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Posted: August 16, 2024
URCrP017.5. Notice of repeal for Utah Rules of Criminal Procedure 17.5 effective September 1, 2024. Posted for public comment.
URJP029B. Notice of repeal of Utah Rules of Juvenile Procedure 29B effective September 1, 2024. Posted for public comment.
URJP037B. Notice of repeal of Utah Rules of Juvenile Procedure 37B effective September 1, 2024. Posted for public comment.
Posted: May 21, 2024
The Utah Supreme Court invites comments to the following proposed new rules. The comment period will close on July 5, 2024. The proposed rules identify factors judges should consider when setting in-person, remote, and hybrid hearings. The proposed rules also specify how hearing participants may request to appear in a manner opposite of the initial court setting. Finally, the proposed rules provide factors judges should consider in approving or denying a participant’s request.
URCP087. New. In-person, remote, and hybrid hearings; requests for accommodation.
URCrP017.05. New. In-person, remote, and hybrid hearings; requests for accommodation.
URJP061. New. In-person, remote, and hybrid hearings; requests for accommodation.
Posted: February 9, 2021
URCrP017.5. Hearings with contemporaneous transmission from a different location. (AMEND). The proposed amendments will allow toxicologists to testify through remote transmission in misdemeanor cases provided appropriate safeguards are in place.
Posted: June 25, 2015
The following rules provide that court business and hearings may be conducted remotely by contemporaneous transmission from a different location, as long as certain standards are met.
CJA 03-0302. Clerk of the Court. Amend.
CJA 04-0106. Electronic conferencing. Amend.
CJA 09-0105. Justice Court hours. Amend.
URCP 043. Evidence. Amend.
URCrP 017.5 Hearings with contemporaneous transmission from a different location. New.
URJP 029B. Hearings with contemporaneous transmission from a different location. New.
URJP 037B. Hearings with contemporaneous transmission from a different location. New.