Utah Courts – Page 13 – Utah Court Rules

Posted: June 30, 2010

Code of Judicial Administration

CJA 03-0101. Judicial nominating commissions. Repeal. Under HB 289, the Judicial Council no longer has authority for rules regulating Judicial Nominating Commissions.

Posted: June 30, 2010

Rules Governing the Utah State Bar

USB 14-0707. Application; deadlines; withdrawals; postponements and fees. Amend. Extends the time in which applicants for admission to the Utah State Bar can obtain the mandatory FBI criminal background report.
Supreme Court Order.

Posted: April 26, 2010

Rules of Appellate Procedure

URAP 035. Petition for rehearing. Amend. Requires that a petition for rehearing include a copy of the decision. Effective June 1, 2010 under Rule 11-505. Subject to change after the comment period.
Supreme Court Order
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Posted: March 17, 2010

Rules of Evidence

URE 0409. Payment of medical and similar expenses; expressions of apology. Amend. Prohibits expressions of apology from being admitted as evidence of liability for an injury. Effective upon approval by 2/3rd majority of both houses of the Legislature. HJR 34, March 9, 2010.

Posted: February 26, 2010

Rules of Criminal Procedure

URCrP 15A. Scientific, Lab, and Analytical Reports – When prosecution required to produce foundation and chain of custody witnesses. New. Describes when the prosecution is required to produce foundation and chain of custody witnesses.
Supreme Court Order.

Posted: January 25, 2010

Code of Judicial Administration

CJA 04-0404. Jury selection and service. Amend. Provide for biannual jury analysis to the Judicial Council
CJA 04-0409. Council Approval of Problem Solving Courts. Amend. Establish best-practices criteria and require recertification biannually.
CJA 07-0304. Probation supervision. Amend. Add an assessment tool based on evidence-based practices for working with low-risk offenders.
CJA 10-01-0305. Mediation in small claims appeals. New. Requires mediation before a small claims trial de novo in Third District.

Posted: December 21, 2009

Code of Judicial Conduct

Code of Judicial Conduct. Repeal and reenact the Utah Code of Judicial Conduct. The redline edits show changes based on the ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct issued in 2007.
Supreme Court Order

Posted: December 21, 2009

Rules of Appellate Procedure

URAP 15. Petitions for review in tax cases. New. Provides for stay of a tax appeal in the Supreme Court if case is also before the district court on a petition for judicial review.
Supreme Court Order

Posted: September 22, 2009

Rules of Evidence

URE 0701. Opinion testimony by lay witnesses. Amend. Adds to the required grounds for opinion testimony by a lay witness that the opinion is not based on specialized knowledge within the scope of Rule 702.
URE 0703. Bases of opinion testimony by experts. Amend. Prohibits inadmissible data used to form an expert opinion from being disclosed to the jury unless the probative value substantially outweighs the prejudicial effect.
Supreme Court Order.

Posted: June 22, 2009

Rules Governing the Utah State Bar

USB 14-0203. License categories. Amend. Specify that to qualify for the “active, under 3 years” category means to have practiced less than 3 years in any jurisdiction.
Supreme Court Order
USB 14-0507. Roster of lawyers and current record information. Amend. Require the Bar to collect, maintain and have ready access to a lawyer’s e-mail address. Lawyer could still designate the e-mail address as private.
Supreme Court Order
USB 14-0103. Organization and management of the Bar. Amend. Establish on-line election of president-elect and commissioners.
USB 14-0205. Board. Amend. Establish on-line election of president-elect and commissioners.
USB 14-0206. Officers. Amend. Establish on-line election of president-elect and commissioners.
Supreme Court Order.
USB 14-0510. Prosecution and appeals. Amend. The proposed amendments provide a right of appeal from an informal disciplinary proceeding, specify the rights of the complainant and respondent at the screening panel proceeding, and detail the exceptions and appeal procedures.
Supreme Court Order.