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Month: February 2025

Posted: February 26, 2025

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

CJA 4-202.02. 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