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Utah Code § 78A-2-201

Powers of every court

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 2012 UT App 162 - Allen v. Ciokewicz (2012)

Most recently applied in 2016 UT App 231 - Iota v. Davco Management Company (November 2016)

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session

How often courts cite this section

2011201610
citing decisions per year

Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

Every court has authority to:

(1) preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence;

(2) enforce order in the proceedings before it, or before a person authorized to conduct a judicial investigation under its authority;

(3) provide for the orderly conduct of proceedings before it or its officers;

(4) compel obedience to its judgments, orders, and process, and to the orders of a judge out of court, in a pending action or proceeding;

(5) control in furtherance of justice the conduct of its ministerial officers, and of all other persons in any manner connected with a judicial proceeding before it in every matter;

(6) compel the attendance of persons to testify in a pending action or proceeding, as provided by law;

(7) administer oaths in a pending action or proceeding, and in all other cases where necessary in the exercise of its authority and duties;

(8) amend and control its process and orders to conform to law and justice;

(9) devise and make new process and forms of proceedings, consistent with law, necessary to carry into effect its authority and jurisdiction; and

(10) enforce rules of the Supreme Court and Judicial Council.

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