2006 Utah Code - 78-7-5 — Powers of every court.

     78-7-5.   Powers of every court.
     Every court has authority to:
     (1) preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence;
     (2) enforce order in the proceedings before it, or before a person authorized to conduct a judicial investigation under its authority;
     (3) provide for the orderly conduct of proceedings before it or its officers;
     (4) compel obedience to its judgments, orders, and process, and to the orders of a judge out of court, in a pending action or proceeding;
     (5) control in furtherance of justice the conduct of its ministerial officers, and of all other persons in any manner connected with a judicial proceeding before it in every matter;
     (6) compel the attendance of persons to testify in a pending action or proceeding, as provided by law;
     (7) administer oaths in a pending action or proceeding, and in all other cases where necessary in the exercise of its authority and duties;
     (8) amend and control its process and orders to conform to law and justice;
     (9) devise and make new process and forms of proceedings, consistent with law, necessary to carry into effect its authority and jurisdiction; and
     (10) enforce rules of the Supreme Court and Judicial Council.

Amended by Chapter 248, 1988 General Session