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Posted: February 14, 2007

Rules of Civil Procedures

URCP 005. Service and filing of pleadings and other papers. Amend. Describes when the attorney and party must be served if the attorney has entered a limited appearance.
URCP 017. Parties plaintiff and defendant. Amend. Limits the requirement that a minor appear by a guardian or guardian ad litem to an unemancipated minor.
URCP 074. Withdrawal of counsel. Amend. Establishes the procedures for withdrawing from a limited appearance.
URCP 075. Limited appearance. New. Establishes the procedures for entering a limited appearance when a client, under the rules permitting unbundling legal services, hires an attorney for a limited purpose.
Supreme Court Order

Posted: September 11, 2006

Rules of Civil Procedure

URCP 063. Disability or disqualification of a judge. Amend. Clarify that judge is to take no action in a case after a motion to recuse has been filed. Effective: November 1, 2006
URCP 074. Withdrawal of counsel. Amend. Requires judicial consent for withdrawal if a hearing has been set. Effective: November 1, 2006.
Supreme Court Order

Posted: March 2, 2006

Rules of Civil Procedure

URCP 004. Process. Amend. In conjunction with repealing Rule 71B, permit case to proceed against parties who are served.
URCP 6. The original notice of amendments included changes to Rule 6. Those amendments should have awaited the balance of the electronic filing rules and have been withdrawn.
URCP 062. Stay of proceedings to enforce a judgment. Amend. Establishes an automatic 10-day stay on enforcing a judgment.
URCP 064C. Writ of attachment. Amend. Changes name of rule to “Settlement offers.” Permits a writ of attachment when the writ is authorized by statute.
URCP 068. Offer of judgment. Amend. Changes name of rule to “Settlement offers.”Makes results of failure to improve bi-directional.
URCP 071. Process in behalf of and against persons not parties. Renumber and Amend. In conjunction with repealing Rule 71B, renumber Rule 71A as Rule 71. Gender neutral text.
URCP 071B. Proceedings where parties not summoned. Repeal. Repeal as contrary to due process.
Supreme Court Order.

Posted: September 29, 2005

Rules of Civil Procedure

URCP 007. Pleadings allowed; motions, memoranda, hearings, orders, objection to commissioner’s order. Amend. Prohibits orders embedded in other documents unless permitted by the court.
URCP 047. Jurors. Amend. Clarifies situations in which multiple parties share peremptory challenges.
URCP 101. Motion practice before court commissioners. New. Establishes procedures for motions to a court commissioner.
URCP 106. Modification of divorce decrees. Amend. Describes conditions in which the court may enter a temporary order in an action to modify a divorce decree.
Supreme Court Order.

Posted: February 4, 2005

Utah Rules of Civil Procedure

URCP 009. Pleading special matters. Amend. Describes method for identifying persons to whom a defendant wants to assess fault under Utah Code Section 78-27-41. Effective May 2, 2005 Approved as an expedited amendment under Rule 11-101(6)(F). Subject to further change after the comment period.
URCP 026. General provisions governing discovery. Amend. Discovery plan should include deadline for identifying non-parties to whom fault will be allocated. Effective May 2, 2005 Approved as an expedited amendment under Rule 11-101(6)(F). Subject to further change after the comment period.
Supreme Court Order.

Posted: January 27, 2005

Utah Rules of Civil Procedure

URCP 051. Instructions to jury; objections. Amend. Permits the judge discretion to repeat earlier instructions as necessary.
URCP 073. Attorney fees. Amend. Requires a statement that attorney will not split fees in violation of Code of Professional Responsibility.
Supreme Court Order.

Posted: January 25, 2005

Utah Rules of Civil Procedure

URCP 062. Stay of proceedings to enforce a judgment. Amend. Establishes guidelines for determining the amount of a supersedeas bond. Establishes a maximum supersedeas bond. Effective February 4, 2005. Approved as an expedited amendment under Rule 11-101(6)(F). Subject to further change after the comment period.
Supreme Court Order.

Posted: August 27, 2004

Utah Rules of Civil Procedure

URCP 62. Stay of proceedings to enforce a judgment. Amend. Strikes from the rule the amendments made by HJR 16.

Posted: August 27, 2004

Utah Rules of Civil Procedure

URCP 45. Subpoena. Amend. Correct reference to Rule 4 regarding methods of serving subpoena.
URCP 47. Jurors. Amend. Conforms rule regulating conversing with jurors to caselaw.
URCP 56. Summary judgment. Amend. Corrects reference to URCP 7. Technical amendments.
URCP 64. Writs in general. New. Substantial reorganization of rules regulating writs for the seizure of property. Substantial changes to procedures.
URCP 64A. Prejudgment writs in general. Repeal and reenact. Substantial reorganization of rules regulating writs for the seizure of property. Substantial changes to procedures.
URCP 64B. Writ of replevin. Repeal and reenact. Substantial reorganization of rules regulating writs for the seizure of property. Substantial changes to procedures.
URCP 64C. Writ of attachment. Repeal and reenact. Substantial reorganization of rules regulating writs for the seizure of property. Substantial changes to procedures.
URCP 64D. Writ of garnishment. Repeal and reenact. Substantial reorganization of rules regulating writs for the seizure of property. Substantial changes to procedures.
URCP 64E. Writ of execution. Repeal and reenact. Substantial reorganization of rules regulating writs for the seizure of property. Substantial changes to procedures.
URCP 64F. Waiver of bond or undertaking. Repeal. Substantial reorganization of rules regulating writs for the seizure of property. Substantial changes to procedures.
URCP 66. Receivers. Repeal and reenact. Substantial reorganization of rules regulating writs for the seizure of property. Substantial changes to procedures.
URCP 69. Execution and proceedings supplemental thereto. Repeal. Substantial reorganization of rules regulating writs for the seizure of property. Substantial changes to procedures. Substantial changes to seizure and sale of property.
URCP 69A. Seizure of property. New. Substantial reorganization of rules regulating writs for the seizure of property. Substantial changes to procedures. Substantial changes to seizure and sale of property.
URCP 69B. Sale of property; delivery of property. New. Substantial reorganization of rules regulating writs for the seizure of property. Substantial changes to procedures. Substantial changes to seizure and sale of property.
URCP 69C. Redemption of real property after sale. New. Substantial reorganization of rules regulating writs for the seizure of property. Substantial changes to procedures. Substantial changes to seizure and sale of property.

Posted: May 21, 2004

Rules of Civil Procedure

The following Rules of Civil Procedure have been adopted by the Supreme Court effective May 12, 2004 under the Court’s emergency rulemaking authority. CJA 11-101(4)(E). The rules are being published for comment, are subject to further change after the comment period, and are in effect during the comment period.
URCP 62. Stay of proceedings to enforce a judgment. Amend. Strikes from the rule the amendments made by HJR 16. Effective May 12, 2004 under Rule 11-101(6)(F). Subject to further change after comment period.
Order approving amendment.