Utah procedural guides

Plain-English guides to the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure, each one tied to the rules it relies on. Every rule named in a guide has its own page with the official text.

• Responding to a Utah complaint: 21 days in state, 30 days out of stateUtah Rule 12(a) gives 21 days to file and serve an answer if you were served inside Utah and 30 days if you were served outside it — and a motion aimed at some claims does not delay the rest.
• Utah initial disclosures: 14 days for a plaintiff, 42 for a defendantUtah Rule 26(a)(2) gives a plaintiff 14 days after the first answer to serve initial disclosures and a defendant 42 days after filing its own answer — with no meet-and-confer trigger.
• Utah's statement of discovery issues: four pages, seven days, and one attachmentUtah does not use a conventional motion to compel — Rule 37 requires a four-page statement of discovery issues in a prescribed order, with a seven-day objection window.
• Setting aside a Utah default judgment: ninety days, not one yearUtah Rule 60(c) caps mistake, newly discovered evidence and fraud at 90 days after entry — where nearly every other state allows a full year.
• Utah summary judgment: restate each disputed fact verbatim, or it is admittedUtah Rule 56(a)(2) requires the opposing memorandum to restate each disputed fact verbatim with record citations — and any fact not disputed is deemed admitted for the motion.
• The Utah motion to dismiss: a partial motion leaves you on two clocks at onceUtah Rule 12(a) says a motion directed to fewer than all the claims does not extend the time to answer the rest — so a partial motion leaves the answer deadline running.
• The Utah writ of garnishment: fourteen days to reply, and silence makes the answers trueUtah Rule 64D gives 14 days to reply to a garnishee's answers — and a person who fails to reply is treated as having no exemption and no dispute.

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