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Category: URAP06

Posted: December 10, 2025

Rules of Appellate Procedure – Effective December 9, 2025

On December 9, 2025, the Legislature passed SJR201, a joint resolution amending three rules of the Utah Rules of Appellate Procedure: Rule 4 Appeal as of right: how taken, to address the time for parties to appeal a judgment in certain election cases; Rule 6 Bond for costs on appeal, to address the payment of a cost bond on appeal; and Rule 30 Decision of the court, to address the time for an appellate court to decide an appeal in certain election cases. In publishing these amendments, the court takes no position on their constitutionality.

URAP04. Appeal as of right: how taken. Amend.

URAP06. Bond for costs on appeal. Amend.

URAP30. Decision of the court; notice of decision. Amend.