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Title 17 - Counties
Chapter 22 - Sheriff
Section 6 - Service of process on prisoners -- Penalty.
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UT Code § 17-22-6 (2021)
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17-22-6. Service of process on prisoners -- Penalty.
Amended by Chapter 297, 2011 General Session
- (1) A sheriff or jailer upon whom a paper in a judicial proceeding directed to a prisoner in the sheriff's or jailer's custody is served shall forthwith deliver the paper to the prisoner, with a note thereon of the time of its service.
- (2) A sheriff or jailer who neglects to comply with Subsection (1) is liable to the prisoner for all damages occasioned by that neglect.
Amended by Chapter 297, 2011 General Session
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