{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-77-20-208","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 77-20-208","heading":"Release from conditions when charges not filed in specified time period.","body":"(1) If a prosecuting attorney does not file an information, indictment, or a request to extend time under Subsection (2), within 120 days after the day on which a county jail official released the individual on a financial condition under Section 77-20-203 or within 120 days after the day on which a temporary pretrial status order was issued for the individual:\n(a) the individual shall be relieved from any condition of pretrial release;\n(b) the court shall refund any monetary bail in accordance with Subsection 77-20-402(5); and\n(c) if a bail bond was used to post monetary bail, the bail bond shall be exonerated without further order of the court.\n(2) A request to extend time shall:\n(a) be served on:\n(i) the individual and the individual's attorney; and\n(ii) if a bail bond was used to post monetary bail, the surety; and\n(b) except as provided in Subsection (3), be granted for a period of up to 60 days.\n(3) The magistrate may grant a request to extend time for a period of up to 120 days upon a showing of good cause.\n(4) Nothing in this section prohibits the filing of charges against an individual at any time.","path":["Title 77 Criminal Procedure","Chapter 77-20 Bail","Part 77-20-2 Preconviction Bail"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title77/Chapter20/77-20-S208.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"47863ab9cec3831756c8472dc49972d2b7e769dfc077791fee8ddebd16b18dc0","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-77-20-207","next":"us-ut/utah-code-77-20-209"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}