Utah Code
Utah Code § 78A-7-105 (2026)
Jurisdiction of a county justice court
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The territorial jurisdiction of a county justice court extends to the limits of the precinct for which the justice court is created and includes all municipalities within the precinct, other than a municipality where a municipal justice court exists.
Subject to Subsection (1)(c), a county or district attorney may file a class B or C misdemeanor offense in a county justice court, regardless of where the act occurred, if:
the same offense could have been filed as a class A misdemeanor in district court;
the county or district attorney files the offense described in Subsection (1)(b)(i) pursuant to Subsection 77-2-2.3(1)(a); and
the case was submitted to the county or district attorney's office for prosecution.
A prosecutor may not file a class B or C misdemeanor offense in a county justice court if the facts support the filing of the charged offense as a felony under Section 76-3-103.
The territorial jurisdiction of municipal justice courts extends to the corporate limits of the municipality in which the justice court is created.
Justice court judges have the same authority regarding matters within their jurisdiction as judges of courts of record.
A justice court may issue all extraordinary writs and other writs as necessary to carry into effect its orders, judgments, and decrees.
Except as provided in this Subsection (5), a judgment rendered in a justice court does not create a lien upon any real property of the judgment debtor unless the judgment or abstract of the judgment:
is recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the real property of the judgment debtor is located; and
contains the information identifying the judgment debtor in the judgment or abstract of judgment as required in Subsection 78B-5-201(4)(b) or as a separate information statement of the judgment creditor as required in Subsection 78B-5-201(5).
The lien runs for eight years from the date the judgment was entered in the district court under Section 78B-5-202 unless the judgment is earlier satisfied.
State agencies are exempt from the recording requirement of Subsection (5)(a).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case (1 in the last 5 years), 2023–2023 · leading case: Granite Sch. Dist. v. Young, 2023 UT 21 (Utah 2023).
Granite Sch. Dist. v. Young, 2023 UT 21 (Utah 2023). “See UTAH CODE § 78A-7-105. 6 Cite as: 2023 UT 21 Opinion of the Court ¶27 Another category of subject matter jurisdiction embodies concepts of justiciability.”
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