Constitution of the State of Utah: November 5, 1895 (as Amended to November 5, 2024) (Utah)
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- Preamble
- Main Text
- Art.I Declaration of Rights
- s.1 [Inherent and inalienable rights.]
- s.2 [All political power inherent in the people.]
- s.3 [Utah inseparable from the Union.]
- s.4 [Religious liberty.]
- s.5 [Habeas corpus.]
- s.6 [Right to bear arms.]
- s.7 [Due process of law.]
- s.8 [Offenses bailable.]
- s.9 [Excessive bail and fines—Cruel punishments.]
- s.10 [Trial by jury.]
- s.11 [Courts open—Redress of injuries.]
- s.12 [Rights of accused persons.]
- s.13 [Prosecution by information or indictment—Grand jury.]
- s.14 [Unreasonable searches forbidden—Issuance of warrant.]
- s.15 [Freedom of speech and of the press—Libel.]
- s.16 [No imprisonment for debt—Exception.]
- s.17 [Elections to be free—Soldiers voting.]
- s.18 [Attainder—Ex post facto laws—Impairing contracts.]
- s.19 [Treason defined—Proof.]
- s.20 [Military subordinate to the civil power.]
- s.21 [Slavery and involuntary servitude forbidden—Limitation.]
- s.22 [Private property for public use.]
- s.23 [Irrevocable franchises forbidden.]
- s.24 [Uniform operation of laws.]
- s.25 [Rights retained by people.]
- s.26 [Provisions mandatory and prohibitory.]
- s.27 [Fundamental rights.]
- s.28 [Declaration of the rights of crime victims.]
- s.29 [Marriage.]
- s.30 [Right to hunt and fish.]
- Art.II State Boundaries
- Art.III Ordinance
- Art.IV Elections and Right of Suffrage
- s.1 [Equal political rights.]
- s.2 [Qualifications to vote.]
- s.3 [Voters—Immunity from arrest.]
- s.4 [Voters—Immunity from militia duty.]
- s.5 [Voters to be citizens of United States.]
- s.6 [Mentally incompetent persons, convicted felons, and certain criminals ineligible to vote.]
- s.7 [Property qualification forbidden.]
- s.8 [Election to be by secret ballot.]
- s.9 [General and special elections—Terms—Election of local officers.]
- s.10 [Oath of office.]
- Art.V Distribution of Powers
- Art.VI Legislative Department
- s.1 [Power vested in Senate, House, and People.]
- s.2 [Time and location of annual general sessions—Location of sessions convened by the Governor or Legislature—Sessions convened by the Legislature.]
- s.3 [Election of House members—Terms.]
- s.4 [Election of Senators—Terms.]
- s.5 [Who is eligible as a legislator.]
- s.6 [Who ineligible as legislator.]
- s.7 [Ineligibility of legislator to office created at term for which elected.]
- s.8 [Legislator, privilege from arrest.]
- s.9 [Compensation of legislators—Citizens’ salary commission.]
- s.10 [Each house to be judge of election and qualifications of its members—Expulsion—Legislative ethics commission.]
- s.11 [Majority is quorum—Attendance compelled.]
- s.12 [Rules—Choosing officers and employees.]
- s.13 [Vacancies to be filled.]
- s.14 [Journals—Yeas and nays.]
- s.15 [Sessions to be public—Adjournments.]
- s.16 [Duration of sessions.]
- s.17 [Impeachment by House.]
- s.18 [Trial of impeachment by Senate.]
- s.19 [Officers liable for impeachment—Judgment—Prosecution by law.]
- s.20 [Service of articles of impeachment.]
- s.21 [Removal of officers.]
- s.22 [Reading of bills—Bill to contain only one subject—Bills passed by majority.]
- s.24 [Presiding officers to sign bills.]
- s.25 [Publication of acts—Effective dates of acts.]
- s.26 [Private laws forbidden.]
- s.27 [Games of chance not authorized.]
- s.28 [Special privileges forbidden.]
- s.29 [Lending public credit and subscribing to stock or bonds forbidden—Exception.]
- s.30 [Continuity in government.]
- s.31 [Additional compensation of legislators.]
- s.32 [Appointment of additional employees—Legal counsel.]
- s.33 [Legislative auditor appointed.]
- Art.VII Executive Department
- s.1 [Executive Department officers—Terms, residence, and duties.]
- s.2 [Election of officers—Governor and Lieutenant Governor elected jointly.]
- s.3 [Qualifications of officers.]
- s.4 [Governor commander-in-chief.]
- s.5 [Executive power vested in Governor—Duties—Legal counsel.]
- s.6 [Convening of extra sessions of Legislature—Advance public notice.]
- s.7 [Adjournment of Legislature by Governor.]
- s.8 [Bills presented to governor for approval and veto—Items of appropriation—Legislative session to consider vetoed items.]
- s.9 [Governor may fill certain vacancies.]
- s.10 [Governor’s appointive power—Governor to appoint to fill vacancy in other state offices—Vacancy in the office of the Lieutenant Governor.]
- s.11 [Vacancy in office of Governor—Determination of disability.]
- s.12 [Board of Pardons and Parole—Appointment—Powers and procedures—Governor’s powers and duties—Legislature’s powers.]
- s.14 [Duties of Lieutenant Governor.]
- s.15 [Duties of State Auditor and State Treasurer.]
- s.16 [Duties of Attorney General.]
- s.18 [Compensation of state and local officers.]
- s.19 [Grants and commissions.]
- s.20 [The Great Seal.]
- s.21 [United States’ officials ineligible to hold state office.]
- Art.VIII Judicial Department
- s.1 [Judicial powers—Courts.]
- s.2 [Supreme court—Chief justice—Declaring law unconstitutional—Justice unable to participate.]
- s.3 [Jurisdiction of Supreme Court.]
- s.4 [Rulemaking power of Supreme Court—Judges pro tempore—Regulation of practice of law.]
- s.5 [Jurisdiction of district court and other courts—Right of appeal.]
- s.6 [Number of judges of district court and other courts—Divisions.]
- s.7 [Qualifications of justices and judges.]
- s.8 [Vacancies—Nominating commissions—Senate approval.]
- s.9 [Judicial retention elections.]
- s.10 [Restrictions on justices and judges.]
- s.11 [Judges of courts not of record.]
- s.12 [Judicial Council—Chief justice as administrative officer—Legal counsel.]
- s.13 [Judicial Conduct Commission.]
- s.14 [Compensation of justices and judges.]
- s.15 [Mandatory retirement.]
- s.16 [Public prosecutors.]
- Art.IX Congressional and Legislative Apportionment
- Art.X Education
- s.1 [Free nonsectarian schools.]
- s.2 [Defining what shall constitute the public school system.]
- s.3 [State Board of Education.]
- s.4 [Control of higher education system by statute—Rights and immunities confirmed.]
- s.5 [State School Fund and Uniform School Fund—Establishment and use—Debt guaranty.]
- s.7 [Proceeds of land grants constitute permanent funds.]
- s.8 [No religious or partisan tests in schools.]
- s.9 [Public aid to church schools forbidden.]
- Art.XI Local Governments
- s.1 [Counties recognized as legal subdivisions.]
- s.2 [Moving a county seat.]
- s.3 [Changing county lines.]
- s.4 [Optional forms of county government.]
- s.5 [Cities and towns not to be created by special laws—Legislature to provide for the incorporation, organization, dissolution, and classification of cities and towns—Charter cities.]
- s.6 [Municipal water rights and sources of water supply.]
- s.7 [Special service districts.]
- s.8 [Political subdivisions of the State or other governmental entities in addition to counties, cities, towns, school districts, and special service districts.]
- s.9 [Consent of local authorities necessary for use of streets.]
- s.10 [Election of County Sheriffs.]
- Art.XII Corporations
- Art.XIII Revenue and Taxation
- Art.XIV Public Debt
- s.1 [Fixing the limit of the state indebtedness—Exceptions.]
- s.2 [Debts for public defense.]
- s.3 [Certain debt of counties, cities, towns, school districts, and other political subdivisions not to exceed taxes—Exception—Debt may be incurred only for specified purposes.]
- s.4 [Limit of indebtedness of counties, cities, towns, and school districts—Larger indebtedness may be allowed.]
- s.5 [Borrowed money to be applied to authorized use.]
- s.6 [State not to assume county, city, town or school district debts—Exception.]
- s.7 [Existing indebtedness not impaired.]
- Art.XV Militia
- Art.XVI Labor
- s.1 [Rights of labor to be protected.]
- s.2 [Board of labor.]
- s.3 [Certain employment and practices to be prohibited.]
- s.4 [Exchange of blacklists prohibited.]
- s.5 [Injuries resulting in death—Damages.]
- s.6 [Eight hours a day’s labor on public works—Health and safety laws.]
- s.7 [Legislature to enforce this article.]
- s.8 [Minimum wage for women and minors—Comfort and safety laws.]
- Art.XVII Water Rights
- Art.XVIII Forestry
- Art.XX Public Lands
- Art.XXII Miscellaneous
- Art.XXIII Amendment and Revision
- Art.XXIV Schedule
- s.1 [Actions, contracts to continue.]
- s.2 [Territorial laws continued.]
- s.3 [Prisoners to be held.]
- s.4 [Fines, penalties and forfeitures due the territory—Debts of the territory.]
- s.5 [Recognizances—Judgments—Records—Fines due counties, municipalities and school districts.]
- s.6 [Criminal prosecutions begun and crimes committed before statehood.]
- s.7 [Transfer of causes, records.]
- s.8 [Seals of courts.]
- s.9 [Transfer of probate causes to district courts.]
- s.10 [Officers to hold office until superseded.]
- s.11 [Election for adoption or rejection of Constitution and for state officers—Voters.]
- s.12 [Officers to be elected.]
- s.13 [Contest for district judgeship, how determined.]
- s.14 [Constitution to be submitted to voters—Ballot.]
- s.15 [Election of officers not provided for herein.]
- s.16 [When Constitution in force.]
- Art.I Declaration of Rights
- [18.97.14.82]
- 18.97.14.82
