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Utah Code § 78B-1-134: Witnesses -- Duty to answer questions -- Privilege.

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  1. Title 78B Judicial Code
  2. Chapter 78B-1 Juries and Witnesses
  3. Part 78B-1-1 Jury and Witness Act

(1) A witness shall answer all questions legal and pertinent to the matter in issue, although an answer may establish a claim against the witness.

(2) A witness need not give an answer which will subject him to punishment for a felony.

(3) A witness need not give an answer which will degrade his character, unless it is to the very fact in issue or to a fact from which the fact in issue would be presumed.

(4) A witness must answer as to the fact of any previous conviction of a felony.

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