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Posted: March 19, 2025

Rule of Civil Procedure – Effective March 7, 2025

URCP065A. Injunctions. Amend. Rule 65A was amended by SJR009 in the 2025 Legislative Session.

Posted: March 19, 2025

Rule of Criminal Procedure – Effective March 7, 2025

URCrP011. Pleas. Amend. Rule 11 was amended by SJR010 in the 2025 Legislative Session.

Posted: March 14, 2025

Code of Judicial Administration – Effective May 1, 2025

CJA04-202.07. Appeals (AMEND)
The amendments streamline and clarify the appeals process for requests to access court records, including the creation of an initial review process whereby the Management Committee will determine whether to deny an appeal, schedule a hearing, or take no action on an appeal.

Judicial Council Order

Posted: March 14, 2025

Code of Judicial Administration – Effective March 14, 2025

CJA04-206. Exhibits (AMEND)
The proposed amendments clarify that exhibits in the court’s custody post-disposition will be transferred to the offering party or appropriate law enforcement agency.

Judicial Council Order

Posted: March 11, 2025

Rules Governing the Utah State Bar and Rules of Professional Practice – Effective May 1, 2025

Rule 3.3. Candor toward the tribunal. AMEND. The amendments align the rule and intent with the model rule as was originally done. Utah restructured this rule by renumbering paragraphs from the model rule. In doing so, the model language (now in subsection (d)) included that “the duties stated in paragraphs (a) and (b)” required disclosure but omitted the new paragraph (c). The language of Utah paragraph (c) is found in model rule paragraph (b). The comments were also amended to reflect correct citations. The Court has also removed the language “or is reckless with respect to its truth” from Comment 1. The Court approves this rule as final with an effective date of May 1, 2025, while simultaneously publishing it for public comment pursuant to CJA Rule 11-105.

USB14-806. Admission pro hac vice. AMEND. The proposed amendment for pro hac vice admission would remove the requirement that a Utah Bar member be a Utah resident and have a law office in Utah.

Supreme Court Order

Posted: March 11, 2025

Rules of Civil Procedure – Effective May 1, 2025

URCP107. AMEND. Decree of Adoption. The amendments are made to reflect the requirements found in Utah Code section 78A-6-141 and Utah Code of Judicial Administration Rule 4-202.03, as well as, to conform to the style guide for the rules.

Supreme Court Order

Posted: March 6, 2025

Approved Amendments to Utah Rules of Appellate Procedure – Effective May 1, 2025

URAP008. Stay or injunction pending appeal. The amendments to Rule 8 include: 1) removing paragraph (a)(1)(B) as this relief is already covered by paragraph (a)(1)(A); 2) updating the injunction standard to match the standard in Rule 65A of the Rules of Civil Procedure; and 3) cleaning up language and format for clarity and consistency.

URAP010. Procedures for summary disposition or simplified appeal process. The amendment to Rule 10 is to remove paragraph (c) and allow Rule 22 to govern extensions.

Supreme Court Order

Posted: February 26, 2025

Approved Amendments to Utah Code of Judicial Administration – Effective May 1, 2025

CJA04-202.02. Records classification. (AMEND)
Upon request, the contact and identifying information of a participant in the Safe at Home Program under Utah Code, title 77, chapter 38, part 6, will be classified as “safeguarded”records. All other amendments are non-substantive formatting changes.

CJA04-202.04. Request to access a record associated with a case; request to classify a record associated with a case. (AMEND)
The amendments allow court clerks to waive the “in writing” requirement for requests to access non-public court records, if the requester is authorized to access those records under Rule 4-202.03. All other amendments are non-substantive formatting changes.

Judicial Council Order

Posted: February 6, 2025

Approved Amendments to Utah Rules of Evidence – Effective May 1, 2025

URE0106. Remainder of or Related Writings or Recorded Statements. Amend. The amendments track recent changes to Federal Rule of Evidence 106, omitting language indicating that the statements covered by the rule are only those in “writing or recorded,” and adding a sentence affirming, “The adverse party may do so over a hearsay objection.”

URE1102. Reliable Hearsay in Criminal Preliminary Examinations. Amend. The amendment adds a reference to the legislative joint resolution that amended this rule last year.

Supreme Court Order

Posted: January 28, 2025

Approved Amendments to Utah Rules of Appellate Procedure – Effective January 22, 2025

URAP003. Appeal as of right—how taken.
URAP009. Docketing statement.
UR AP010. Procedures for summary disposition or simplified appeal process.
U RAP0 1 1. The record on appeal.
URAP 01 9. Extraordinary relief.
URAP034. Costs.
URAP043. Rule 43. Certification by the Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court.
The Committee proposes amending Rule 3 to add that parties may also appeal a final order or judgment from the Business and Chancery Court. The Committee also proposes amending Rules 9, 10, 11, 19, 34, and 43 to: 1) change “district court” to “trial court” to include the Business and Chancery Court; and 2) clean-up language for clarity and consistency.

Supreme Court Order