URCP029 – Utah Court Rules

Rules of Civil Procedure – Effective November 1, 2026

URCP029. Stipulations regarding disclosure and discovery procedure. AMEND. The amendment corrects a cross-reference from Rule 26(b)(2) to Rule 26(b)(3) regarding proportionality standards.

URCP030. Depositions upon oral questions. AMEND. The amendments to paragraph (f) remove outdated requirements for deposition officers to physically seal and label deposition records, eliminating unnecessary procedures and costs associated with the delivery of deposition records.

URCP037. Statement of discovery issues; Sanctions; Failure to admit, to attend deposition or to preserve evidence. AMEND. The amendments align paragraph (a)(2) with Rule 7(q) by allowing statements of discovery issues to be limited to either four pages or 1,500 words, and correct a cross-reference in paragraph (a)(7) from Rule 26(b)(2) to Rule 26(b)(3) regarding proportionality standards.

URCP074. Withdrawal of counsel. AMEND. The amendment to paragraph (e) removes the requirement that former counsel sign a notice of substitution of counsel, allowing clients to obtain new representation without requiring their former counsel’s signature or approval.

URCP105. Shortening 30 day waiting period in divorce actions. AMEND. The amendments replace references to a “motion for a hearing” with a “request to enter a decree of divorce” to reflect the modern practice of submitting stipulated proposed findings rather than holding hearings, and include minor plain-language and stylistic revisions.

URCP110. Judicial interview of a minor child. NEW. This new rule establishes procedures for judicial interviews of minor children in district court proceedings, excluding child testimony and interviews conducted by individuals other than judges or commissioners. Adapted from the Uniform Judicial Interview of Children Act, the rule addresses the criteria for conducting interviews, required judicial training, recording procedures, attorney guardian ad litem attendance, and access to interview records.

Supreme Court Order

Rules of Civil Procedure

The Supreme Court has approved these extensive changes to the civil disclosure and discovery rules. Because several of the rules are difficult to read with traditional redline interlineation, the rules are also shown here as amended. The amendments are effective for all cases filed on or after November 1, 2011.
Supreme Court Order.

Redline	As Amended
URCP 001. General provisions.	URCP 001. General provisions.
URCP 008. General rules of pleadings.	URCP 008. General rules of pleadings.
URCP 009. Pleading special matters.	URCP 009. Pleading special matters.
URCP 016. Pretrial conferences.	URCP 016. Pretrial conferences.
URCP 026. General provisions governing disclosure and discovery.	URCP 026. General provisions governing disclosure and discovery.
URCP 026.01. Disclosure in domestic relations actions.	URCP 026.01. Disclosure in domestic relations actions.
URCP 029. Stipulations regarding disclosure and discovery procedure.	URCP 029. Stipulations regarding disclosure and discovery procedure.
URCP 030. Depositions upon oral questions.	URCP 030. Depositions upon oral questions.
URCP 031. Depositions upon written questions.	URCP 031. Depositions upon written questions.
URCP 033. Interrogatories to parties.	URCP 033. Interrogatories to parties.
URCP 034. Production of documents and things and entry upon land for inspection and other purposes.	URCP 034. Production of documents and things and entry upon land for inspection and other purposes.
URCP 035. Physical and mental examination of persons.	URCP 035. Physical and mental examination of persons.
URCP 036. Request for admission.	URCP 036. Request for admission.
URCP 037. Discovery and disclosure motions; Sanctions.	URCP 037. Discovery and disclosure motions; Sanctions.
URCP 054. Judgments; costs.	URCP 054. Judgments; costs.