2006 Utah Code - 78-32-3 — In immediate presence of court; summary action -- Without immediate presence; procedure.

     78-32-3.   In immediate presence of court; summary action -- Without immediate presence; procedure.
     When a contempt is committed in the immediate view and presence of the court, or judge at chambers, it may be punished summarily, for which an order must be made, reciting the facts as occurring in such immediate view and presence, adjudging that the person proceeded against is thereby guilty of a contempt, and that he be punished as prescribed in Section 78-32-10 hereof. When the contempt is not committed in the immediate view and presence of the court or judge at chambers, an affidavit shall be presented to the court or judge of the facts constituting the contempt, or a statement of the facts by the referees or arbitrators or other judicial officers.

No Change Since 1953