Category: CJA04-0901

Posted: September 23, 2026

Code of Judicial Administration – Comment Period Closes November 9, 2026

CJA03-110. Judicial officer financial disclosures (AMEND) The proposed amendments establish a direct pathway for judges to submit additional redaction requests to the Management Committee and include a mandatory safeguard requiring the judiciary to notify judges whenever a request is made to access their unredacted financial disclosure forms.

CJA03-501. Insurance benefits upon retirement (AMEND) The proposed amendments clarify that earned benefits are limited to judges who qualify for and are entitled to receive a retirement allowance under Utah Code title 49, chapter 11. To ensure consistency, the amendment aligns the rule with the statutory definition of “retirement” under Utah Code 49-11-102(48).

CJA04-901. Mandatory electronic filing in juvenile court (AMEND) The proposed amendments: 1) add a provision that explicitly allows both lawyers representing an Indian tribe under Sup. Ct. R. Pro. Prac. Rule 4-806 and nonlawyer representatives under Rule 4-802 to submit court filings by email, mail, or in person; 2) shifts the authority to grant hardship eFiling exemptions from the Judicial Council to the Juvenile Court Administrator (or their designee); and 3) authorizes the Juvenile Court Administrator to set flexible terms rather than granting blanket case exemptions.

Posted: December 20, 2022

Code of Judicial Administration – Comment Period Closed February 3, 2023

Amendments clarify that attorneys and licensed paralegal practitioners must file cases electronically and allow self-represented litigants to file by email.

CJA04-0503. Mandatory electronic filing in civil and probate cases (AMEND)

CJA04-0603. Mandatory electronic filing in criminal cases (AMEND)

CJA04-0801. Filing small claims cases (AMEND)

CJA04-0901. Mandatory electronic filing in juvenile court (AMEND)

CJA09-0302. Mandatory electronic filing in justice court (AMEND)

Posted: July 30, 2015

Code of Judicial Administration

CJA 04-0202.02. Records classification. Amend. Classifies appellate filings, including briefs, as public. Classifies records maintained and prepared by juvenile probation, except for those filed with the court, as protected.
CJA 04-0202.03. Records access. Amend. Provides that a person given access to a record in order for juvenile probation to fulfill a probation responsibility may access a safeguarded record.
CJA 04-0202.04. Request to access a record associated with a case; request to classify a record associated with a case. Amend. Provides that a party with an interest in a case may move or petition a court with jurisdiction or a court that no longer has jurisdiction to reclassify a record or to have information redacted from the record. Adds all possible classifications. Provides that the relevant rules of procedure apply to such motions or petitions. Gives the appellate clerk responsibility for protecting sealed briefs and removing information ordered to be redacted. Provides that a court order is only binding on the court, the parties to the petition, and the state law library, unless otherwise ordered.
CJA 04-0202.09. Miscellaneous. Amend. Provides that a party may move, or a non-party interested in a record may petition, to classify a record as private, protected, sealed, safeguarded, juvenile court legal, or juvenile court social, or to redact non-public information from a public record.
CJA 04-0205. Security of court records. Amend. Provides that an appellate clerk is responsible for expunging records upon an order of expungment, but that a brief will be public unless it is otherwise classified through an order on a motion or petition.
CJA 04-0901. Mandatory electronic filing in juvenile court. New. Requires that pleadings and other papers filed in existing juvenile court cases on or after December 1, 2015 shall be filed electronically in C.A.R.E. Requires that pleadings and other papers filed to initiate juvenile court cases on or after August 1, 2016 shall be filed electronically in C.A.R.E.