# Utah R. Evid. 406: Rule 406. Habit; routine practice > Utah · Court rules · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_UT_URE_R406 ## Section - **Citation:** Utah R. Evid. 406 - **Heading:** Rule 406. Habit; routine practice - **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. 406 ## Text Evidence of a person’s habit or an organization’s routine practice may be admitted to prove that on a particular occasion the person or organization acted in accordance with the habit or routine practice. The court may admit this evidence regardless of whether it is corroborated or whether there was an eyewitness. 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 to Rule 49, Utah Rules of Evidence (1971). The substance of Rule 50, Utah Rules of Evidence (1971) providing for the method of proof of habit or custom and allowing evidence in the form of opinion as well as specific instances when the number of instances is sufficient to warrant a finding of habit or custom was deleted by Congress with a note by the House Judiciary Committee that the method of proof should be left with the Court. Compare Rule 406(b), Uniform Rules of Evidence (1974), which is Rule 406(b) as originally promulgated by the United States Supreme Court. ## Nearby sections - [Utah R. Evid. 101 Rule 101. Scope; Definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_UT_URE_R101.md) - [Utah R. Evid. 102 Rule 102. Purpose](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_UT_URE_R102.md) - [Utah R. Evid. 103 Rule 103. Rulings on evidence](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_UT_URE_R103.md) - [Utah R. Evid. 104 Rule 104. Preliminary questions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_UT_URE_R104.md) - [Utah R. Evid. 105 Rule 105. Limited admissibility](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_UT_URE_R105.md) - [Utah R. Evid. 106 Rule 106. Remainder of or Related Statements](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_UT_URE_R106.md) - [Utah R. Evid. 201 Rule 201. Judicial notice of adjudicative facts](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_UT_URE_R201.md) - [Utah R. Evid. 301 Rule 301. Presumptions in general in civil actions and proceedings](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_UT_URE_R301.md) - [Utah R. Evid. 302 Rule 302. Applicability of federal law in civil actions and proceedings](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_UT_URE_R302.md) - [Utah R. Evid. 401 Rule 401. Test for Relevant Evidence](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_UT_URE_R401.md) - [Utah R. Evid. 402 Rule 402. General Admissibility of Relevant Evidence](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_UT_URE_R402.md) - [Utah R. Evid. 403 Rule 403. Excluding Relevant Evidence for Prejudice, Confusion, Waste of Time, or Other Reasons](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_UT_URE_R403.md) - [Utah R. Evid. 404 Rule 404. Character Evidence; Crimes or Other Acts](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_UT_URE_R404.md) - [Utah R. Evid. 405 Rule 405. Methods of proving character](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_UT_URE_R405.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_UT_URE_R406. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.