Terms Used In Utah Code 77-3-5

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
     When the person arrested is taken before a magistrate other than the one who issued the warrant, the peace officer who executed the warrant shall deliver it to the issuing magistrate with his endorsed return. The complaint and written testimony, if any, on which the warrant was issued shall be sent to the magistrate before whom the person arrested is taken.

Enacted by Chapter 15, 1980 General Session