RESEARCH GUIDES

• Utah Law and Links (University of Utah College of Law Library)
• Utah Legal Research (Utah State Law Library)
• Jessica C. Van Buren et al., Utah Legal Research (2011) (KFU75 .V36)

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Constitution

• Lexis: UT - Utah Constitution
• Internet:
  • Utah Constitution (Utah State Legislature)
  • Utah Constitutional Convention (browse by day or search by keyword) (Utah State Legislature)

Statutes/Code

• Print: Utah Code Annotated KFU30 1953 .A4 (Subscription cancelled 2012)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: UT-ST-ANN
  • Lexis: UTCODE
• Internet: Utah Code (Utah State Legislature)

Legislative History

• Session Laws:
  • KFU25 .A24 Micro (1851-2005. Subscription cancelled)
  • LLMC Digital (1894 - 1985) (Search by state in database)
  • HeinOnline (1851 - )
• Bills (1896 - ) (Utah State Legislature & Utah State Archives and Records Service)
• Legislative Intent and Legislative History (Utah State Archives)
• James G. McLaren, Finding Utah Legislative Intent, Utah B.J., Feb. 1995, at 11.

Legislature

• Utah State Legislature
  • Senate
  • House

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• Utah Administrative Code
  • Print:
    • Utah Administrative Code: KFU34.5 .U85 (1987/88 - 1994)
      • Continued by Utah Administrative Code KFU35 1987 .A214 (Subscription cancelled. Last updated 1996. Publication ceased.)
    • Utah Administrative Code Annotated KFU34.5 U86 (Subscription cancelled. Last updated in 2005.)
  • Electronic:
    • Westlaw: UT-ADC
    • Lexis: UTADMN
  • Internet: Utah Administrative Code (Utah Division of Administrative Rules)
• Utah State Bulletin
  • Lexis: UTRGST (October 1998 - )
  • Internet: Utah State Bulletin (1996 - ) (Utah Division of Administrative Rules)

Agencies

• Governor's Office
• Executive Orders:
  • Lexis: UTEXOR (1942 - )
  • Internet (1993 - )
• State Government Agencies
• Attorney General
• Attorney General Opinions:
  • LLMC Digital (1896 - 1964) (Search by state in database)
  • Lexis: UT Attorney General Opinions (1968 - )
  • Westlaw: UT-AG (1977 - )
  • HeinOnline: Utah State Attorney General Opinions (1985 - )
  • Internet (1990 - ) (Utah Office of the Attorney General)

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print: Pacific Reporter. First Series KF135 .P2 (1884-1931), Pacific Reporter. Second Series KF135 .P212 (1931 - 1988), West's Pacific Reporter. Second Series KF135. P212 (1988 - 2000) , West's Pacific Reporter. Third Series KF135 .P213 (2000-2012.  Subscription cancelled.)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: UT-CS (state cases) & UT-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
  • Lexis: UT State Cases, Combined (state cases) & UT Federal & State Cases, Combined (state and federal cases)
• Free Online:
  • Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Opinions (1997 - ) (Utah State Courts)
  • Google Scholar (published court of appeals and supreme court opinions, 1950 - )

Courts

• Utah State Court System
• Utah Supreme Court
• Utah State Court Rules (Utah State Courts)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Utah City and County Government (utah.gov)
• Municipal Codes
  • Municode: Utah (select)
  • LexisNexis: Utah Municipal Codes (select)
  • Utah County and City Codes Online (BYU Law Library)
    Links to freely available county and city codes online.

STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

• Brigham Young University Law Review
  • Print: K2 .R5 (1975 - 2010, subscription cancelled)
  • Electronic (1975 - )
  • Free Online: Brigham Young University Law Review (1975 - )
• Utah Law Review
  • Print: K25 .T34 (1949 - 2010, subscription cancelled)
  • Electronic (1949 - )
  • Free Online: Utah Law Review (2007 - )
• Utah Bar Journal
  • Print: K25 .T327 (1985-1986, 1989-Aug. 2002, subscription cancelled)
  • Microfiche: K25 .T327 Micro (1979 - )
  • Electronic (1988 - )
  • Free Online: Utah Bar Journal (October 2000 - )

ETHICS

• Utah State Bar
• Ethics Opinions
  • Free Online: Utah State Bar (1965 - )
  • Westlaw: UTETH-EO (1988 - )
  • LexisNexis: National Reporter on Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility - UT Opinions (Select opinions, 1988 - )
• Rules of Professional Practice (Utah State Courts)

GENERAL

• Legal Encyclopedia: There is no general legal encyclopedia for Utah.
• Practice Materials:
  • Kory D. Staheli, Utah Practice Materials: A Selective Annotated Bibliography, 87 Law Libr. J. 28 (1995).
  • Utah Civil Practice
    • LexisNexis: Utah Civil Practice
  • Utah Practice Series (Evidence and Family Law)
    • Westlaw: UTPRAC
• Other Resources:
  • Utah State Law Library
  • Utah State Library
  • Utah Legislative Research Library
  • Legal Information Institute: Utah
  • FindLaw: Utah
  • Law Library of Congress Guide to Law Online: Utah
  • Tax Forms (Utah State Tax Commission)
  • Utah Statistics: 2012 Utah Databook

Updated 08/12 (MS)