3-10-303. Criminal jurisdiction.
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3-10-303 . Criminal jurisdiction.
(1)The justices' courts have jurisdiction of public offenses committed within the respective counties in which the courts are established as follows:
(a)except as provided in subsection (2), jurisdiction of all misdemeanors punishable by a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 6 months, or both;
(b)jurisdiction of all misdemeanor violations of fish and game statutes punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or both;
(c)concurrent jurisdiction with district courts of all misdemeanors punishable by a fine exceeding $500 or imprisonment exceeding 6 months, or both;
(d)concurrent jurisdiction with district courts of all misdemeanor violations of fish and game statutes punishable by a fine exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment exceeding 6 months, or both;
(e)jurisdiction to act as examining and committing courts and for that purpose to conduct preliminary hearings;
(f)jurisdiction of all violations of Title 61, chapter 10; and
(g)all misdemeanor violations of Title 81, chapter 8, part 2.
(2)In any county that has established a drug treatment court or a mental health treatment court, the district court, with the consent of all judges of the courts of limited jurisdiction in the county, has concurrent jurisdiction of all misdemeanors punishable by a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 6 months, or both.