Utah Code

Utah Code § 63G-4-203 (2026)

Procedures for informal adjudicative proceedings

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If an agency enacts rules designating one or more categories of adjudicative proceedings as informal adjudicative proceedings, the agency shall, by rule, prescribe procedures for informal adjudicative proceedings that include the following:

Unless the agency by rule provides for and requires a response, no answer or other pleading responsive to the allegations contained in the notice of agency action or the request for agency action need be filed.

The agency shall hold a hearing if a hearing is required by statute or rule, or if a hearing is permitted by rule and is requested by a party within the time prescribed by rule.

In any hearing, the parties named in the notice of agency action or in the request for agency action shall be permitted to testify, present evidence, and comment on the issues.

Hearings will be held only after timely notice to all parties.

Discovery is prohibited, but the agency may issue subpoenas or other orders to compel production of necessary evidence.

All parties shall have access to information contained in the agency's files and to all materials and information gathered in any investigation, to the extent permitted by law.

Intervention is prohibited, except that the agency may enact rules permitting intervention where a federal statute or rule requires that a state permit intervention.

All hearings shall be open to all parties.

Within a reasonable time after the close of an informal adjudicative proceeding, the presiding officer shall issue a signed order in writing that states the following:

the decision;

the reasons for the decision;

a notice of any right of administrative or judicial review available to the parties; and

the time limits for filing an appeal or requesting a review.

The presiding officer's order shall be based on the facts appearing in the agency's files and on the facts presented in evidence at any hearings.

A copy of the presiding officer's order shall be promptly mailed to each of the parties.

The agency may record any hearing.

Any party, at the party's own expense, may have a reporter approved by the agency prepare a transcript from the agency's record of the hearing.

Nothing in this section restricts or precludes any investigative right or power given to an agency by another statute.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2010–2025 · leading case: Friends of Great Salt Lake v. Utah Dep't of Nat. Resources, 2017 UT 15 (Utah 2017).

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Friends of Great Salt Lake v. Utah Dep't of Nat. Resources, 2017 UT 15 (Utah 2017). · cites it 3× “Because intervention is not allowed in informal adjudications under Utah Code section 63G-4-203(g), moreover, the court rejected Friends’ attempt at intervention in the informal adjudication.”

Osmond Senior Living v. Dept. of Pub. Saf., 2018 UT App 218 (Utah Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “§ 63G-4-203(1)(d), and provide the parties "a signed order in writing," id.”

Friends of Great Salt Lake v. Utah Dep't of Nat. Resources, 2010 UT 20 (Utah 2010). · cites it 2× “Utah Code Ann. § 63G-4-203(l)(g). Mineral Company also points to the summary dismissal and likens it to the two paragraph memorandum opinion issued in Alumbaugh , in which the court of appeals refused to apply an agency rule designating proceedings as formal when the Career…”

Utah Alunite Corp. v. Jones, 2016 UT App 11 (Utah Ct. App. 2016). “§ 63G-4-203(1)(g) *905 (2014), Appellants never requested that the State Engineer convert the proceeding to a formal adjudication, which would have allowed them to seek intervention.”

Repub. Outdoor Adver. v. Dept. of Transp., 2011 UT App 198 (Utah Ct. App. 2011). “§ 63G-4-203(1)(g) (stating that "[i]ntervention is prohibited" in an informal administrative proceeding, with limited exceptions not applicable here).”

Dave's Driving Sch. LLC v. Utah Dep't of Pub. Saf. (D. Utah 2025). “§ 63G-4-203(1)(e) (providing that “[d]iscovery is prohibited” in informal adjudicative proceedings); Utah Admin.”

— Utah Code § 63G-4-203(1)(d) — 1 case

Osmond Senior Living v. Dept. of Pub. Saf., 2018 UT App 218 (Utah Ct. App. 2018). “§ 63G-4-203(1)(d), and provide the parties "a signed order in writing," id.”

— Utah Code § 63G-4-203(1)(e) — 1 case

Dave's Driving Sch. LLC v. Utah Dep't of Pub. Saf. (D. Utah 2025). “§ 63G-4-203(1)(e) (providing that “[d]iscovery is prohibited” in informal adjudicative proceedings); Utah Admin.”

— Utah Code § 63G-4-203(1)(g) — 2 cases

— Utah Code § 63G-4-203(1)(i) — 1 case

Osmond Senior Living v. Dept. of Pub. Saf., 2018 UT App 218 (Utah Ct. App. 2018). “§ 63G-4-203(1)(d), and provide the parties "a signed order in writing," id.”

— Utah Code § 63G-4-203(g) — 1 case

Friends of Great Salt Lake v. Utah Dep't of Nat. Resources, 2017 UT 15 (Utah 2017). “Because intervention is not allowed in informal adjudications under Utah Code section 63G-4-203(g), moreover, the court rejected Friends’ attempt at intervention in the informal adjudication.”

— Utah Code § 63G-4-203(l)(g) — 2 cases

Friends of Great Salt Lake v. Utah Dep't of Nat. Resources, 2010 UT 20 (Utah 2010). “Utah Code Ann. § 63G-4-203(l)(g). Mineral Company also points to the summary dismissal and likens it to the two paragraph memorandum opinion issued in Alumbaugh , in which the court of appeals refused to apply an agency rule designating proceedings as formal when the Career…”

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