{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-17-68-201","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 17-68-201","heading":"County attorney and district attorney serve as county officers -- Eligibility for private practice.","body":"(1) The county attorney is a county officer as described in Chapter 66, County Officers and Officials Generally.\n(2)\n(a) If the boundaries of a prosecution district are located entirely within one county, the district attorney of the prosecution district is an elected county officer of that county.\n(b) If the boundaries of a prosecution district include more than one county, the interlocal agreement that creates that prosecution district in accordance with Section 17-68-305 may designate the district attorney as an elected officer in one or more of the counties in which the prosecution district is located.\n(3) The district attorney:\n(a) is a full-time employee of the prosecution district; and\n(b) may not engage in the private practice of law.\n(4) A county attorney may:\n(a) serve as a part-time employee; and\n(b) engage in the private practice of law, subject to Section 17-68-306 and the Rules of Professional Conduct.","path":["Title 17 Counties","Chapter 17-68 County and District Attorney","Part 17-68-2 Qualifications"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title17/Chapter68/17-68-S201.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"2d24b10e97f39e22f05e618791903bf3dcb518d44e2fe4c3e8503a39bfb97595","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-17-68-104","next":"us-ut/utah-code-17-68-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}