Except as provided in Subsection (4), a peace officer or other authorized official who issues a citation pursuant to Section 77-7-18 shall give the citation to the individual cited and shall, within five business days, electronically file the data from Subsections (2)(a) through (2)(h) with the court specified in the citation. The data transmission shall use the court’s electronic filing interface. A nonconforming filing is not effective.
Terms Used In Utah Code 77-7-20
Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
(2)
The citation issued under authority of this chapter shall contain the following data:
(a)
the name, address, and phone number of the court before which the individual is to appear;
(b)
the name and date of birth of the individual cited;
(c)
a brief description of the offense charged;
(d)
the date, time, and place at which the offense is alleged to have occurred;
(e)
the date on which the citation was issued;
(f)
the name of the peace officer or official who issued the citation, and the name of the arresting individual if a private party made the arrest and the citation was issued in lieu of taking the arrested individual before a magistrate;
(g)
the time and date on or date range during which the individual is to appear or a statement that the court will notify the individual of the time to appear;
(h)
whether the offense is a domestic violence offense;
(i)
language informing the individual that the individual may be eligible for deferred prosecution under Section 77-2-4.2, including a link to a website with information regarding deferred prosecution; and
(j)
a notice containing substantially the following language:
