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Utah Code § 77-19-204.5

Procedures on finding of competency to be executed

Enacted by Chapter 345, 2026 General Session

(1) If an inmate is found competent to be executed at any time during a proceeding under this chapter, the court shall immediately transmit a certificate of the findings to the Board of Pardons and Parole and the Department of Corrections.

(2) Upon a finding that the inmate is competent to be executed:

(a) any stay imposed by the court is automatically lifted as described in Utah Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 27; and

(b) except as provided in Subsection 77-19-8(4), the court shall draw and deliver another warrant of execution, with a copy of the certificate of findings, in accordance with Section 77-19-6.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.