{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-17-76-211","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 17-76-211","heading":"Temporary appointment -- Emergency appointment.","body":"(1) An appointing authority may make a temporary appointment for a period not exceeding 60 days, pending examination, when there is no existing eligible, promotion, or re-employment register.\n(2)\n(a) An appointing authority may make an emergency appointment for a period not exceeding seven days.\n(b) With the commission's consent, the appointing authority may extend an emergency appointment one time, for an additional period not to exceed seven days, if:\n(i) an eligible applicant is not immediately available from an existing eligible register, promotion register described in Section 17-76-210, or reemployment register described in Section 17-76-212; and\n(ii) the work to be performed is necessary to expedite the public business.","path":["Title 17 Counties","Chapter 17-76 County Emergency Personnel Management","Part 17-76-2 Deputy Sheriff Merit System"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title17/Chapter76/17-76-S211.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"b0043f53ee1be017d30596b4e21e9e9ad0c2db8f5014c0f728b2c5fcabb26b84","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-17-76-210","next":"us-ut/utah-code-17-76-212"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}