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Effective 5/4/2022
39A-3-111. Military court — Concurrent prosecutorial jurisdiction with county or district attorney.

  • (1) The county attorney or district attorney, as appropriate under Sections 17-18a-202 and 17-18a-203, of the county where an offense under the Utah Code of Military Justice is committed has concurrent jurisdiction with a military court to prosecute the accused individual at the expense of the county.
  • (2) Charges regarding the offense may not be filed in a military court until the appropriate county attorney or district attorney has reviewed and declined to prosecute the offense.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 373, 2022 General Session