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Utah Code — Title 77, Utah Code of Criminal Procedure

596 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 77-1-2 — Criminal procedure prescribed.
• § 77-1-3 — Definitions.
• § 77-1-4 — Conviction to precede punishment.
• § 77-1-5 — Prosecuting party.
• § 77-1-6 — Rights of defendant.
• § 77-1-7 — Dismissal without trial -- Custody or discharge of defendant.
• § 77-10a-1 — Definitions.
• § 77-10a-10 — Charge of grand jury -- Rights and duties.
• § 77-10a-11 — Jury foreman -- Compensation of grand jurors.
• § 77-10a-12 — Representation of state -- Appointment and compensation of special prosecutor.
• § 77-10a-13 — Location -- Who may be present -- Witnesses -- Witnesses who are subjects -- Evidence -- Contempt -- Notice -- Record of proceedings -- Disclosure.
• § 77-10a-14 — Concurrence for indictment -- Proof -- Validity -- Disclosure.
• § 77-10a-15 — Return and transfer of indictment.
• § 77-10a-16 — Return of indictment -- Warrant of arrest -- Bail.
• § 77-10a-17 — Grand jury report on noncriminal misconduct -- Action on the report.
• § 77-10a-18 — Grand jury term of service -- Excusing a juror.
• § 77-10a-19 — Compensation for special prosecutors.
• § 77-10a-2 — Panel of judges -- Appointment -- Membership -- Ordering of grand jury.
• § 77-10a-20 — Expenses of grand jury -- Appropriation -- Payment by state or county.
• § 77-10a-3 — Scope of grand jury inquiry.
• § 77-10a-4 — Number of members -- Number required for indictment.
• § 77-10a-5 — Grand jurors -- Qualification and selection -- Limits on disclosure.
• § 77-10a-7 — Selection of grand jurors -- Notice -- Examination -- Qualification -- Alternates.
• § 77-10a-8 — Challenge of prospective grand jurors -- Failure to comply in selection of jurors -- Remedies.
• § 77-10a-9 — Oath for grand jurors.
• § 77-11a-101 — Definitions.
• § 77-11a-102 — Venue.
• § 77-11a-201 — Grounds for seizing property and contraband.
• § 77-11a-202 — Ownership interest in property or contraband seized by a peace officer.
• § 77-11a-203 — Procedure after seizure of property or contraband.
• § 77-11a-204 — Custody of seized property and contraband.
• § 77-11a-205 — Transfer or release of seized property to another governmental entity -- Requirements.
• § 77-11a-301 — Return of seized property to claimant -- Generally.
• § 77-11a-302 — Return of seized property to claimant by surety bond or cash.
• § 77-11a-303 — Return of seized property subject to forfeiture to claimant for hardship.
• § 77-11a-304 — Release of seized property to innocent owner or interest holder.
• § 77-11a-305 — Release of seized property to claimant when seized property is retained as evidence.
• § 77-11a-401 — Applicability of this part.
• § 77-11a-402 — Disposition of seized property and contraband -- Return of seized property.
• § 77-11a-403 — Disposition of firearms no longer needed as evidence.
• § 77-11b-101 — Definitions.
• § 77-11b-102 — Property subject to forfeiture.
• § 77-11b-103 — Trial by jury.
• § 77-11b-104 — Venue.
• § 77-11b-105 — Training requirements.
• § 77-11b-201 — Initiating forfeiture proceedings -- Notice of intent to seek forfeiture.
• § 77-11b-202 — Sale of seized property subject to forfeiture.
• § 77-11b-203 — Mandatory return of seized property subject to forfeiture.
• § 77-11b-204 — Compensation for damaged property subject to forfeiture.
• § 77-11b-301 — Forfeiture of seized property through the criminal case.
• § 77-11b-302 — Civil forfeiture of seized property.
• § 77-11b-303 — Proportionality of forfeiture.
• § 77-11b-304 — Postjudgment interest to prevailing party in forfeiture proceeding.
• § 77-11b-305 — Attorney fees and costs for forfeiture proceeding.
• § 77-11b-306 — Limitation on fees for holding seized property subject to forfeiture.
• § 77-11b-401 — Disposition and allocation of forfeited property.
• § 77-11b-402 — Criminal Forfeiture Restricted Account.
• § 77-11b-403 — State Asset Forfeiture Grant Program.
• § 77-11b-404 — Forfeiture reporting requirements.
• § 77-11c-101 — Definitions.
• § 77-11c-102 — Retention of evidence as an exhibit.
• § 77-11c-103 — Disposal or return of evidence.
• § 77-11c-201 — Retention of evidence of misdemeanor offenses.
• § 77-11c-202 — Requirements for not retaining evidence of a misdemeanor offense -- Preservation of sufficient evidence.
• § 77-11c-203 — Request to prosecuting attorney by agency -- Notification to defendant.
• § 77-11c-301 — Retention of evidence for felony offenses.
• § 77-11c-302 — Requirements for not retaining evidence of felony offense -- Preservation of sufficient evidence.
• § 77-11c-303 — Procedure for authorizing the return or disposal of evidence of a felony offense.
• § 77-11c-401 — Preservation of biological evidence -- Procedures -- Inventory request.
• § 77-11c-402 — Exceptions to preservation of biological evidence.
• § 77-11c-403 — Remedies for failure to preserve biological evidence.
• § 77-11d-101 — Definitions.
• § 77-11d-102 — Disposition by police agency.
• § 77-11d-103 — Statement of finder of property.
• § 77-11d-104 — Locating owner of property.
• § 77-11d-105 — Disposition of unclaimed property.
• § 77-13-1 — Kinds of pleas.
• § 77-13-2 — Record of plea -- Effect of each kind of plea.
• § 77-13-3 — Court approval of no contest plea required.
• § 77-13-4 — Felonies -- Entry in open court.
• § 77-13-5 — Failure to plead -- Not guilty entered.
• § 77-13-6 — Withdrawal of a plea.
• § 77-14-1 — Time and place of alleged offense -- Specification.
• § 77-14-2 — Alibi -- Notice requirements -- Witness lists.
• § 77-14-3 — Testimony regarding mental state of defendant or another -- Notice requirements -- Right to examination.
• § 77-14-4 — Insanity or diminished mental capacity -- Notice requirement.
• § 77-14-6 — Entrapment -- Notice of claim required.
• § 77-15-1 — Incompetent individual not to be tried for public offense.
• § 77-15-10 — Involuntary medication order portability.
• § 77-15-2 — Definitions.
• § 77-15-3 — Petition for inquiry regarding defendant -- Filing -- Contents.
• § 77-15-3.5 — Incompetent to proceed in misdemeanor cases.
• § 77-15-4 — Court may raise issue of competency at any time.
• § 77-15-5 — Order for hearing -- Stay of other proceedings -- Examinations of defendant -- Scope of examination and report.
• § 77-15-6 — Commitment on finding of incompetency to stand trial -- Subsequent hearings -- Notice to prosecuting attorneys.
• § 77-15-6.5 — Petition for involuntary medication of incompetent defendant.
• § 77-15-7 — Statute of limitations and speedy trial -- Effect of incompetency of defendant.
• § 77-15-8 — Bail exonerated on commitment of defendant.
• § 77-15-9 — Expenses.
• § 77-15a-101.1 — Definitions for chapter.
• § 77-15a-101.5 — Intellectually disabled defendant not subject to a sentence of death.
• § 77-15a-104 — Hearing -- Notice -- Stay of proceeding -- Examinations of defendant -- Scope of examination -- Report -- Procedures.
• § 77-15a-105 — Defendant's wilful failure to cooperate -- Expert testimony regarding intellectual disability is barred.
• § 77-15a-106 — Limitations on admitting intellectual disability examination evidence.
• § 77-16a-101 — Definitions.
• § 77-16a-102 — Jury instructions.
• § 77-16a-103 — Plea of guilty with a mental condition-- Procedures -- Sentencing -- Reduction -- Costs.
• § 77-16a-104 — Verdict of guilty with a mental condition -- Hearing to determine present mental state.
• § 77-16a-201 — Probation.
• § 77-16a-202 — Person found guilty with a mental condition-- Commitment to department -- Admission to Utah State Hospital.
• § 77-16a-203 — Review of offenders with a mental condition committed to department -- Recommendations for transfer to Department of Corrections.
• § 77-16a-204 — UDC acceptance of transfer of persons found guilty with a mental condition -- Retransfer from UDC to department for admission to the Utah State Hospital.
• § 77-16a-205 — Parole.
• § 77-16a-301 — Mental examination of defendant.
• § 77-16a-302 — Persons found not guilty by reason of insanity -- Disposition.
• § 77-16a-303 — Court determinations.
• § 77-16a-304 — Review after commitment.
• § 77-16a-305 — Conditional release.
• § 77-16a-306 — Continuing review -- Discharge.
• § 77-16b-101 — Title.
• § 77-16b-102 — Definitions.
• § 77-16b-103 — Involuntary feeding or hydration of prisoners -- Petition procedures, venue -- Prisoner rights.
• § 77-16b-104 — Involuntary feeding or hydration of prisoners -- Standards, continuing jurisdiction, and records.
• § 77-16b-105 — Involuntary feeding or hydration of prisoners -- Exceptions.
• § 77-17-1 — Doubt as to degree -- Conviction only on lowest.
• § 77-17-10 — Court to determine law; the jury, the facts.
• § 77-17-11 — Jury to retire for deliberation -- Oath of officer having custody.
• § 77-17-12 — Defendant on bail appearing for trial may be committed.
• § 77-17-13 — Expert testimony generally -- Notice requirements.
• § 77-17-2 — Discharging one of several defendants -- To testify for state.
• § 77-17-3 — Discharge for insufficient evidence.
• § 77-17-4 — Conspiracy -- Pleading -- Evidence -- Proof necessary.
• § 77-17-5 — Proof of corporate existence or powers generally.
• § 77-17-6 — Lottery tickets -- Evidence.
• § 77-17-7 — Conviction on testimony of accomplice -- Instruction to jury.
• § 77-17-8 — Mistake in charging offense -- Procedure -- Witnesses.
• § 77-17-9 — Separation or sequestration of jurors -- Oath of officer having custody.
• § 77-18-101 — Title.
• § 77-18-102 — Definitions.
• § 77-18-103 — Presentence investigation report -- Classification of presentence investigation report -- Evidence or other information at sentencing.
• § 77-18-105 — Pleas held in abeyance -- Suspension of a sentence -- Probation -- Supervision -- Terms and conditions of probation -- Time periods for probation -- Bench supervision for payments on criminal accounts receivable.
• § 77-18-106 — Treatment at the Utah State Hospital -- Condition of probation or stay of sentence.
• § 77-18-107 — Home confinement -- Electronic monitoring for home confinement.
• § 77-18-108 — Termination, revocation, modification, or extension of probation -- Violation of probation -- Hearing on violation.
• § 77-18-109 — Standards for supervision and presentence investigation.
• § 77-18-110 — Disposition of fines.
• § 77-18-111 — Sentence -- Term -- Construction.
• § 77-18-112 — Reports by courts and prosecuting attorneys to Board of Pardons and Parole.
• § 77-18-113 — Judgment of death -- Method is lethal injection -- Exceptions for use of firing squad.
• § 77-18-114 — Unpaid balance at termination of sentence -- Transfer of collection responsibility -- Past due account -- Notice -- Account or judgment paid in full -- Effect of civil accounts receivable and civil judgment of restitution.
• § 77-18-115 — Liability of rescued person for costs of emergency response.
• § 77-18-116 — Costs imposed on defendant -- Restrictions.
• § 77-18-117 — Fine not paid -- Commitment.
• § 77-18-118 — Continuing jurisdiction of a sentencing court.
• § 77-18a-1 — Appeals -- When proper.
• § 77-19-1 — Judgment for fine or costs -- Enforcement.
• § 77-19-10 — Sentence of death -- Location and procedures for execution.
• § 77-19-11 — Who may be present -- Photographic and recording equipment.
• § 77-19-12 — Return upon death warrant.
• § 77-19-2 — Judgment of imprisonment -- Commitment.
• § 77-19-201 — Definitions for part.
• § 77-19-202 — Notification of pregnancy or incompetency of inmate sentenced to death.
• § 77-19-202.5 — Procedures for pregnant inmate sentenced to death.
• § 77-19-203 — Petition for inquiry as to competency to be executed -- Filing -- Contents.
• § 77-19-203.5 — Successive petitions on competency of an inmate sentenced to death.
• § 77-19-204 — Order for hearing -- Examinations of inmate -- Scope of examination and report.
• § 77-19-204.5 — Procedures on finding of competency to be executed.
• § 77-19-205 — Procedures on finding of incompetency to be executed -- Subsequent hearings -- Notice to attorneys.
• § 77-19-206 — Expenses -- Allocation.
• § 77-19-3 — Special release from city or county jail -- Purposes.
• § 77-19-4 — Special release from city or county jail -- Conditions and limitations.
• § 77-19-5 — Special release from city or county jail -- Revocation.
• § 77-19-6 — Sentence of death -- Warrant -- Delivery of warrant -- Determination of execution time.
• § 77-19-8 — Sentence of death, when suspended, and by whom.
• § 77-19-9 — Sentence of death not executed -- Order for execution.
• § 77-2-10 — Prosecution of a judge.
• § 77-2-2 — Definitions.
• § 77-2-2.1 — Authorization to file information.
• § 77-2-2.2 — Signing and filing of information.
• § 77-2-2.3 — Reducing the level of an offense.
• § 77-2-3 — Termination of investigative action.
• § 77-2-4 — Dismissal of prosecution.
• § 77-2-4.2 — Compromise of traffic charges -- Deferred prosecution of traffic infractions -- Limitations.
• § 77-2-4.3 — Compromise of boating violations -- Limitations.
• § 77-2-4.5 — Dismissal by compromise -- Limitations.
• § 77-2-5 — Diversion agreement -- Negotiation -- Contents.
• § 77-2-6 — Dismissal after compliance with diversion agreement.
• § 77-2-7 — Diversion not a conviction.
• § 77-2-8 — Violation of diversion agreement -- Hearing -- Prosecution resumed.
• § 77-2-9 — Offenses ineligible for diversion.
• § 77-20-101 — Title.
• § 77-20-102 — Definitions.
• § 77-20-103 — Release data requirements.
• § 77-20-201 — Right to bail -- Capital felony.
• § 77-20-202 — Collection of pretrial information.
• § 77-20-203 — County sheriff authority to release an individual from jail on own recognizance.
• § 77-20-204 — County jail authority to release an individual from jail on monetary bail.
• § 77-20-205 — Pretrial release by a magistrate or judge.
• § 77-20-205.5 — Financial condition schedule.
• § 77-20-206 — Motion for pretrial detention -- Pretrial detention hearing -- Requirements for no bail holds.