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Title 77 - Utah Code of Criminal Procedure
Chapter 4 - Pleadings and Proceedings Before Trial
Part 1 - Suppression of Resistance to Service of Process
Section 101 - Force by officer -- Arrest.
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UT Code § 77-4-101 (2025)
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Effective 5/3/2023
77-4-101. Force by officer -- Arrest.
A public officer authorized to execute process issued by any court may use such force as is reasonable and necessary to execute service of process. If necessary, he may seize, arrest, and confine persons resisting or aiding and abetting resistance to his service of process.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 231, 2023 General Session
77-4-101. Force by officer -- Arrest.
A public officer authorized to execute process issued by any court may use such force as is reasonable and necessary to execute service of process. If necessary, he may seize, arrest, and confine persons resisting or aiding and abetting resistance to his service of process.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 231, 2023 General Session
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