2006 Utah Code - 62A-3-309 — Enforcement by division -- Duty of county or district attorney.

     62A-3-309.   Enforcement by division -- Duty of county or district attorney.
     (1) It is the duty of the county or district attorney, as appropriate under Sections 17-18-1, 17-18-1.5, and 17-18-1.7, to assist and represent the division and to initiate legal proceedings to protect vulnerable adults and take appropriate action to prosecute the alleged offenders.
     (2) When the county or district attorney fails to act upon the request of the division to provide legal assistance within 30 days of the request, the division may request the attorney general to act and, in the attorney general's discretion, the attorney general may assume the responsibilities and carry the action forward in place of the county or district attorney.

Repealed and Re-enacted by Chapter 108, 2002 General Session