{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-78b-1-134","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 78B-1-134","heading":"Witnesses -- Duty to answer questions -- Privilege.","body":"(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.\n(2) A witness need not give an answer which will subject him to punishment for a felony.\n(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.\n(4) A witness must answer as to the fact of any previous conviction of a felony.","path":["Title 78B Judicial Code","Chapter 78B-1 Juries and Witnesses","Part 78B-1-1 Jury and Witness Act"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title78B/Chapter1/78B-1-S134.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"4e1b7aeb47a44ae36413c3b0c368d32a380194dc0f8e9b9d456ebb5629b710a1","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-78b-1-133","next":"us-ut/utah-code-78b-1-135"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}