June 2025 – Utah Court Rules

Posted: June 26, 2025

Rules Governing Licensed Paralegal Practitioners – Effective June 25, 2025

URGLPP15-703. Qualifications for Licensure as a Licensed Paralegal Practitioner. Amend. The approved amendments to Rule 15-703: (1) change the educational requirement option for Licensed Paralegal Practitioner licensure from an associate’s degree in paralegal studies to an associate’s degree in any subject plus a paralegal certificate, (2) change the educational requirement option for Licensed Paralegal Practitioner licensure of a bachelor’s degree in paralegal studies to a bachelor’s degree in any subject, and (3) includes general cleanup to add formatting and technical consistency.

Supreme Court Order

Posted: June 25, 2025

Code of Judicial Administration – Effective July 1, 2025

CJA04-111. Priority of post-conviction petitions in capital cases (AMEND)
The amendments remove the requirement that the Administrative Office of the Courts prepare a monthly report on pending post-conviction petitions in capital cases because those reports are no longer needed.

CJA04-403. Electronic signature and signature stamp use (AMEND)
The amendments grant district, juvenile, and justice courts the discretion to authorize clerks to use a judge’s or commissioner’s electronic signature or signature stamp on additional document types without judicial review by issuing a standing order signed by a presiding judge.

CJA01-205. Standing and ad hoc committees (AMEND)
CJA04-202.02. Records classification (AMEND)
CJA04-202.03. Records access (AMEND)
CJA04-206. Exhibits (AMEND)
CJA04-510.06. Testing and reporting requirements for guardians and conservators (AMEND)
CJA04-613. Jail prisoner transportation (AMEND)
CJA06-501. Testing and reporting requirements for guardians and conservators (AMEND)
The amendments correct references to statutes that do not take effect until September 1, 2025, and make other clerical, non-substantive changes.

Judicial Council Order

Posted: June 2, 2025

Rules of Appellate Procedure – Effective November 1, 2025

URAP035. Petition for rehearing. Rule 35 is amended to update the reference to Rule 27 which was amended May 1, 2024.

URAP044. Transfer of improperly pursued appeals. The amendments to Rule 44 include: 1) clarifying what happens when an appeal is improperly filed with the appellate court and what the filing date of the appeal will be; and 2) clarifying that a transfer of an appeal under this rule is not an adjudication that jurisdiction is proper.

Supreme Court Order