Utah Code

Utah Code § 77-17-11 (2026)

Jury to retire for deliberation -- Oath of officer having custody

✓ laws through the 2026 General Session (checked Sept. 2026)

After hearing the court's instructions and arguments of counsel, the jury shall retire for deliberation.

An officer shall:

be sworn to keep the jury together in some private and convenient place;

not permit any person to speak to or communicate with the jury;

not communicate with the jury except:

upon the order of the court; or

to ask the jury whether the jury has agreed on a verdict; and

return the jury to court when the jury has agreed and the court has so ordered, or when otherwise ordered by the court.

Amended by Chapter 302, 2025 General Session