Utah Code — 17
Browse 639 sections in division 17 of the Utah code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 17-60-101. Definitions.
- § 17-60-102. Powers of municipalities not affected.
- § 17-60-103. Relationship to special districts -- Use of "county" prohibited -- Legal action to compel compliance.
- § 17-60-104. Classification of counties.
- § 17-60-105. Change of class of county.
- § 17-60-106. Registration as a local government entity.
- § 17-60-107. County website requirements.
- § 17-60-201. Exercise of county powers.
- § 17-60-202. Counties authorized to levy and collect taxes, sue and be sued, and acquire property.
- § 17-60-203. County may borrow in anticipation of revenues -- Assistance to nonprofit and private entities -- Notice requirements -- County prohibited from lending credit.
- § 17-60-204. County safety and welfare regulations.
- § 17-60-205. Study and improvement of county government -- Charges and expenses.
- § 17-60-301. County seats fixed -- Election to move a county seat.
- § 17-60-302. Initiating a petition to move a county seat -- Certification of petition signatures -- Removal of signature -- Limitation.
- § 17-60-401. Review of claims by county executive -- Auditor review -- Attorney review -- Claim requirements -- Approval or disapproval of claim -- Written explanation of claim process.
- § 17-60-402. Payment or rejection of claims.
- § 17-60-403. Action on rejected claim -- Limitation.
- § 17-60-404. Judgments against county -- Payment.
- § 17-60-405. County legislative body claim for expenses -- County attorney's opinion of legality.
- § 17-60-406. Officers not to advocate claims -- Right to oppose claims.
- § 17-60-407. State to indemnify county regarding refusal to site nuclear waste -- Terms and conditions.
- § 17-60-501. Implements of husbandry tracking debris onto county roads.
- § 17-60-502. Knives regulated by state.
- § 17-60-503. Right to breast feed.
- § 17-60-504. County prohibited from providing municipal-type services to certain facilities managing high-level nuclear waste.
- § 17-60-505. Reassignment of lien prohibited.
- § 17-60-506. Prohibition against regulation of nutritional information dissemination.
- § 17-60-507. Private employee benefit requirements prohibited -- Exception.
- § 17-60-508. Service animals permitted.
- § 17-60-509. Golf courses -- Limitations on county ordinances restricting golf course maintenance.
- § 17-61-101. Definitions.
- § 17-61-102. Counties of the state -- County boundaries maintained by lieutenant governor -- Process to determine disputed county boundaries.
- § 17-61-201. Consolidation of counties -- Petition -- Certification of petition signatures -- Removal of signature -- Election -- Ballot.
- § 17-61-202. Certification of election result to governor.
- § 17-61-203. Governor's proclamation -- Notice and plat to lieutenant governor -- Recording requirements -- Effective date.
- § 17-61-204. Effect of consolidation -- Pending criminal proceedings.
- § 17-61-301. Annexation of portion of county to adjoining county -- Petition -- Certification of petition signatures -- Removal of signature -- Election -- Ballot.
- § 17-61-302. Certification of election result to governor.
- § 17-61-303. Governor's proclamation -- Notice to lieutenant governor -- Recording requirements -- Effective date.
- § 17-61-304. Territory becomes part of annexing county -- Division of revenues.
- § 17-61-305. Effect on precincts and school districts -- Pending criminal proceedings.
- § 17-61-306. Minor adjustments to county boundaries authorized -- Public hearing -- Joint resolution of county legislative bodies -- Notice and plat to lieutenant governor -- Recording requirements -- Effective date.
- § 17-61-401. Creating a new county -- Petition -- Certification of petition signatures -- Removal of signature -- Election -- Ballots.
- § 17-61-402. Certification of returns -- Governor's proclamation of creation of new county -- Notice and plat to lieutenant governor -- Recording requirements -- Effective date.
- § 17-61-403. County seat, selection by election -- First officers -- Election.
- § 17-61-404. Records to be transmitted -- Expenses for transcribing and transfer.
- § 17-61-405. Effect on precincts and school and other districts -- Indebtedness.
- § 17-61-406. Pending civil and criminal actions -- Previous offenses.
- § 17-61-407. Division of taxes.
- § 17-62-101. Definitions.
- § 17-62-102. Forms of county government -- County commission form required unless another is adopted -- Restrictions on form of county government.
- § 17-62-201. County commission form of government -- Commission member elections.
- § 17-62-202. Expanded county commission form of government -- Commission member elections.
- § 17-62-203. County executive-council form of county government.
- § 17-62-204. Council-manager form of county government -- Establishment of voting districts.
- § 17-62-301. Procedure for initiating adoption of optional plan -- Limitations -- Pending proceedings.
- § 17-62-302. County legislative body initiation of adoption of optional plan -- Procedure.
- § 17-62-303. Registered voter initiation of adoption of optional plan -- Certification of petition signatures -- Removal of signature -- Procedure.
- § 17-62-304. Public hearings.
- § 17-62-401. Convening of first meeting of study committee.
- § 17-62-402. Study committee -- Members -- Powers and duties -- Proposed plan and report -- Services provided by county.
- § 17-62-403. Contents of proposed optional plan.
- § 17-62-404. Plan may propose changing forms of county government -- Partisan elections.
- § 17-62-405. County attorney review of proposed optional plan -- Conflict with statutory or constitutional provisions -- Processing of optional plan after attorney review.
- § 17-62-501. Election on recommended optional plan.
- § 17-62-502. Voter information pamphlet.
- § 17-62-503. Adoption of optional plan -- Election of new county officers -- Effect of adoption.
- § 17-62-504. Amendment of optional plan.
- § 17-62-505. Repeal of optional plan -- Certification of petition signatures -- Removal of signature.
- § 17-63-101. Definitions.
- § 17-63-102. Purpose of chapter.
- § 17-63-103. Unlawful liabilities void.
- § 17-63-201. Fiscal period -- Annual or biennial.
- § 17-63-202. Counties to utilize uniform system of fiscal procedures.
- § 17-63-203. Basis of accounting -- Required funds and accounts -- Lapse of appropriations.
- § 17-63-204. Retained earnings -- Accumulation -- Restrictions -- Disbursements.
- § 17-63-301. Preparation of budgets.
- § 17-63-302. Budget -- Financial plan -- Contents.
- § 17-63-303. Preparation of tentative budget.
- § 17-63-304. Tentative budget -- Public record before adoption -- Notice of budget hearing -- Public hearing on tentative budget -- Adjustments.
- § 17-63-305. Adoption of final budget -- Appropriations in final budget -- Addressing deficits.
- § 17-63-306. Review of second year's budget for biennial budgets.
- § 17-63-307. Immunity.
- § 17-63-401. Budget appropriation reduction.
- § 17-63-402. Increase in budgetary fund or county general fund -- Public hearing -- Notice.
- § 17-63-403. Transfer of unexpended appropriation balance by department -- Transfer of unexpended appropriation balance by governing body.
- § 17-63-404. Emergency expenditures -- Deficit.
- § 17-63-501. Encumbrance system -- Purchasing agent -- Purchases or encumbrances by purchasing agent.
- § 17-63-502. Expenditure limitation.
- § 17-63-503. Warrants -- Payment -- Registration -- Duty of auditor.
- § 17-63-504. Costs between counties on removal of criminal actions.
- § 17-63-505. Costs between counties from change of venue in civil cases.
- § 17-63-506. County legislative body may adopt Utah Procurement Code -- Retention of records.
- § 17-63-601. Financial administration ordinance -- Purposes.
- § 17-63-602. Finance officer to present finance statements.
- § 17-63-603. Finance officer -- Annual financial statement -- Contents.
- § 17-63-604. Presentation of annual report by independent auditor -- Notice that audit complete.
- § 17-63-605. Internal control structure.
- § 17-63-701. Authorized taxes -- List nonexhaustive.
- § 17-63-702. Taxation for county purposes -- Statement of county debt required.
- § 17-63-703. Estimated revenue from property tax.
- § 17-63-704. Property tax levy -- Amount.
- § 17-63-705. Use of incremental tax revenue for relocation expenses of displaced mobile home park residents.
- § 17-63-706. County charges enumerated.
- § 17-63-707. Fees for services -- Exceptions.
- § 17-63-708. Special assessment.
- § 17-63-709. County authorized to accept electronic payments.
- § 17-63-710. County permitted to establish Public Land Corner Preservation Fund -- Use of fund -- Fee schedule for filing maps.
- § 17-63-711. Transportation utility fee.
- § 17-63-801. Property taxes levied for specified services -- Special revenue fund -- Limitations on use -- Collection, accounting, and expenditures.
- § 17-63-802. Operating and capital budget -- Expenditures.
- § 17-63-803. Reserve fund for capital improvements -- Creation -- Purpose -- Limitation.
- § 17-63-804. Reserve fund for capital improvements -- Estimate of amount required -- Tax levy -- Accumulation from year to year -- Restriction on use.
- § 17-63-805. Reserve fund for capital improvements -- Transfer to fund of unencumbered surplus -- Investment -- Interest and income -- Modification of use -- Special election.
- § 17-63-806. Establishment of tax stability and trust fund -- Increase in tax levy -- Deposit or investment of funds -- Use of interest or other income.
- § 17-63-807. Amount in tax stability and trust fund limited -- Disposition of excess -- Use of principal -- Determination of necessity -- Election -- Exception.
- § 17-63-808. Special funds -- Ceases -- Transfer.
- § 17-63-809. Interfund loans -- Acquisition of issued unmatured bonds.
- § 17-63-901. Authority and applicable procedure for issuance of bonds -- Application of proceeds -- Debt limit.
- § 17-63-902. Bond elections -- Consolidating voting districts and precincts -- Voting places.
- § 17-63-903. Additional purposes for which bonds may be issued -- Joint ownership of facilities authorized.
- § 17-63-904. Bond issue for certain facilities -- Board of directors -- Use of revenues from facilities -- Rights of bondholders.
- § 17-63-1001. Disposition of coal land revenue.
- § 17-63-1002. Federal entitlement lands -- In-lieu payments -- Allocation -- Agreements with political subdivisions.
- § 17-63-1101. Profit from public funds prohibited.
- § 17-64-101. Definitions.
- § 17-64-102. Members of county legislative bodies constitute county officers.
- § 17-64-103. Seal for county -- Optional seal for county district court.
- § 17-64-201. Eligibility -- Election.
- § 17-64-202. Crime insurance for breach of duty by county legislative body member.
- § 17-64-301. Meetings -- At county seat -- Exception.
- § 17-64-302. Special meetings -- How called -- Business limited.
- § 17-64-303. Meetings to comply with open meetings law -- Records and minutes -- Compelling attendance at meetings of legislative body.
- § 17-64-304. Chair -- Oaths -- Quorum.
- § 17-64-305. Rules and regulations governing legislative body and transaction of business -- Expulsion of members prohibited -- Exception for disorderly conduct.
- § 17-64-401. General powers, duties, and functions of legislative body.
- § 17-64-402. Records to be kept.
- § 17-64-403. Dividing county into precincts and districts.
- § 17-64-404. Examination and audit of accounts.
- § 17-64-405. Investigation by legislative body -- Witnesses -- Hearings.
- § 17-64-406. County hospitals under jurisdiction of legislative body.
- § 17-64-407. Duties as board of equalization.
- § 17-64-501. Ordinances -- Power to enact -- Penalty for violation.
- § 17-64-502. Ordinances -- Effective dates -- Publication -- Adoption of ordinances printed in book form -- Review of nuisance ordinances.
- § 17-64-503. Duty of county legislative body to provide for operation and functioning of county personnel -- Conflicts with state or federal law.
- § 17-64-504. Administrative hearings and procedures -- Penalty for code violation.
- § 17-64-505. Business license fees and taxes -- Application information to be transmitted to the county assessor.
- § 17-65-101. Definitions.
- § 17-65-201. Reserved.
- § 17-65-301. General powers, duties, and functions.
- § 17-65-302. Specific duties.
- § 17-65-303. Executive orders.
- § 17-65-304. Examination and audit of accounts.
- § 17-65-305. Actions -- Control and direction.
- § 17-65-306. Warrants -- Authority to draw on treasury.
- § 17-65-307. Appointment of an individual with advice and consent of county legislative body.
- § 17-65-308. County resource development committee -- Membership -- Term -- Compensation and expenses -- Duties.
- § 17-65-401. County purchasing agent.
- § 17-65-402. Hiring of professional architect, engineer, or surveyor -- Higher education entity restrictions.
- § 17-65-403. Approval of cost-increase changes in plans and specifications -- Delegation.
- § 17-65-404. Changes or alterations in contract -- Liability of county.
- § 17-65-405. Contracting for management, maintenance, operation, or construction of county jails.
- § 17-66-101. Definitions.
- § 17-66-102. County officers enumerated.
- § 17-66-103. Officers at county seats -- Office hours.
- § 17-66-104. Consolidation of county offices -- County clerk to perform duties of county auditor under certain circumstances.
- § 17-66-105. Crime insurance for county officers.
- § 17-66-106. County officer deputies -- Powers, duties, and liabilities of county officer deputies.
- § 17-66-201. Eligibility and residency requirements for county office -- Election of county officer to consolidated office.
- § 17-66-202. County officers -- Time of holding elections -- County commissioners -- Terms of office.
- § 17-66-203. Business to be finished before expiration of term -- Vacancy in a county office.
- § 17-66-204. Failure to perform duties constitutes malfeasance in office -- Felony charges arising from official duties -- Paid administrative leave -- Reassignment of duties.
- § 17-66-205. Candidates to comply with conflict of interest disclosures.
- § 17-66-206. Qualifications not exhaustive.
- § 17-66-301. Unauthorized payment or warrant -- Investigation by another county attorney -- Action to enjoin or recover payment.
- § 17-66-302. Deposit of money in treasury.
- § 17-66-303. Fees of county officers.
- § 17-66-304. Rewards for information that assists with law enforcement.
- § 17-66-401. Salaries of county officers to be fixed by county legislative body.
- § 17-66-402. Salaries to be full compensation -- Compensation for deputies.
- § 17-66-403. Salaries in case of consolidated offices.
- § 17-66-404. Change of county class effect on salaries -- Salaries for new counties.
- § 17-66-501. Applicability.
- § 17-66-502. Commissioner traveling expenses.
- § 17-66-503. Appointment of legal counsel by county executive and county legislative body.
- § 17-66-504. Supervision of county elected officers -- Legislative body and executive may examine and audit accounts and conduct investigation.
- § 17-66-505. Governing body as cooperating agency in federal land planning and regulation.
- § 17-66-506. Commanding services of sheriff.
- § 17-67-101. Definitions.
- § 17-67-201. Assessor to be state qualified -- Vacancy -- Filling vacancy.
- § 17-67-301. Duties of assessor.
- § 17-67-302. Effective date of boundary changes for assessment.
- § 17-68-101. Definitions.
- § 17-68-102. Creation of Office of the District Attorney.
- § 17-68-103. Consolidated office.
- § 17-68-104. District attorney and county attorney data collection for counties of the first, second, and third class -- Report.
- § 17-68-201. County attorney and district attorney serve as county officers -- Eligibility for private practice.
- § 17-68-202. Qualifications.
- § 17-68-203. License suspended -- Vacancy.
- § 17-68-301. County and district attorney duties, powers, and functions -- Legislative functions.
- § 17-68-302. County attorney powers and functions.
- § 17-68-303. District attorney powers and functions.
- § 17-68-304. Assistance to the attorney general.
- § 17-68-305. Deputy attorneys.
- § 17-68-306. Prohibited acts.
- § 17-68-401. Creation of a prosecution district.
- § 17-68-402. Multicounty prosecution district.
- § 17-68-403. Dissolution of prosecution district.
- § 17-68-501. Public prosecutor powers and duties.
- § 17-68-502. Public prosecutor's ethical duties.
- § 17-68-503. Pretrial responsibilities.
- § 17-68-504. Appeals.
- § 17-68-505. Juvenile proceedings.
- § 17-68-506. Civil responsibilities of public prosecutors.
- § 17-68-601. Duties as civil counsel.
- § 17-68-602. Ethical duties of civil counsel -- County is client.
- § 17-68-603. Civil violation of county ordinance.
- § 17-68-604. Legal opinions -- Review and advise as to form -- Escheats to the state.
- § 17-68-605. County attorney to review certain county plans, county contracts -- List nonexhaustive.
- § 17-69-101. Definitions.
- § 17-69-102. Seal.
- § 17-69-103. County clerk ex officio county auditor in certain counties.
- § 17-69-201. Qualifications for county auditor generally.
- § 17-69-202. Qualifications for a county auditor in a county of the first class.
- § 17-69-301. Duties and services.
- § 17-69-302. Auditing services.
- § 17-69-303. Performance audit services.
- § 17-69-304.1. Investigations -- Report of findings.
- § 17-69-401. Accounting services.
- § 17-69-402. Management of financial records -- Disposal of records.
- § 17-69-403. Reporting -- State treasurer -- County legislative body.
- § 17-69-404. Payments and warrants.
- § 17-70-101. Definitions.
- § 17-70-102. Seal.
- § 17-70-103. Ex officio auditor in certain counties.
- § 17-70-201. Elections training.
- § 17-70-301. County legislative body clerk -- District court clerk duties.
- § 17-70-302. Duties.
- § 17-70-303. Report of election and appointment of county officers.
- § 17-70-304. Conflict of interest disclosure statement for county and local school board office -- Required when filing for candidacy -- Public availability -- Enforcement.
- § 17-70-401. Definitions.
- § 17-70-402. Personal use expenditure -- Authorized and prohibited uses of campaign funds -- Enforcement -- Penalties.
- § 17-70-403. Campaign financial disclosure in county elections.
- § 17-70-501. Definitions.
- § 17-70-502. Purposes.
- § 17-70-503. Prohibited use of official position -- Exception.
- § 17-70-504. Compensation for assistance in transaction involving county -- Public disclosure and filing required.
- § 17-70-505. Interest in business entity regulated by county -- Disclosure.
- § 17-70-506. Interest in business entity doing business with county -- Disclosure.
- § 17-70-507. Investment creating conflict of interest with duties -- Disclosure.
- § 17-70-508. Rescission of prohibited transaction.
- § 17-70-509. Annual conflict of interest disclosure -- Penalties.
- § 17-70-510. Prohibitions -- Violations.
- § 17-70-511. County ethics commission -- Complaints charging violations -- Procedure.
- § 17-71-101. Definitions.
- § 17-71-102. Seal.
- § 17-71-103. County recorder duties in certain counties.
- § 17-71-201. Reserved.
- § 17-71-301. Document custody responsibility -- Compliance with County Recorder Standards Board rules -- Compliance with county appeal authority.
- § 17-71-301.5. Digital authentication of county records -- Standards and approval process.
- § 17-71-302. General duties -- Records and indexes.
- § 17-71-303. Ownership plats -- Use of geographic information systems or computer systems.
- § 17-71-304. Annual revision -- Reporting changes in ownership to county assessors -- Use of geographic information systems or computer systems.
- § 17-71-305. Acknowledgments and administrations of oaths.
- § 17-71-306. Establishment of county recorder appeal authority.
- § 17-71-307. Prohibited acts.
- § 17-71-401. Recording procedures -- Endorsements of entry number required on documents.
- § 17-71-402. Recording required -- County recorder may impose requirements on documents to be recorded -- Requirements for recording local entity plat -- Point of the Mountain State Land Authority plat.
- § 17-71-403. Names of persons signing to be typed or printed on instruments presented for recording.
- § 17-71-404. Public record of original documents or copies -- Receipt of recording.
- § 17-71-405. Records open to inspection -- Copies.
- § 17-71-406. Redacting personal information.
- § 17-71-407. Fees -- Fees paid in advance.
- § 17-71-408. Notice given by recording.
- § 17-71-501. Indexing of deeds and other instruments.
- § 17-71-502. Judgments affecting real estate.
- § 17-71-503. Military records -- Evidence.
- § 17-71-504. Notice of significant private airports.
- § 17-71-601. Definitions.
- § 17-71-602. Validity of electronic documents.
- § 17-71-603. Recording of documents.
- § 17-71-604. Uniformity of application and construction.
- § 17-71-605. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
- § 17-72-101. Definitions.
- § 17-72-201. County sheriff qualifications -- Declaring office vacant -- Term.
- § 17-72-301. General duties.
- § 17-72-302. Primary law enforcement authority.
- § 17-72-303. Duty to respond to county legislative body, county executive.
- § 17-72-304. Fees.
- § 17-72-305. Certain liability.
- § 17-72-401. County jails -- Sheriff as keeper -- Contracting with private contractor.
- § 17-72-402. Sheriff's classification of jail facilities -- Maximum operating capacity of jail facilities -- Limitations on contracting -- Transfer or release of prisoners -- Limitation -- Records regarding release.
- § 17-72-403. Special guards for county jail.
- § 17-72-404. County jails authorized to hold federal prisoners.
- § 17-72-405. Commissary account disclosure requirements.
- § 17-72-406. Maintaining order in the county jail -- Imposing restitution.
- § 17-72-407. Notice to county jail facilities.
- § 17-72-408. County jail reporting requirements.
- § 17-72-409. Suicide Deterrence Grant application.
- § 17-72-410. Correctional facility telephone service.