Title 80, Title 80: Utah Juvenile Code

80-6-1116. Supplementary agreements. The compact administrator is authorized and empowered to enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states under the compact. In the event that the supplementary agreement requires or contemplates the use of any in…

80-6-1117. Financial arrangements. The compact administrator, subject to the approval of the Division of Finance, may make or arrange for any payments necessary to discharge any financial obligations imposed upon this state by the compact or by any supplementary agreement entered…

80-6-1118. Responsibility of parents. The compact administrator is authorized to take appropriate action to recover from parents or guardians, any and all costs expended by the state, or any of the state's subdivisions, to return a delinquent or nondelinquent juvenile to this sta…

80-6-1119. Responsibilities of state courts, departments, agencies, and officers. The courts, departments, agencies and officers of this state and this state's subdivisions shall enforce this compact and do all things appropriate to the effectuation of the compact's purposes and …

80-6-201. Minor taken into temporary custody by peace officer, private individual, or probation officer -- Grounds -- Protective custody. (1) A minor may be taken into temporary custody by a peace officer without a court order, or a warrant under Section, if the peace officer has…

80-6-202. Warrants for minors. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, after a petition is filed under Section, or a criminal information under Section, a juvenile court may issue a warrant for a minor to be taken into temporary custody if: 80-6-305 80-6-503 there is pr…

80-6-203. Temporary custody of a minor -- Notification of a child's parent, guardian, or custodian -- Taking a minor to a detention facility. (1) Except as provided in Subsection, if a peace officer, or other person, takes a child into temporary custody under Section, the peace o…

80-6-204. Detention or confinement of a child -- Restrictions. (1) Except as provided in Subsectionor this chapter, if a child is apprehended by a peace officer, or brought before a court for examination under state law, the child may not be confined: (2) in a jail, lockup, or ce…

80-6-205. Admission to detention -- Alternative to detention -- Rights of a minor in detention. (1) If a minor is taken to a detention facility under Section, a designated staff member of the detention facility shall immediately review the form and determine, based on the results…

80-6-206. Interrogation of a child -- Presence of a parent, legal guardian, or other adult -- Prohibition on false information or unauthorized statement -- Admissibility of admission, confession, or statement by child. (1) As used in this section: "Custodial interrogation" means …

80-6-207. Detention hearings -- Period of detention -- Bail. (1) After admission of a child to a detention facility under Sectionand immediate investigation by a juvenile probation officer, the juvenile court or the juvenile probation officer shall order the release of the child …

80-6-301. Referral to juvenile court. (1) Except as provided in Subsections (2) and (3), a peace officer, or a public official of the state, a county, a city, or a town charged with the enforcement of the laws of the state or local jurisdiction, shall file a formal referral with …

80-6-302. Citation -- Procedure -- Time limits -- Failure to appear. (1) A petition is not required to commence a proceeding against a minor for an adjudication of an alleged offense if a citation is issued for an offense for which the juvenile court has jurisdiction over and the…

80-6-303. Criminal proceedings involving minors -- Transfer to juvenile court -- Exception. (1) If while a criminal or quasi-criminal proceeding is pending, a district court or justice court determines that the juvenile court has jurisdiction over the offense, the district court …

80-6-303.5. Preliminary inquiry by juvenile probation officer -- Eligibility for nonjudicial adjustment. (1) If the juvenile court receives a referral for an offense committed by a minor that is, or appears to be, within the juvenile court's jurisdiction, or for the minor being a…

80-6-304. Nonjudicial adjustments -- Requirement to seek legal counsel before declination. (1) For a nonjudicial adjustment, the juvenile probation officer may require a minor to: pay a financial penalty of no more than $250 to the juvenile court, subject to the terms established…

80-6-304. Nonjudicial adjustments -- Requirement to seek legal counsel before declination. (1) For a nonjudicial adjustment, the juvenile probation officer may require a minor to: pay a financial penalty of no more than $250 to the juvenile court, subject to the terms established…

80-6-304.5. Prosecutorial review of referral to juvenile court -- Filing a petition. (1) A prosecuting attorney shall review a referral to the juvenile court for an offense committed by a minor if: the prosecuting attorney is requested to review the referral under Section; 80-6-3…

80-6-305. Petition for a delinquency proceeding -- Amending a petition -- Continuance. (1) A prosecuting attorney shall file a petition, in accordance with Utah Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 17, to commence a proceeding against a minor for an adjudication of an alleged offens…

80-6-306. Plea -- Withdrawal of a plea. (1) If a minor is facing a delinquency proceeding under this chapter, the minor may enter: a denial of the alleged offense; an admission of the alleged offense; or with the consent of the juvenile court, a plea of no contest as described in…

80-6-307. Dispositional report required in minors' cases -- Exceptions. (1) A juvenile probation officer, or other agency designated by the juvenile court, shall make a dispositional report in writing in all minors' cases in which a petition has been filed, except in cases involv…

80-6-401. Definitions -- Competency to proceed. (1) As used in this part: "Competency" or "competent to proceed" means that a minor has: a present ability to consult with counsel with a reasonable degree of rational understanding; and a rational as well as factual understanding o…

80-6-402. Procedure -- Standard. (1) When a written motion is filed in accordance with Sectionraising the issue of a minor's competency to proceed, or when the juvenile court raises the issue of a minor's competency to proceed, the juvenile court shall stay all proceedings under …

80-6-403. Disposition on finding of not competent to proceed -- Subsequent hearings -- Notice to prosecuting attorneys. (1) If the juvenile court determines that the minor is not competent to proceed, and there is a substantial likelihood that the minor may attain competency in t…

80-6-501. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Minor" means: an individual: who is at least 18 years old and younger than 25 years old; and whose case is under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court; or an individual: who is younger than 21 years old; who is charged with, or c…

80-6-502. Criminal information for a minor in district court. (1) If a prosecuting attorney charges a minor with aggravated murder under Sectionor murder under Section, the prosecuting attorney shall file a criminal information in the district court if the minor was a principal a…

80-6-503. Criminal information for a minor in juvenile court -- Extending juvenile court jurisdiction. (1) If a prosecuting attorney charges a minor with a felony, the prosecuting attorney may file a criminal information in the juvenile court if the minor was a principal actor in…

80-6-504. Preliminary hearing -- Grounds for transfer -- Detention of a minor bound over to the district court. (1) If a prosecuting attorney files a criminal information in accordance with Section, the juvenile court shall conduct a preliminary hearing to determine whether a min…

80-6-505. Criminal proceedings for a minor bound over to district court. (1) If the juvenile court binds a minor over to the district court in accordance with Section, the prosecuting attorney shall try the minor as if the minor is an adult in the district court except: 80-6-504 …

80-6-506. Appeals from bind over proceedings. (1) A minor may, as a matter of right, appeal from an order of the juvenile court binding the minor over to the district court under Section. 80-6-504 (2) The prosecuting attorney may, as a matter of right, appeal an order of the juve…

80-6-507. Commitment of a minor by a district court -- Provisional housing of a minor in a secure care facility. (1) When sentencing a minor, the district court shall order the minor to make restitution in accordance with Title 77, Chapter 38b, Crime Victims Restitution Act. (2) …

80-6-508. Blended plea -- Not permitted. (1) As used in this section: "Blended plea" means a plea bargain entered into by a minor that results in a combination of a juvenile adjudication and disposition and a criminal conviction and sentence for a criminal offense that arises fro…

80-6-601. Minors' cases considered civil proceedings -- Minor not to be charged with crime -- Exception for a prior adjudication -- Traffic violation cases. (1) Except as provided in Part 5, Minor Tried as an Adult, a proceeding in a minor's case under this chapter is a civil pro…

80-6-602. Hearings or proceedings for minors -- Prosecuting attorney -- Order for indigent defense -- Custody in the Division of Child and Family Services. (1) In a hearing or proceeding under this chapter, the juvenile court: shall admit any person who has a direct interest in t…

80-6-603. Rights of minors facing delinquency proceedings. (1) If a minor is facing a delinquency proceeding under this chapter, the minor has the right to: appear in person in the proceeding for the petition or the criminal information; defend, in person or by counsel, against t…

80-6-604. Victim's rights -- Access to juvenile court records. (1) If a minor is charged in a petition or information under this chapter for an offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony or a class A or class B misdemeanor, a victim of any act charged in the petition…

80-6-605. Extension of juvenile court jurisdiction -- Procedure. (1) At the time that a prosecuting attorney files a petition under Section, or a criminal information under Section, for a felony offense alleged to have been committed by a minor who is 14 years old or older, eithe…

80-6-606. Validated risk and needs assessment -- Examination of minor or minor's parent or guardian -- Temporary custody or appointment of guardian. (1) If a minor is adjudicated for an offense under this chapter, the minor shall undergo a risk screening or, if indicated, a valid…

80-6-607. Case planning and appropriate responses. (1) For a minor adjudicated and placed on probation under Sectionor committed to the division under Section, a case plan shall be created and: 80-6-702 80-6-703 developed in collaboration with the minor and the minor's family; in…

80-6-608. When photographs, fingerprints, or HIV infection tests may be taken -- Distribution -- DNA collection -- Reimbursement. (1) The division shall take a photograph and fingerprints of a minor who is: 14 years old or older at the time of the alleged commission of an offense…

80-6-609. Restraint of a minor. (1) As used in this section, "restrained" means the use of handcuffs, chains, shackles, zip ties, irons, straightjackets, and any other device or method that is used to immobilize a minor. (2) The Judicial Council shall adopt rules that address the…

80-6-610. Property damage caused by a minor -- Liability of parent or guardian. (1) A parent or guardian with legal custody of a minor is liable for damages sustained to property not to exceed $2,000 when: the minor intentionally damages, defaces, destroys, or takes the property …

80-6-701. Adjudication of an offense. (1) If the juvenile court finds, by beyond a reasonable doubt, that the allegations in a petition under Section, or a criminal information under Section, are true at the adjudication hearing, the juvenile court may order a disposition for a m…

80-6-702. Probation or protective supervision -- Conditions for probation. (1) If a minor is adjudicated under Section, the juvenile court may place the minor on probation, or under protective supervision in accordance with Subsectionif the minor is a child, in the minor's own ho…

80-6-703. Placement of a child -- Commitment of a minor to the division -- Limitations. (1) If a child is adjudicated for an offense under Section, the juvenile court may: 80-6-701 place the child in the legal custody of a relative or other suitable individual regardless of wheth…

80-6-704. Detention or alternative to detention -- Limitations. (1) The juvenile court may order a minor to detention, or an alternative to detention, if the minor is adjudicated for: an offense under Section; or 80-6-701 contempt of court under Section. 78A-6-353 Except as provi…