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Utah Code § 77-20-208

Release from conditions when charges not filed in specified time period

Amended by Chapter 408, 2023 General Session

(1) If a prosecuting attorney does not file an information, indictment, or a request to extend time under Subsection (2), within 120 days after the day on which a county jail official released the individual on a financial condition under Section 77-20-203 or within 120 days after the day on which a temporary pretrial status order was issued for the individual:

(a) the individual shall be relieved from any condition of pretrial release;

(b) the court shall refund any monetary bail in accordance with Subsection 77-20-402(5); and

(c) if a bail bond was used to post monetary bail, the bail bond shall be exonerated without further order of the court.

(2) A request to extend time shall:

(a) be served on:

(i) the individual and the individual's attorney; and

(ii) if a bail bond was used to post monetary bail, the surety; and

(b) except as provided in Subsection (3), be granted for a period of up to 60 days.

(3) The magistrate may grant a request to extend time for a period of up to 120 days upon a showing of good cause.

(4) Nothing in this section prohibits the filing of charges against an individual at any time.

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