Utah

Utah Constitution

188 sections across 23 articles. Utah Statutes →

§ 0Preamble.Art.Preamble

§ 1Inherent and inalienable rights.Art.I

§ 2All political power inherent in the people.Art.I

§ 3Utah inseparable from the Union.Art.I

§ 4Religious liberty.Art.I

§ 5Habeas corpus.Art.I

§ 6Right to bear arms.Art.I

§ 7Due process of law.Art.I

§ 8Offenses bailable.Art.I

§ 9Excessive bail and fines -- Cruel punishments.Art.I

§ 10Trial by jury.Art.I

§ 11Courts open -- Redress of injuries.Art.I

§ 12Rights of accused persons.Art.I

§ 13Prosecution by information or indictment -- Grand jury.Art.I

§ 14Unreasonable searches forbidden -- Issuance of warrant.Art.I

§ 15Freedom of speech and of the press -- Libel.Art.I

§ 16No imprisonment for debt -- Exception.Art.I

§ 17Elections to be free -- Soldiers voting.Art.I

§ 18Attainder -- Ex post facto laws -- Impairing contracts.Art.I

§ 19Treason defined -- Proof.Art.I

§ 20Military subordinate to the civil power.Art.I

§ 21Slavery and involuntary servitude forbidden -- Limitation.Art.I

§ 22Private property for public use.Art.I

§ 23Irrevocable franchises forbidden.Art.I

§ 24Uniform operation of laws.Art.I

§ 25Rights retained by people.Art.I

§ 26Provisions mandatory and prohibitory.Art.I

§ 27Fundamental rights.Art.I

§ 28Declaration of the rights of crime victims.Art.I

§ 29Marriage.Art.I

§ 30Right to hunt and fish.Art.I

§ 1State boundaries.Art.II

§ 1Equal political rights.Art.IV

§ 2Qualifications to vote.Art.IV

§ 3Voters -- Immunity from arrest.Art.IV

§ 4Voters -- Immunity from militia duty.Art.IV

§ 5Voters to be citizens of United States.Art.IV

§ 6Mentally incompetent persons, convicted felons, and certain criminals ineligible to vote.Art.IV

§ 7Property qualification forbidden.Art.IV

§ 8Election to be by secret ballot.Art.IV

§ 9General and special elections -- Terms -- Election of local officers.Art.IV

§ 10Oath of office.Art.IV

§ 1Three departments of government.Art.V

§ 1Power vested in Senate, House, and People.Art.VI

§ 2Time and location of annual general sessions -- Location of sessions convened by the Governor or Legislature -- Sessions convened by the Legislature.Art.VI

§ 3Election of House members -- Terms.Art.VI

§ 4Election of Senators -- Terms.Art.VI

§ 5Who is eligible as a legislator.Art.VI

§ 6Who ineligible as legislator.Art.VI

§ 7Ineligibility of legislator to office created at term for which elected.Art.VI

§ 8Legislator, privilege from arrest.Art.VI

§ 9Compensation of legislators -- Citizens' salary commission.Art.VI

§ 10Each house to be judge of election and qualifications of its members -- Expulsion -- Legislative ethics commission.Art.VI

§ 11Majority is quorum -- Attendance compelled.Art.VI

§ 12Rules -- Choosing officers and employees.Art.VI

§ 13Vacancies to be filled.Art.VI

§ 14Journals -- Yeas and nays.Art.VI

§ 15Sessions to be public -- Adjournments.Art.VI

§ 16Duration of sessions.Art.VI

§ 17Impeachment by House.Art.VI

§ 18Trial of impeachment by Senate.Art.VI

§ 19Officers liable for impeachment -- Judgment -- Prosecution by law.Art.VI

§ 20Service of articles of impeachment.Art.VI

§ 21Removal of officers.Art.VI

§ 22Reading of bills -- Bill to contain only one subject -- Bills passed by majority.Art.VI

§ 24Presiding officers to sign bills.Art.VI

§ 25Publication of acts -- Effective dates of acts.Art.VI

§ 26Private laws forbidden.Art.VI

§ 27Games of chance not authorized.Art.VI

§ 28Special privileges forbidden.Art.VI

§ 29Lending public credit and subscribing to stock or bonds forbidden -- Exception.Art.VI

§ 30Continuity in government.Art.VI

§ 31Additional compensation of legislators.Art.VI

§ 32Appointment of additional employees -- Legal counsel.Art.VI

§ 33Legislative auditor appointed.Art.VI

§ 1Executive Department officers -- Terms, residence, and duties.Art.VII

§ 2Election of officers -- Governor and Lieutenant Governor elected jointly.Art.VII

§ 3Qualifications of officers.Art.VII

§ 4Governor commander-in-chief.Art.VII

§ 5Executive power vested in Governor -- Duties -- Legal counsel.Art.VII

§ 6Convening of extra sessions of Legislature -- Advance public notice.Art.VII

§ 7Adjournment of Legislature by Governor.Art.VII

§ 8Bills presented to governor for approval and veto -- Items of appropriation -- Legislative session to consider vetoed items.Art.VII

§ 9Governor may fill certain vacancies.Art.VII

§ 10Governor's appointive power -- Governor to appoint to fill vacancy in other state offices -- Vacancy in the office of the Lieutenant Governor.Art.VII

§ 11Vacancy in office of Governor -- Determination of disability.Art.VII

§ 12Board of Pardons and Parole -- Appointment -- Powers and procedures -- Governor's powers and duties -- Legislature's powers.Art.VII

§ 14Duties of Lieutenant Governor.Art.VII

§ 15Duties of State Auditor and State Treasurer.Art.VII

§ 16Duties of Attorney General.Art.VII

§ 18Compensation of state and local officers.Art.VII

§ 19Grants and commissions.Art.VII

§ 20The Great Seal.Art.VII

§ 21United States' officials ineligible to hold state office.Art.VII

§ 1Judicial powers -- Courts.Art.VIII

§ 2Supreme court -- Chief justice -- Declaring law unconstitutional -- Justice unable to participate.Art.VIII

§ 3Jurisdiction of Supreme Court.Art.VIII

§ 4Rulemaking power of Supreme Court -- Judges pro tempore -- Regulation of practice of law.Art.VIII

§ 5Jurisdiction of district court and other courts -- Right of appeal.Art.VIII

§ 6Number of judges of district court and other courts -- Divisions.Art.VIII

§ 7Qualifications of justices and judges.Art.VIII

§ 8Vacancies -- Nominating commissions -- Senate approval.Art.VIII

§ 9Judicial retention elections.Art.VIII

§ 10Restrictions on justices and judges.Art.VIII

§ 11Judges of courts not of record.Art.VIII

§ 12Judicial Council -- Chief justice as administrative officer -- Legal counsel.Art.VIII

§ 13Judicial Conduct Commission.Art.VIII

§ 14Compensation of justices and judges.Art.VIII

§ 15Mandatory retirement.Art.VIII

§ 16Public prosecutors.Art.VIII

§ 1Dividing the state into districts.Art.IX

§ 2Number of members of Legislature.Art.IX

§ 1Free nonsectarian schools.Art.X

§ 2Defining what shall constitute the public school system.Art.X

§ 3State Board of Education.Art.X

§ 4Control of higher education system by statute -- Rights and immunities confirmed.Art.X

§ 5State School Fund and Uniform School Fund -- Establishment and use -- Debt guaranty.Art.X

§ 7Proceeds of land grants constitute permanent funds.Art.X

§ 8No religious or partisan tests in schools.Art.X

§ 9Public aid to church schools forbidden.Art.X

§ 1Counties recognized as legal subdivisions.Art.XI

§ 2Moving a county seat.Art.XI

§ 3Changing county lines.Art.XI

§ 4Optional forms of county government.Art.XI

§ 5Cities 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.Art.XI

§ 6Municipal water rights and sources of water supply.Art.XI

§ 7Special service districts.Art.XI

§ 8Political subdivisions of the State or other governmental entities in addition to counties, cities, towns, school districts, and special service districts.Art.XI

§ 9Consent of local authorities necessary for use of streets.Art.XI

§ 10Election of County Sheriffs.Art.XI

§ 1Corporations formation.Art.XII

§ 4Suits.Art.XII

§ 12Common carriers -- No discrimination.Art.XII

§ 19Blacklisting forbidden.Art.XII

§ 20Free market system as state policy -- Restraint of trade and monopolies prohibited.Art.XII

§ 1Fiscal year.Art.XIII

§ 2Property tax.Art.XIII

§ 3Property tax exemptions.Art.XIII

§ 4Other taxes.Art.XIII

§ 5Use and amount of taxes and expenditures.Art.XIII

§ 6State Tax Commission.Art.XIII

§ 7County boards of equalization.Art.XIII

§ 8Annual statement.Art.XIII

§ 1Fixing the limit of the state indebtedness -- Exceptions.Art.XIV

§ 2Debts for public defense.Art.XIV

§ 3Certain debt of counties, cities, towns, school districts, and other political subdivisions not to exceed taxes -- Exception -- Debt may be incurred only for specified purposes.Art.XIV

§ 4Limit of indebtedness of counties, cities, towns, and school districts -- Larger indebtedness may be allowed.Art.XIV

§ 5Borrowed money to be applied to authorized use.Art.XIV

§ 6State not to assume county, city, town or school district debts -- Exception.Art.XIV

§ 7Existing indebtedness not impaired.Art.XIV

§ 1How constituted.Art.XV

§ 2Organization and equipment.Art.XV

§ 1Rights of labor to be protected.Art.XVI

§ 2Board of labor.Art.XVI

§ 3Certain employment and practices to be prohibited.Art.XVI

§ 4Exchange of blacklists prohibited.Art.XVI

§ 5Injuries resulting in death -- Damages.Art.XVI

§ 6Eight hours a day's labor on public works -- Health and safety laws.Art.XVI

§ 7Legislature to enforce this article.Art.XVI

§ 8Minimum wage for women and minors -- Comfort and safety laws.Art.XVI

§ 1Existing rights confirmed.Art.XVII

§ 1Forests to be preserved.Art.XVIII

§ 1Land grants accepted on terms of trust.Art.XX

§ 2School and institutional trust lands.Art.XX

§ 1Homestead exemption.Art.XXII

§ 3Seat of government.Art.XXII

§ 4State trust fund -- Principal to be held in perpetuity -- Use of income.Art.XXII

§ 5Officers may not profit.Art.XXII

§ 1Amendments: proposal, election.Art.XXIII

§ 2Revision of the Constitution.Art.XXIII

§ 3Submission to electors.Art.XXIII

§ 1Actions, contracts to continue.Art.XXIV

§ 2Territorial laws continued.Art.XXIV

§ 3Prisoners to be held.Art.XXIV

§ 4Fines, penalties and forfeitures due the territory -- Debts of the territory.Art.XXIV

§ 5Recognizances -- Judgments -- Records -- Fines due counties, municipalities and school districts.Art.XXIV

§ 6Criminal prosecutions begun and crimes committed before statehood.Art.XXIV

§ 7Transfer of causes, records.Art.XXIV

§ 8Seals of courts.Art.XXIV

§ 9Transfer of probate causes to district courts.Art.XXIV

§ 10Officers to hold office until superseded.Art.XXIV

§ 11Election for adoption or rejection of Constitution and for state officers -- Voters.Art.XXIV

§ 12Officers to be elected.Art.XXIV

§ 13Contest for district judgeship, how determined.Art.XXIV

§ 14Constitution to be submitted to voters -- Ballot.Art.XXIV

§ 15Election of officers not provided for herein.Art.XXIV

§ 16When Constitution in force.Art.XXIV