Utah Rules of Civil
Procedure 1 - Scope of Rules
The first rule of the
Utah
Rules of Civil Procedure establishes that these rules will
govern the procedures to be used by Utah courts in almost all civil
cases, subject to certain exceptions which are set forth in
Rule 81.
Rule 1 also provides an exception to the applicability of the
Utah Rules of Civil Procedure when there is another court rule or
statute enacted by the Legislature which may govern. The rules
apply equally to judges and to commissioners. (Commissioners are
used only in some counties in Utah.)

Because
the rules are generally considered to be "procedural" rather
than "substantive," the most current Rules of Civil Procedure are
applicable both to new cases and to cases that may still be pending in
the courts when a change in the rules becomes effective.
However, under Rule 1, Utah judges do have discretion to
apply the former procedural rule if it would be unfeasible or
unjust to require the application of the new rule.
Rule 1 states that the rules are to be "liberally construed and applied
to achieve the just, speed, and inexpensive determination of every
action." In reality, civil lawsuits in Utah can be
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