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Utah Code § 78A-2-222

Disqualification for interest or relation to parties

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Kunej v. Labor Commission (2013)

Most recently applied in 2024 UT App 44 - State v. Mitton (April 2024)

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session

(1) Except by consent of all parties, a justice, judge, or justice court judge may not sit or act in any action or proceeding:

(a) to which he is a party, or in which he is interested;

(b) when he is related to either party by consanguinity or affinity within the third degree, computed according to the rules of the common law; or

(c) when he has been attorney or counsel for either party in the action or proceeding.

(2) The provisions of this section do not apply to the arrangement of the calendar or the regulation of the order of business, nor to the power of transferring the action or proceeding to some other court.

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