Utah · statute · Utah Code tit. 17 · 639 active provisions
As used in this title: (1) "County" means a unit of local government that is a body corporate and politic and a legal subdivision of the state, with: (a) geographic boundaries as described in Section 17-61-102; and (b) powers as provided in Part 2, County Powers Generally. (2) "Executive," when used to describe the pow…
Nothing in this title may be construed to diminish, impair, or affect the power conferred upon cities and towns.
(1) For purposes of this section, "special district" means the same as that term is defined in Section 17B-1-102. (2) The county legislative body's statutory authority to appoint members to the governing body of a special district does not alone make the special district subject to the direction and control of that cou…
(1) Each county shall be classified according to the county's population. (2) (a) A county with a population of 1,150,000 or more is a county of the first class. (b) A county with a population of 260,000 or more but less than 1,150,000 is a county of the second class. (c) A county with a population of 40,000 or more bu…
(1) Each county shall retain the county's classification under Section 17-60-104 until changed as provided in this section. (2) The lieutenant governor shall monitor the population figure for each county as shown on: (a) the estimate of the Utah Population Committee created in Section 63C-20-103; or (b) if the Utah Pop…
(1) (a) Each county shall register and maintain the county's registration as a local government entity, in accordance with Section 67-1a-15. (b) The county clerk shall register and maintain the county's registration. (2) A county that fails to comply with Subsection (1) or Section 67-1a-15 is subject to enforcement by…
(1) As used in this section: (a) (i) "Limited purpose entity" means a legal entity that: (A) performs a single governmental function or limited governmental functions; and (B) is not a state executive branch agency, a state legislative office, or within the judicial branch. (ii) "Limited purpose entity" includes: (A) a…
The powers of a county may be exercised only by the following individuals or bodies, or designees of the following individuals or bodies, operating under the authority of law: (1) the county executive; (2) the county legislative body; and (3) a county officer.
(1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), a county may: (i) as prescribed by statute: (A) levy a tax; (B) perform an assessment; (C) collect a tax; (D) borrow money; or (E) levy and collect a special assessment for a conferred benefit; or (ii) provide a service, exercise a power, or perform a function that is re…
(1) (a) A county may borrow money in anticipation of the collection of taxes and other county revenues in the manner and subject to the conditions of Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act. (b) A county may incur indebtedness under Subsection (1)(a) for any purpose for which funds of the county may be expen…
A county may make and enforce within the limits of the county, outside the limits of cities and towns, all local, police, building, and sanitary regulations that are not in conflict with general laws.
(1) A county may, individually or in association with other counties, study the processes and methods of county government with a view to improvement and cause to be assembled and presented to the Legislature or the Congress of the United States, or to or before the appropriate committees of either or both, such inform…
(1) The county seats of the several counties of this state as now fixed by law are hereby recognized as such. (2) In accordance with Utah Constitution, Article XI, Section 2, no county seat shall be moved unless: (a) two-thirds of the qualified electors of the county, voting on the proposition at a countywide general e…
(1) (a) A voter may file a petition to move the county seat with the county legislative body of the county in which the voter lives if the petition is signed by a majority of voters in the county, calculated by the number of active voters, as defined in Section 20A-7-501, in the county. (b) The first page of a petition…
(1) Upon receiving a notice of claim under Section 63G-7-401, the county clerk shall deliver the notice of claim to the county executive described in Chapter 65, County Executive. (2) Subject to Subsection (3), each county executive shall review each claim, as defined in Section 17-69-101, against the county and: (a) i…
(1) If the county executive finds that any claim presented to the county is not payable by the county or is not a proper county charge, the county executive shall reject the claim. (2) (a) If the claim is found to be a proper county charge, but greater in amount than is justly due, the county executive may allow the cl…
(1) (a) A claimant dissatisfied with the rejection of a claim or demand or with the amount allowed on an account may sue the county on the claim, demand, or account at any time within one year after the first rejection of the claim, demand, or account by the county executive. (b) A claim brought later than the time per…
(1) If a person obtains a judgment against a county, the county shall pay the judgment, the same as other county charges. (2) The county legislative body shall levy and authorize the collection of a sufficient amount of revenue to pay off and discharge a judgment in addition to the ordinary expenses of the county. (3)…
(1) Each claim against the county presented by a member of the county legislative body for the member's expenses shall: (a) be itemized and verified as other claims; (b) state that the service has been actually rendered; and (c) be presented to the county attorney or, in a county that has a district attorney but not a…
(1) No county officer may, except for the officer's own services, present any claim, account, or demand for allowance against the county or in any way advocate the relief asked in the claim or demand made by any other person. (2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), a county officer may forward to the county executive a cla…
If a county is challenged in a court of law regarding the county's decision to deny siting of a storage or transfer facility for the placement of high-level nuclear waste or greater than class C radioactive waste or the county's refusal to provide municipal-type services regarding the operation of the storage or transf…
A county may not prohibit or punish the tracking of dirt, mud, or other debris onto county roads resulting from the operation of an implement of husbandry if the operation of the implement of husbandry is consistent with accepted agricultural practices.
(1) As used in this section, "knife" means a cutting instrument that includes a sharpened or pointed blade. (2) The authority to regulate a knife is reserved to the state except where the Legislature specifically delegates responsibility to a county. (3) (a) Unless specifically authorized by the Legislature or, subject…
The county legislative body may not prohibit a woman's breast feeding in any location where she otherwise may rightfully be, irrespective of whether the breast is uncovered during or incidental to the breast feeding.
(1) For purposes of this section: (a) "Greater than class C radioactive waste" means the same as that term is defined in Section 19-3-303. (b) "High-level nuclear waste" means the same as that term is defined in Section 19-3-303. (c) "Municipal-type services" means the same as that term is defined in Section 19-3-303.…