Utah statute
Utah Code Ann. § 77-30-16 — Amount of bail.
Current through 2026 General Session
Part of Chapter 30: Extradition, Utah Code.
Full text of Utah Code Ann. § 77-30-16
Statutory text current through the 2026 General Session. This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Utah.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), a judge or magistrate in this state may admit the person arrested to bail by bond with sufficient sureties and in an amount the judge or magistrate considers proper, conditioned for the arrested person's appearance before the judge or magistrate at a time specified in the bond and for the arrested person's surrender, to be arrested upon the warrant of the governor of this state. (2) A person arrested under Section 77-30-13 shall be admitted to bail as a matter of right, except the court has discretion to deny bail as provided in Utah Constitution Article I, Section 8, and when a judge or magistrate in the demanding state has ordered that the person charged be held without bail or the person has waived extradition. (3) There is a rebuttable presumption that the bail set by the court or magistrate in the demanding state is the proper amount of bail in this state.
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