Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Part I · Chapter 5 — District Courts
§ 125. Utah
Statutory text
Utah constitutes one judicial district comprising two divisions.
The Northern Division comprises the counties of Box Elder, Cache, Davis, Morgan, Rich, and Weber.
Court for the Northern Division shall be held at Salt Lake City and Ogden.
The Central Division comprises the counties of Beaver, Carbon, Daggett, Duchesne, Emery, Garfield, Grand, Iron, Juab, Kane, Millard, Piute, Salt Lake, San Juan, Sanpete, Sevier, Summit, Tooele, Uintah, Utah, Wasatch, Washington, and Wayne.
Court for the Central Division shall be held at Salt Lake City, Provo, St. George, Moab, and Monticello..1
Footnotes
- 1 So in original.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Title 28, United States Code, section —
Pub. L. 80–646 · 62 Stat. 869
Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 125
June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 893
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 893Pub. L. 104–317 § 606(a) · 110 Stat. 3847
Inserted · 28 U.S.C. § 125(1)
Pub. L. 104–317, § 606(a), inserted “Salt Lake City and” before “Ogden”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Par. (1). Pub. L. 104–317, § 606(a), inserted “Salt Lake City and” before “Ogden”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Northern Division.— Section 125(1) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting “Salt Lake City and” before “Ogden”.Pub. L. 104–317 § 606(b) · 110 Stat. 3847
Inserted · 28 U.S.C. § 125(2)
Pub. L. 104–317, § 606(b), inserted “, Provo, and St. George” after “Salt Lake City”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Par. (2). Pub. L. 104–317, § 606(b), inserted “, Provo, and St. George” after “Salt Lake City”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Central Division.— Section 125(2) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting “, Provo, and St. George” after “Salt Lake City”.Pub. L. 118–250 § 1 · 138 Stat. 2939
Substituted · 28 U.S.C. § 125
Pub. L. 118–250 substituted “St. George, Moab, and Monticello.” for “and St. George”
Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–250 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 118–250 substituted “St. George, Moab, and Monticello.” for “and St. George”.
2 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial · 1 unresolved
Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 190 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 109, 36 Stat. 1127).
A provision relating to the maintenance of offices by the clerk was omitted as covered by section 751 of this title.
Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made.
Editorial Notes
Amendments1996–2025 · 2 rounds
2025
Pub. L. 118–250 substituted “St. George, Moab, and Monticello.” for “and St. George”.
1996
Par. (1). Pub. L. 104–317, § 606(a), inserted “Salt Lake City and” before “Ogden”.
Par. (2). Pub. L. 104–317, § 606(b), inserted “, Provo, and St. George” after “Salt Lake City”.
Credits
1948–2025 · 3 acts
- 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 893
- 1996Pub. L. 104–317, title VI, § 606, , 110 Stat. 3859
- 2025Pub. L. 118–250, § 1, , 138 Stat. 2939.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 893; Pub. L. 104–317, title VI, § 606, , 110 Stat. 3859; Pub. L. 118–250, § 1, , 138 Stat. 2939.)