Child support worksheets. Repeal. Eliminates the requirement that parties send a copy of their child support worksheet to the AOC.
Supreme Court Order.
Posted: September 3, 2008
URCP 009. Pleading special matters. Amend. Correct references to former Utah Code Title 78.
URCP 026. Advisory Committee Note. Amend. Correct references to former Utah Code Title 78.
URCP 057. Declaratory judgments. Amend. Correct references to former Utah Code Title 78.
URCP 064. Writs in general. Amend. Correct references to former Utah Code Title 78.
URCP 064A. Prejudgment writs in general. Amend. Correct references to former Utah Code Title 78.
URCP 064D. Writ of garnishment. Amend. Correct references to former Utah Code Title 78.
URCP 064E. Writ of execution. Amend. Correct references to former Utah Code Title 78.
URCP 065C. Post-conviction relief. Amend. Correct references to former Utah Code Title 78.
URCP 067. Deposit in court. Amend. Correct references to former Utah Code Title 78.
URCP 100. Coordination of cases pending in district court and juvenile court. Amend. Correct references to former Utah Code Title 78.
Posted: August 16, 2007
URCP 016. Pretrial conferences, scheduling, and management conferences. Amend. Coordinates sanction provisions with those in Rule 35 and Rule 37. Adopt the federal provisions governing discovery of electronically stored information. Effective Date: November 1, 2007.
URCP 023A. Derivative actions by shareholders. Renumber and amend. Renumbers the rule to conform to Supreme Court protocol. Amends the rule to more clearly delineate the content of the petition. Effective Date: November 1, 2007.
URCP 026. General provisions governing discovery. Amend. Adopt the federal provisions governing discovery of electronically stored information. Effective Date: November 1, 2007.
URCP 033. Interrogatories to parties. Amend. Adopt the federal provisions governing discovery of electronically stored information. Effective Date: November 1, 2007.
URCP 034. Production of documents and things and entry upon land for inspection and other purposes. Amend. Adopt the federal provisions governing discovery of electronically stored information. Effective Date: November 1, 2007.
URCP 035. Physical and mental examination of persons. Amend. Coordinates sanction provisions with those in Rule 16 and Rule 37. Effective Date: November 1, 2007.
URCP 037. Failure to make or cooperate in discovery; sanctions. Amend. Creates sanctions for spoliation of evidence. Coordinates sanction provisions with those in Rule 16 and Rule 35. Adopt the federal provisions governing discovery of electronically stored information. Effective Date: November 1, 2007.
URCP 045. Subpoena. Amend. Require person scheduling deposition to give advance notice before serving subpoena. Permit person serving subpoena rather than recipient to decide whether records should be copied and delivered or delivered for inspection and copying. Requires advance pa Effective Date: November 1, 2007.
URCP 101. Motion practice before court commissioners. Amend. Permit motion for default judgment to be heard by the court commissioner. Technical amendments. Effective Date: November 1, 2007.
URCP 106. Modification of divorce decrees. Amend. Expand to include modification of any final domestic relations order. Effective Date: November 1, 2007.
URCP Form40. Subpoena. Repeal & Reenact. Subpoena, Notice of Rights, Objection. Effective Date: November 1, 2007.