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UT Code § 78B-1-116 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 78B - Judicial Code|Chapter 1 - Juries and Witnesses|Part 1 - Jury and Witness Act|Section 116 - Jurors -- Employer not to discharge or threaten employee for jury service -- Criminal penalty -- Civil action by employee.

78B-1-116. Jurors -- Employer not to discharge or threaten employee for jury service -- Criminal penalty -- Civil action by employee.    (1) An employer may not deprive an employee of employment, threaten or take any adverse employment action, or otherwise coerce the employee regarding employment because the employee receives a summons, responds to it, serves as a juror, or a grand juror, or attends court for prospective jury or grand jury service.     (2) An employee may not be required or requested to use annual, vacation, or sick leave for time spent responding to a summons for jury duty, time spent participating in the jury selection process, or for time spent actually serving on a jury. Nothing in this provision shall be construed to require an employer to provide annual, vacation, or sick leave to employees under the provisions of this statute who otherwise are not entitled to those benefits under company policies.     (3) Any employer who violates this section is guilty of criminal contempt and upon conviction may be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.     (4) If any employer discharges an employee in violation of this section, the employee within 30 days may bring a civil action for recovery of wages lost as a result of the violation and for an order requiring the reinstatement of the employee. Damages recoverable may not exceed lost wages for six weeks. If the employee prevails, the employee shall be allowed reasonable attorney fees fixed by the court.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 78B-1-117 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 78B - Judicial Code|Chapter 1 - Juries and Witnesses|Part 1 - Jury and Witness Act|Section 117 - Jurors and witnesses -- State payment for jurors and subpoenaed persons -- Appropriations and costs -- Expenses in justice court.

 Effective 5/8/2018  78B-1-117. Jurors and witnesses -- State payment for jurors and subpoenaed persons -- Appropriations and costs -- Expenses in justice court.    (1) The state is responsible for payment of all fees and expenses authorized by law for prosecution witnesses, witnesses subpoenaed by indigent defendants, and interpreter costs in criminal actions in the courts of record and actions in the juvenile court. The state is responsible for payment of all fees and expenses authorized by law for jurors in the courts of record. For these payments, the Judicial Council shall receive an annual appropriation contained in a separate line item appropriation.     (2) If expenses, for the purposes of this section, exceed the line item appropriation, the state court administrator shall submit a claim against the state to the Board of Examiners and request the board to recommend and submit a supplemental appropriation request to the Legislature for the deficit incurred.     (3) In the justice courts, the fees, mileage, and other expenses authorized by law for jurors, prosecution witnesses, witnesses subpoenaed by indigent defendants, and interpreter costs shall be paid by the municipality if the action is prosecuted by the city attorney, and by the county if the action is prosecuted by the county attorney or district attorney.     (4) Beginning July 1, 2014, the state court administrator shall provide a report during each interim to the Executive Offices and Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee detailing expenses, trends, and efforts made to minimize expenses and maximize performance of the costs under this section.     (5) The funding of additional full-time equivalent employees shall be authorized by the Legislature through specific intent language.    Amended by Chapter 25, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 78B-1-118 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 78B - Judicial Code|Chapter 1 - Juries and Witnesses|Part 1 - Jury and Witness Act|Section 118 - Jurors and witnesses -- Judicial Council rules governing fee payment.

78B-1-118. Jurors and witnesses -- Judicial Council rules governing fee payment.  The Judicial Council shall adopt rules governing the method of payment of fees, mileage, and other expenses of jurors and witnesses, authorization for payment, record of payment, and the audit of payment records.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 78B-1-119 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 78B - Judicial Code|Chapter 1 - Juries and Witnesses|Part 1 - Jury and Witness Act|Section 119 - Jurors and witnesses -- Fees and mileage.

 Effective 5/9/2017  78B-1-119. Jurors and witnesses -- Fees and mileage.    (1) Every juror and witness legally required or in good faith requested to attend a trial court of record or not of record or a grand jury is entitled to:   (a) $18.50 for the first day of attendance and $49 per day for each subsequent day of attendance; and     (b) if traveling more than 50 miles, $1 for each four miles in excess of 50 miles actually and necessarily traveled in going only, regardless of county lines.       (2) Persons in the custody of a penal institution upon conviction of a criminal offense are not entitled to a witness fee.     (3) A witness attending from outside the state in a civil case is allowed mileage at the rate of 25 cents per mile and is taxed for the distance actually and necessarily traveled inside the state in going only.     (4) If the witness is attending from outside the state in a criminal case, the state shall reimburse the witness under Section 77-21-3.     (5) A prosecution witness or a witness subpoenaed by an indigent defendant attending from outside the county but within the state may receive reimbursement for necessary lodging and meal expenses under rule of the Judicial Council.     (6) A witness subpoenaed to testify in court proceedings in a civil action shall receive reimbursement for necessary and reasonable parking expenses from the attorney issuing the subpoena under rule of the Judicial Council or Supreme Court.    Amended by Chapter 56, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 78B-1-120 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 78B - Judicial Code|Chapter 1 - Juries and Witnesses|Part 1 - Jury and Witness Act|Section 120 - Jurors and witnesses -- Fees in criminal cases -- Daily report of attendance.

78B-1-120. Jurors and witnesses -- Fees in criminal cases -- Daily report of attendance.  Every witness in a criminal case subpoenaed for the state, or for a defendant by order of the court at the expense of the state, and every juror, whether grand or trial, shall, unless temporarily excused, in person report daily to the clerk. No per diem shall be allowed for any day upon which attendance is not so reported.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 78B-1-121 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 78B - Judicial Code|Chapter 1 - Juries and Witnesses|Part 1 - Jury and Witness Act|Section 121 - Jurors and witnesses -- Statement of service -- Certificate.

78B-1-121. Jurors and witnesses -- Statement of service -- Certificate.  Whenever a grand juror, or a witness for the state before the grand jury, is finally discharged, the foreman of the grand jury shall furnish to the clerk of the district court a statement containing information necessary for the clerk to make the juror's or witness's certificate.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 78B-1-122 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 78B - Judicial Code|Chapter 1 - Juries and Witnesses|Part 1 - Jury and Witness Act|Section 122 - Jurors and witnesses -- Justice court judge -- Certificate of attendance -- Records and reporting.

 Effective 5/12/2015  78B-1-122. Jurors and witnesses -- Justice court judge -- Certificate of attendance -- Records and reporting.  Every justice court shall follow the established disbursement process for juror and witness fees within the town, city, or county, or use the following procedure.  (1) A justice court judge shall provide to each person who has served as a juror or as a witness in a criminal case when summoned for the prosecution by the county or city attorney, or for the defense by order of the court, a numbered certificate that contains:   (a) the name of the juror or witness;     (b) the title of the proceeding;     (c) the number of days in attendance;     (d) the number of miles traveled if the witness has traveled more than 50 miles in going only; and     (e) the amount due.       (2) The certificate shall be presented to the county or city attorney. When certified as being correct, it shall be presented to the county or city auditor and when allowed by the county executive or town council, the auditor shall draw a warrant for it on the treasurer.     (3) Every justice court judge shall keep a record of all certificates issued. The record shall show all of the facts stated in each certificate. On the first Monday of each month a detailed statement of all certificates issued shall be filed with the treasurer.    Amended by Chapter 99, 2015 General Session
UT Code § 78B-1-123 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 78B - Judicial Code|Chapter 1 - Juries and Witnesses|Part 1 - Jury and Witness Act|Section 123 - Jurors and witnesses -- Limit of time for presentation of certificate.

78B-1-123. Jurors and witnesses -- Limit of time for presentation of certificate.  Any holder of a witness's or juror's certificate specified in this title shall be required to present it to the county treasurer or to the county auditor, as the case may be, of the county where the certificate was issued within one year from the date of its issuance. If the same is not presented for payment within that time, it is invalid and will not be paid.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 78B-1-124 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 78B - Judicial Code|Chapter 1 - Juries and Witnesses|Part 1 - Jury and Witness Act|Section 124 - Jurors and witnesses -- Statement of certificates -- Contents -- Payment by state.

78B-1-124. Jurors and witnesses -- Statement of certificates -- Contents -- Payment by state.    (1) At the end of each quarter it shall be the duty of the county treasurer and the county auditor of each county to prepare in duplicate and verify under oath a full and complete itemized statement of all certificates issued by the clerk of the district court since the date of the last statement for mileage and attendance of:   (a) grand jurors;     (b) trial jurors engaged in the trial of criminal causes in the district court; and     (c) witnesses summoned by or on behalf of the state in criminal causes in the district court.       (2) The statement shall set forth in detail for each certificate:   (a) the number of the certificate;     (b) the date issued;     (c) the name of the person in whose favor it was issued;     (d) the nature of the service rendered; and     (e) any other information as may be necessary and required by the state auditor.       (3) Within 30 days of the end of the quarter one of these statements shall be transmitted to the state auditor and the other filed in the office of the county clerk. Upon the timely receipt of this statement the state auditor shall, unless it is found to be incorrect, draw a warrant in favor of the county treasurer upon the state treasurer for the whole amount of jurors' and witnesses' certificates as shown by the statement, and transmit it to the county treasurer.     (4) The county treasurer shall hold the funds drawn from the state treasury upon the certificates for mileage and attendance of jurors and witnesses as a separate fund for the redemption of jurors' and witnesses' certificates.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 78B-1-125 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 78B - Judicial Code|Chapter 1 - Juries and Witnesses|Part 1 - Jury and Witness Act|Section 125 - Jurors and witnesses -- Certifying excessive fees a felony.

78B-1-125. Jurors and witnesses -- Certifying excessive fees a felony.  Any clerk or judge of any court, county attorney, district attorney, or other officer who certifies false information as a fact, whereby any witness or juror shall be allowed a greater sum than otherwise entitled to under the provisions of this title, is guilty of a felony.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 78B-1-126 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 78B - Judicial Code|Chapter 1 - Juries and Witnesses|Part 1 - Jury and Witness Act|Section 126 - Jurors and witnesses -- Purchase of certificate forbidden -- Penalty.

 Effective 5/8/2018  78B-1-126. Jurors and witnesses -- Purchase of certificate forbidden -- Penalty.    (1) No person connected officially with any of the district courts of this state, and no state, district, county or precinct officer, shall purchase or cause to be purchased any certificate issued to any juror or witness under the provisions of this title.     (2) Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.    Amended by Chapter 148, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 78B-1-127 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 78B - Judicial Code|Chapter 1 - Juries and Witnesses|Part 1 - Jury and Witness Act|Section 127 - Witnesses -- Competency.

78B-1-127. Witnesses -- Competency.  Every person is competent to be a witness except as otherwise provided in the Utah Rules of Evidence.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 78B-1-128 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 78B - Judicial Code|Chapter 1 - Juries and Witnesses|Part 1 - Jury and Witness Act|Section 128 - Who may be witnesses -- Jury to judge credibility.

78B-1-128. Who may be witnesses -- Jury to judge credibility.    (1) All persons, without exception, otherwise than as specified in this part, who, having organs of sense, can perceive, and, perceiving, can make known their perceptions to others, may be witnesses.     (2) Neither parties nor other persons who have an interest in the event of an action or proceeding are excluded; nor those who have been convicted of crime; nor persons on account of their opinions on matters of religious belief.     (3) The credibility of a witness may be questioned by:   (a) the manner in which the witness testifies;     (b) the character of the witness testimony;     (c) evidence affecting the witness' character for truth, honesty, or integrity;     (d) the witness' motives; or     (e) contradictory evidence.       (4) The jury is the exclusive judge of credibility.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 78B-1-129 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 78B - Judicial Code|Chapter 1 - Juries and Witnesses|Part 1 - Jury and Witness Act|Section 129 - Witnesses -- Subpoena defined.

78B-1-129. Witnesses -- Subpoena defined.  The process by which the attendance of a witness is required is a subpoena. It is a writ or order directed to a person and requiring the person's attendance at a particular time and place to testify as a witness. The person may also be required to bring any books, documents, or other things under the person's control which is required to be produced in evidence.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 78B-1-130 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 78B - Judicial Code|Chapter 1 - Juries and Witnesses|Part 1 - Jury and Witness Act|Section 130 - Witnesses -- Duty when served with subpoena.

78B-1-130. Witnesses -- Duty when served with subpoena.  A witness served with a subpoena shall:  (1) attend at the time appointed with any papers required by the subpoena;     (2) answer all pertinent and legal questions; and     (3) unless sooner discharged, remain until the testimony is closed.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 78B-1-131 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 78B - Judicial Code|Chapter 1 - Juries and Witnesses|Part 1 - Jury and Witness Act|Section 131 - Witnesses -- Liability to forfeiture and damages.

78B-1-131. Witnesses -- Liability to forfeiture and damages.  A witness who disobeys a subpoena shall, in addition to any penalty imposed for contempt, be liable to the party aggrieved in the sum of $100, and all damages sustained by the failure of the witness to attend. Forfeiture and damages may be recovered in a civil action.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 78B-1-132 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 78B - Judicial Code|Chapter 1 - Juries and Witnesses|Part 1 - Jury and Witness Act|Section 132 - Employer not to discharge or threaten employee for responding to subpoena -- Criminal penalty -- Civil action by employee.

78B-1-132. Employer not to discharge or threaten employee for responding to subpoena -- Criminal penalty -- Civil action by employee.    (1) An employer may not deprive an employee of employment or threaten or otherwise coerce the employee regarding employment because the employee attends a deposition or hearing in response to a subpoena.     (2) Any employer who violates this section is guilty of criminal contempt and upon conviction may be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months or both.     (3) If an employer violates this section, in addition to any other remedy, the employee may bring a civil action in district court for recovery of wages lost as a result of the violation and for an order requiring the reinstatement of the employee. Damages recoverable may not exceed lost wages for six weeks. If the employee prevails, the employee shall be allowed reasonable attorney fees.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 78B-1-133 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 78B - Judicial Code|Chapter 1 - Juries and Witnesses|Part 1 - Jury and Witness Act|Section 133 - Witnesses -- Judge or juror may be witness -- Procedure.

78B-1-133. Witnesses -- Judge or juror may be witness -- Procedure.  The judge or any juror may be called as a witness by either party. It is in the discretion of the court to order the trial to be postponed, suspended, or take place before another judge or jury.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 78B-1-134 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 78B - Judicial Code|Chapter 1 - Juries and Witnesses|Part 1 - Jury and Witness Act|Section 134 - Witnesses -- Duty to answer questions -- Privilege.

78B-1-134. Witnesses -- Duty to answer questions -- Privilege.    (1) A witness shall answer all questions legal and pertinent to the matter in issue, although an answer may establish a claim against the witness.     (2) A witness need not give an answer which will subject him to punishment for a felony.     (3) A witness need not give an answer which will degrade his character, unless it is to the very fact in issue or to a fact from which the fact in issue would be presumed.     (4) A witness must answer as to the fact of any previous conviction of a felony.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 78B-1-135 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 78B - Judicial Code|Chapter 1 - Juries and Witnesses|Part 1 - Jury and Witness Act|Section 135 - Witnesses -- Proceedings in aid of or supplemental to attachment, garnishment, or execution.

78B-1-135. Witnesses -- Proceedings in aid of or supplemental to attachment, garnishment, or execution.    (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 78B-1-134, a party or a witness examined in proceedings in aid of or supplemental to attachment, garnishment, or execution is not excused from answering a question on the ground that;   (a) the answer will tend to convict the party or witness of the commission of a fraud;     (b) the answer will prove the party or witness has been a party or privy to, or has knowledge of, a conveyance, assignment, transfer or other disposition of property concerned for any purpose;     (c) the party, witness, or any other person claims to be entitled, as against the judgment creditor or a receiver appointed or to be appointed in the proceedings, to hold property derived from or through the judgment debtor or to be discharged from the payment of a debt which was due to the judgment debtor or to a person in the debtor's behalf.       (2) An answer cannot be used as evidence against the person so answering in a criminal action or proceeding, except in an action for perjury against the person for falsely testifying.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 78B-1-136 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 78B - Judicial Code|Chapter 1 - Juries and Witnesses|Part 1 - Jury and Witness Act|Section 136 - Witnesses -- Rights.

78B-1-136. Witnesses -- Rights.  It is the right of a witness to be protected from irrelevant, improper or insulting questions, and from harsh or insulting demeanor, to be detained only so long as the interests of justice require it, and to be examined only as to matters legal and pertinent to the issue.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 78B-1-138 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 78B - Judicial Code|Chapter 1 - Juries and Witnesses|Part 1 - Jury and Witness Act|Section 138 - Witnesses -- Exempt from arrest in civil action.

78B-1-138. Witnesses -- Exempt from arrest in civil action.  Every person who has been in good faith served with a subpoena to attend as a witness before a court, judge, commissioner, referee or other person, in a case where the disobedience of the witness may be punished as a contempt, is exempt from arrest in a civil action while going to the place of attendance, necessarily remaining there and returning therefrom.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 78B-1-139 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 78B - Judicial Code|Chapter 1 - Juries and Witnesses|Part 1 - Jury and Witness Act|Section 139 - Witnesses -- Unlawful arrest -- Void -- Damages recoverable.

78B-1-139. Witnesses -- Unlawful arrest -- Void -- Damages recoverable.  The arrest of a witness contrary to Section 78B-1-138 is void, and when willfully made is a contempt of the court. The person making the arrest is responsible to the witness arrested for double the amount of the damages which may be assessed against the witness, and is also liable to an action at the suit of the party serving the witness with the subpoena for the damages sustained by the party in consequence of the arrest.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 78B-1-140 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 78B - Judicial Code|Chapter 1 - Juries and Witnesses|Part 1 - Jury and Witness Act|Section 140 - Liability of officer making arrest.

78B-1-140. Liability of officer making arrest.    (1) An officer is not liable for making the arrest in ignorance of the facts creating the exemption, but is liable for any subsequent detention of the witness, if the witness claims the exemption and makes an affidavit stating:   (a) he has been served with a subpoena to attend as a witness before a court, officer or other person, specifying the same, the place of attendance and the action or proceeding in which the subpoena was issued;     (b) he has not been served by his own procurement, with the intention of avoiding an arrest; and     (c) he is at the time going to the place of attendance, returning therefrom, or remaining there in obedience to the subpoena.       (2) The affidavit may be taken by the officer, and exonerates him from liability for discharging the witness when arrested.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 78B-1-141 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 78B - Judicial Code|Chapter 1 - Juries and Witnesses|Part 1 - Jury and Witness Act|Section 141 - Witnesses -- Discharge when unlawfully arrested.

78B-1-141. Witnesses -- Discharge when unlawfully arrested.  The court or officer issuing the subpoena, and the court or officer before whom the attendance is required, may discharge the witness from an arrest made in violation of Section 78B-1-138. If the court has adjourned before the arrest or before application for the discharge, a judge of the court may grant the discharge.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session