# Utah R. Evid. 401: Rule 401. Test for Relevant Evidence

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_UT_URE_R401

## Section

- **Citation:** Utah R. Evid. 401
- **Heading:** Rule 401. Test for Relevant Evidence
- **Jurisdiction:** Utah
- **Kind:** Court rules
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Utah Court Rules / Utah Rules of Evidence / Utah R. Evid. 401

## Text

Evidence is relevant if:
(a)
it has any tendency to make a fact more or less probable than it would be without the evidence; and
(b)
the fact is of consequence in determining the action.
2011 Advisory Committee Note.
The language of this rule has been amended as part of the restyling of the Evidence Rules to make them more easily understood and to make class and terminology consistent throughout the rules. These changes are intended to be stylistic only. There is no intent to change any result in any ruling on evidence admissibility. This rule is the federal rule, verbatim.
Original Advisory Committee Note.
This rule is the federal rule, verbatim, and is comparable in substance to Rule 1(2), Utah Rules of Evidence (1971), but the former rule defined relevant evidence as that having a tendency to prove or disprove the existence of any "material fact." Avoiding the use of the term "material fact" accords with the application given to former Rule 1(2) by the Utah Supreme Court.
State v. Peterson
, 560 P.2d 1387 (Utah 1977).

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