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Utah Code § 63G-4-202 (2026)

Designation of adjudicative proceedings as informal -- Standards -- Undesignated proceedings formal

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The agency may, by rule, designate categories of adjudicative proceedings to be conducted informally according to the procedures set forth in rules enacted under the authority of this chapter if:
the use of the informal procedures does not violate any procedural requirement imposed by a statute other than this chapter;
in the view of the agency, the rights of the parties to the proceedings will be reasonably protected by the informal procedures;
in the view of the agency, the agency's administrative efficiency will be enhanced by categorizations; and
the cost of formal adjudicative proceedings outweighs the potential benefits to the public of a formal adjudicative proceeding.
Subject to the provisions of Subsection (3), all agency adjudicative proceedings not specifically designated as informal proceedings by the agency's rules shall be conducted formally in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.
Any time before a final order is issued in any adjudicative proceeding, the presiding officer may convert a formal adjudicative proceeding to an informal adjudicative proceeding, or an informal adjudicative proceeding to a formal adjudicative proceeding if:
conversion of the proceeding is in the public interest; and
conversion of the proceeding does not unfairly prejudice the rights of any party.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2010–2016 · leading case: Friends of Great Salt Lake v. Utah Dep't of Nat. Resources, 2010 UT 20 (Utah 2010).
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Friends of Great Salt Lake v. Utah Dep't of Nat. Resources, 2010 UT 20 (Utah 2010). · cites it 3× “Utah Code Ann. § 63G-4-202. ¶ 16 In Alumbaugh , the court of appeals specifically refused to apply an agency rule that designated all adjudicative proceedings as formal because a summary dismissal could not possibly constitute a formal proceeding.”
Repub. Outdoor Advert. v. Utah Dep't of Transp., Div. II, 258 P.3d 619 (Utah Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 3× “, Utah Code Ann. § 63G-4-202(3) (2008) (providing that "the presiding officer may convert .”
Repub. Outdoor Adver. v. Dept. of Transp., 2011 UT App 198 (Utah Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 4× “, Utah Code Ann. § 63G-4-202(3) (2008) (providing that " the presiding officer may convert .”
Utah Alunite Corp. v. Jones, 2016 UT App 11 (Utah Ct. App. 2016). “§ 63G-4-202(3) (2014). Had the informal adjudication been converted into a formal proceeding, Appellants could then have sought intervention in the case.”
— Utah Code § 63G-4-202(2) — 1 case
Friends of Great Salt Lake v. Utah Dep't of Nat. Resources, 2010 UT 20 (Utah 2010). “Utah Code Ann. § 63G-4-202. ¶ 16 In Alumbaugh , the court of appeals specifically refused to apply an agency rule that designated all adjudicative proceedings as formal because a summary dismissal could not possibly constitute a formal proceeding.”
— Utah Code § 63G-4-202(3) — 3 cases
Repub. Outdoor Advert. v. Utah Dep't of Transp., Div. II, 258 P.3d 619 (Utah Ct. App. 2011). “, Utah Code Ann. § 63G-4-202(3) (2008) (providing that "the presiding officer may convert .”
Repub. Outdoor Adver. v. Dept. of Transp., 2011 UT App 198 (Utah Ct. App. 2011). “, Utah Code Ann. § 63G-4-202(3) (2008) (providing that " the presiding officer may convert .”
Utah Alunite Corp. v. Jones, 2016 UT App 11 (Utah Ct. App. 2016). “§ 63G-4-202(3) (2014). Had the informal adjudication been converted into a formal proceeding, Appellants could then have sought intervention in the case.”
— Utah Code § 63G-4-202(8) — 1 case
Repub. Outdoor Advert. v. Utah Dep't of Transp., Div. II, 258 P.3d 619 (Utah Ct. App. 2011). “, Utah Code Ann. § 63G-4-202(3) (2008) (providing that "the presiding officer may convert .”
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