US · rules
D. Utah DUCivR 3-1
Initiation of a Civil Action and Payment of the Filing Fee
Documents.
(1) Case‐Initiating Document. A case may be initiated by filing a complaint or
other case-initiating document with the court.
(2) Civil Cover Sheet. A Civil Cover Sheet, Form JS-44, must be filed with
the complaint or case-initiating document. Information contained in
the Civil Cover Sheet has no legal effect and is only used for
administrative purposes.
(3) A Motion in a Case-Initiating Document. A motion cannot be included in a
complaint, counterclaim, or crossclaim. Any motion (e.g., a motion for
temporary restraining order) accompanying a complaint must be filed as a
separate document.
Filing.
(1) An attorney must initiate a case electronically in CM/ECF, except in a
sealed case or where leave to file the case under seal is pending.
(2) An unrepresented party may initiate a case by sending the case-initiating
document to the Clerk’s Office in Salt Lake City at the Orrin G. Hatch
Courthouse via email, mail, or hand-delivery.
(3) The filing date for a complaint and case-initiating document is the date it is
received by the Clerk’s Office, whether it is electronically filed in CM/ECF,
emailed, mailed, or hand-delivered.
Filing Fee.
The filing fee, as identified on the court’s Miscellaneous Fee Schedule, should be
paid at the time the complaint or case‐initiating document is filed, except as
provided in DUCivR 3‐2. If the filing fee is not paid within 7 days, the Clerk will
close the case.
Electronic Filing System Downtime.
During system downtime or outage, a complaint or case-initiating document with
a statute of limitations deadline will be accepted via email at
utdecf_clerk@utd.uscourts.gov. The email should include notice of the system
outage and the statute of limitations deadline.
Provenance
- Source
- www.utd.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- fed-district-2026-09-19
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