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Posted: October 22, 2019
URCP086. Licensed Paralegal Practitioners. NEW. Addresses applicability of Utah Rules of Civil Procedure to Licensed Paralegal Practitioners.
URCP065C. Post-conviction relief. AMEND. Addresses service of post-conviction petitions and the underlying court record.
Posted: October 20, 2016
URCP007 Pleadings allowed; motions, memoranda, hearings, orders. Amend. Returns pre-2015 paragraph (b)(2) language addressing limits on orders to show cause to new paragraph (q).
URCP065C Post-conviction relief. Amend. Expressly makes all records in the criminal case under review, including the records in an appeal of that conviction, part of the trial court record in the petition for post-conviction relief.
Posted: August 3, 2011
URCP 004. Process. Amend. Deletes the requirement that a summons published in a newspaper must be in an English language newspaper.
URCP 065C. Post-conviction relief. Amend. Adds appointment of pro bono counsel in accordance with Sections 78B-9-109 and -202.
Posted: October 5, 2009
URCP 065C. Post-conviction relief. Amend Recognizes Utah’s Post-Conviction Remedies Act as the law governing post-conviction relief.