Utah Code § 75E-10-303
Funding for indigent defense services
Utah · Utah Code Title 75E — Criminal and Juvenile Justice Administration · Status: effective
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- Utah Code § 75E-10-303, Funding for indigent defense services, Utah, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2353002
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(1) The office shall pay for indigent defense services for indigent inmates from the fund.
(2) A contract under this chapter shall ensure that indigent defense services are provided in a manner consistent with the core principles described in Section 75E-9-104.
(3) The county attorney or district attorney of a county of the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class shall function as the prosecuting entity.
(4)
(a) A county of the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class where a state prison is located may impose an additional property tax levy by ordinance at .0001 per dollar of taxable value in the county.
(b) If the county governing body imposes the additional property tax levy by ordinance, the revenue shall be deposited into the fund as provided in Section 75E-10-302 to fund the purposes of this chapter.
(c) Upon notification that the fund has reached the amount specified in Subsection 75E-10-302(6), a county shall deposit revenue derived from the property tax levy after the county receives the notice into a county account used exclusively to provide indigent defense services.
(d) A county that chooses not to impose the additional levy by ordinance may not receive any benefit from the fund.