Category: URCP030

Posted: October 30, 2025

Rules of Civil Procedure – Effective November 1, 2025

URCP007. Pleadings allowed; motions, memoranda, hearings, orders. AMEND. – The amendments to this rule include subparagraph (b)(4) regarding orders related to subpoenas under Rule 45, and adding motions that may be acted upon without waiting for a response under subparagraph (l).

URCP010. Form of pleadings and other papers. AMEND. – The amendments to this rule clarify in subparagraph (e) that orders electronically filed by attorneys must follow these signature line requirements, as well as include amendments to conform to the style guide for the rules. The Supreme Court has ordered the expedited effectiveness of the amendments to this rule pursuant to Code of Judicial Administration, Rule 11-105. This rule will also be sent out for public comment.

URCP026.4. Provisions governing disclosure in contested proceedings under titles 75, 75A, or 75B of the Utah Code. AMEND. – The amendments to this rule clarify the information that needs to be provided regarding any less restrictive alternatives to guardianship or conservatorship, and reflect the recodification of the probate code to reference additional Utah Code titles.

URCP030. Depositions upon oral questions. AMEND. – The amendments to this rule include subparagraph (b)(6) to add clarity regarding objections to a subpoena and depositions, and amendments to conform with the style guide for the rules.

URCP037. Statement of discovery issues; Sanctions; Failure to admit, to attend deposition or to preserve evidence. AMEND. – The amendments to this rule add a reference to objections under rule 45(e)(4) to the statement of discovery issues in subparagraph (a)(2), as well as to subparagraph (a)(3), to add person subject to and non parties affected by subpoenas to the proposed order requirements found in (a)(5), to remove subparagraph (b)(6), and amendments to correct references to other rules as well as conform with the style guide for the rules.

URCP045. Subpoena. AMEND. – The amendments to this rule add a written requirement to subparagraph (e)(4), to clarify the process found in subparagraph (e)(5) regarding responses to objections and compliance, and amendments to conform with the style guide for the rules.

URCP101. Motion practice before court commissioners. AMEND. – The amendments to this rule clarify scope, content, oral motions, service on unrepresented parties, exhibits and admissible evidence, page limits, hearings and orders.

Supreme Court Order

Posted: January 12, 2015

Rules of Civil Procedure

URCP 026. General provisions governing disclosure and discovery. Amend. Refers the person requesting extraordinary discovery to rule 37.
URCP 030. Depositions upon oral questions. Amend. Deletes an incorrect reference to appellate transcripts of court hearings as the method for preparing a transcript of a deposition.
URCP 037. Discovery and disclosure motions; Sanctions. Amend. Replaces traditional discovery motions with the process of expedited statements of discovery issues currently found in Code of Judicial Administration Rule 4-502. If approved, the procedural provisions of Rule 4-502 will be deleted. Allows costs and attorney’s fees to be included as part of a statement of discovery issues, but requires a motion for sanctions.
URCP 045. Subpoena. Amend. Refers the person objecting to a subpoena or requesting an order to compel to rule 37. Requires that a third-party subpoena be served on the other parties.
Supreme Court Order.

Posted: August 30, 2011

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.