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Utah Code § 20A-1-602 — Utah Code / Title 20A / Chapter 20A-1 / § 20A-1-602
§ 20A-1-602. Receiving bribe -- Receiving payments for votes -- Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) A person may not, for the person or for any other person, directly or indirectly, or through any person, before, during, or after any election: (a) receive, agree to receive, or contract for any money, gift, loan, or other valuable consideration, office, place, or employment for: (i) voting or agreeing to vote; (ii) going or agreeing to go to the polls; (iii) remaining or agreeing to remain away from the polls; or (iv) refraining or agreeing to refrain from voting, or for voting or agreeing to vote, or refraining or agreeing to refrain from voting, for any particular person or measure at any election provided by law; or (b) receive any money or other valuable thing because the person induced any other person to: (i) vote or refrain from voting; or (ii) vote or refrain from voting for any particular person or measure at any election provided by law. (2) In addition to the penalties established in Subsections 20A-1-609(2) and (3), a person who commits an offense under Subsection (1) is guilty of a third degree felony.
Utah Code § 17B-1-803 — Utah Code / Title 17B / Chapter 17B-1 / § 17B-1-803
§ 17B-1-803. Merit principles.
Status: in_force

A special district may establish a personnel system administered in a manner that will provide for the effective implementation of merit principles that provide for: (1) recruiting, selecting, and advancing employees on the basis of their relative ability, knowledge, and skills, including open consideration of qualified applicants for initial appointment; (2) providing equitable and adequate compensation; (3) training employees as needed to assure high-quality performance; (4) retaining employees on the basis of the adequacy of their performance, and separation of employees whose inadequate performance cannot be corrected; (5) fair treatment of applicants and employees in all aspects of personnel administration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, age, or disability, and with proper regard for their privacy and constitutional rights as citizens; (6) providing information to employees regarding their political rights and prohibited practices under the Hatch Political Activities Act, 5 U.S.C. Sec. 1501 through 1508 et seq.; and (7) providing a formal procedure for processing the appeals and grievances of employees without discrimination, coercion, restraint, or reprisal.
Utah Code § 70A-2-710 — Utah Code / Title 70A / Chapter 70A-2 / § 70A-2-710
§ 70A-2-710. Seller's incidental damages.
Status: in_force

Incidental damages to an aggrieved seller include any commercially reasonable charges, expenses or commissions incurred in stopping delivery, in the transportation, care and custody of goods after the buyer's breach, in connection with return or resale of the goods or otherwise resulting from the breach.
Utah Code § 75E-9-105 — Utah Code / Title 75E / Chapter 75E-9 / § 75E-9-105
§ 75E-9-105. Cooperation and participation with the commission.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026Indigent defense systems and indigent defense service providers shall cooperate and participate with the commission in the collection of data, investigation, audit, and review of indigent defense services.
Utah Code § 78B-6-1003 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-6 / § 78B-6-1003
§ 78B-6-1003. Limited damages in certain cases.
Status: in_force

Nothing in Section 78B-6-1002 authorizes the recovery of more than the just value of the timber taken from uncultivated woodland for the repair of a public highway or bridge upon the land, or adjoining it.
Utah Code § 63N-24-304 — Utah Code / Title 63N / Chapter 63N-24 / § 63N-24-304
§ 63N-24-304. Distribution of fund money.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026 (1) As used in this section: (a) "Community" means the same as that term is defined in Section 17C-1-102. (b) "Income targeted housing" means the same as that term is defined in Section 17C-1-102. (2) The housing coordinator shall: (a) make grants and loans from the fund for any of the activities authorized by Section 63N-24-305, as directed by the board; (b) establish the criteria with the approval of the board by which loans and grants will be made; and (c) determine with the approval of the board the order in which projects will be funded. (3) The housing coordinator shall distribute, as directed by the board, any federal money contained in the fund according to the procedures, conditions, and restrictions placed upon the use of the money by the federal government. (4) The housing coordinator shall distribute, as directed by the board, any funds received under Section 17C-1-412 to pay the costs of providing income targeted housing within the community that created the community reinvestment agency under Title 17C, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Community Reinvestment Agency Act. (5) Except for federal money, money received under Section 17C-1-412, and money appropriated for use in accordance with Section 63N-24-404, the housing coordinator shall distribute, as directed by the board, money in the fund according to the following requirements: (a) the housing coordinator shall distribute at least 70% of the money in the fund to benefit persons whose annual income is at or below 50% of the median family income for the state; (b) the housing coordinator may use up to 6% of the revenues of the fund, including any appropriation to the fund, to offset division or board administrative expenses; (c) the housing coordinator shall distribute any remaining money in the fund to benefit persons whose annual income is at or below 80% of the median family income for the state; and (d) if the housing coordinator or the housing coordinator's designee makes a loan in accordance with this section, the interest rate of the loan shall be based on the borrower's ability to pay. (6) the housing coordinator may, with the approval of the board: (a) enact rules to establish procedures for the grant and loan process by following the procedures and requirements of Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act; and (b) service or contract, under Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code, for the servicing of loans made by the fund.
Utah Code § 53G-7-305 — Utah Code / Title 53G / Chapter 53G-7 / § 53G-7-305
§ 53G-7-305. Limits on appropriations -- Estimated expendable revenue.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Budget officer" means: (i) for a school district, the school district's superintendent; or (ii) for a charter school, an individual selected by the charter school governing board. (b) "LEA governing board" means: (i) for a school district, the local school board; or (ii) for a charter school, the charter school governing board. (2) An LEA governing board may not make an appropriation in excess of its estimated expendable revenue, including undistributed reserves, for the following fiscal year. (3) An LEA governing board may reduce a budget appropriation at the LEA governing board's regular meeting if notice of the proposed action is given to all LEA governing board members and to the district superintendent or charter school executive director, as applicable, at least one week before the meeting. (4) For a school district, in determining the estimated expendable revenue, any existing deficits arising through excessive expenditures from former years are deducted from the estimated revenue for the ensuing year to the extent of at least 10% of the entire tax revenue of the district for the previous year. (5) For a school district, in the event of financial hardships, the local school board may deduct from the estimated expendable revenue for the ensuing year, by fund, at least 25% of the deficit amount. (6) For a school district, all estimated balances available for appropriations at the end of the fiscal year shall revert to the funds from which they were appropriated and shall be fund balances available for appropriation in the budget of the following year. (7) For a school district, an increase in an appropriation may not be made by the local school board unless the following steps are taken: (a) the local school board receives a written request from the district superintendent that sets forth the reasons for the proposed increase; (b) notice of the request is published: (i) in a newspaper of general circulation within the school district at least one week before the local school board meeting at which the request will be considered; and (ii) in accordance with Section 45-1-101, at least one week before the local school board meeting at which the request will be considered; and (c) the local school board holds a public hearing on the request before the local school board's acting on the request.
Utah Code § 17B-2a-512 — Utah Code / Title 17B / Chapter 17B-2a / § 17B-2a-512
§ 17B-2a-512. Removal of land from the assessor's roll.
Status: in_force

(1) An irrigation district may direct a county treasurer to remove parcels of land from the district's billing if: (a) the land is publicly dedicated to a street, highway, or road; or (b) the use of the land has so permanently changed as to prevent the beneficial use of water on it. (2) Each county treasurer shall comply with the direction of an irrigation district under Subsection (1).
Utah Code § 63L-11-405 — Utah Code / Title 63L / Chapter 63L-11 / § 63L-11-405
§ 63L-11-405. Powers of state agencies and local governments not limited.
Status: in_force

This part does not limit powers conferred upon departments, agencies, instrumentalities, or political subdivisions of the state by existing law.
Utah Code § 34A-3-112 — Utah Code / Title 34A / Chapter 34A-3 / § 34A-3-112
§ 34A-3-112. Employee's willful misconduct.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this chapter, an employee or dependent of any employee is not entitled to receive compensation for disability or death from an occupational disease when the disability or death, wholly or in part, was caused by the purposeful self-exposure of the employee. (2) Except in cases resulting in death: (a) Compensation provided for in this chapter shall be reduced 15% when the occupational disease is caused by the willful failure of the employee: (i) to use safety devices when provided by the employer; or (ii) to obey any order or reasonable rule adopted by the employer for the safety of the employee. (b) Except when the employer permitted, encouraged, or had actual knowledge of the conduct described in Subsections (2)(b)(i) through (iii), disability compensation may not be awarded under this chapter to an employee when the major contributing cause of the employee's disease is the employee's: (i) use of illegal substances; (ii) intentional abuse of drugs in excess of prescribed therapeutic amounts; or (iii) intoxication from alcohol with a blood or breath alcohol concentration of .05 grams or greater as shown by a chemical test.
Utah Code § 53H-1-201 — Utah Code / Title 53H / Chapter 53H-1 / § 53H-1-201
§ 53H-1-201. General Provisions -- Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this part, "transnational repression" means conduct by an agent of a foreign government or agent of a foreign terrorist organization that is: (1) directed at an individual located within the United States, such as: (a) harassment, intimidation, or censorship; (b) threats or use of physical force; (c) electronic or digital surveillance or targeting; (d) a threat of punishment, harassment, or retaliation against another individual under the foreign government's or foreign terrorist organization's effective control; (e) financial coercion, including a threat or use of confiscation, expropriation, or denial of access to property or financial services; (f) abuse of administrative or immigration processes; (g) selective prosecution or enforcement of generally applicable laws; or (h) use or direction of social media, telecommunications, or similar entities to carryout conduct described in Subsections (1)(a) through (g); and (2) done with the purpose of extending a foreign government's or foreign terrorist organization's ability to influence, control, or impose preferences on the individual's behavior while the individual is outside the foreign government's or foreign terrorist organization's area of control.
Utah Code § 26B-7-205 — Utah Code / Title 26B / Chapter 26B-7 / § 26B-7-205
§ 26B-7-205. Willful introduction of communicable disease a misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

Any person who willfully or knowingly introduces any communicable or infectious disease into any county, municipality, or community is guilty of a class A misdemeanor, except as provided in Section 76-5d-212.
Utah Code § 31A-8a-202 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-8a / § 31A-8a-202
§ 31A-8a-202. Commissioner to issue license -- Renewals.
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner may issue a license to a person: (a) who files an application and pays the fee in accordance with Section 31A-8a-201; and (b) who the commissioner determines is in compliance with this chapter. (2) (a) A license issued under this chapter is valid until the immediately following December 31 and may be renewed in accordance with Subsection (2)(b). (b) A license may be renewed if: (i) the commissioner finds that the person operating the health discount program is in compliance with this chapter; (ii) the health discount program operator or health discount program marketer submits the appropriate renewal application and pays any applicable fees for renewal; and (iii) the health discount program certifies that the information in the application for renewal is accurate.
Utah Code § 63A-15-705 — Utah Code / Title 63A / Chapter 63A-15 / § 63A-15-705
§ 63A-15-705. Criminal allegation -- Recommendation to county or district attorney or attorney general.
Status: in_force

(1) If the commission finds that a political subdivision officer or employee allegedly violated a criminal provision, the commission shall, in addition to sending a recommendation to a political subdivision governing body in accordance with Section 63A-15-704, send a written recommendation for further investigation to one or more of the following: (a) the county or district attorney of the applicable jurisdiction; or (b) the attorney general. (2) The written recommendation described in Subsection (1) shall: (a) list the name of each complainant; (b) list the name of the respondent; (c) state the date of the recommendation; (d) for each allegation of a criminal violation, provide a reference to the criminal provision allegedly violated; (e) include a general statement that is adopted by a majority of the members of the commission; and (f) state the name of the political subdivision governing body that the commission sent a recommendation to in accordance with Section 63A-15-704. (3) If the commission sends a recommendation in accordance with this section, the commission shall enter into the record: (a) a copy of the recommendation; and (b) the name of each person described in Subsection (1) to whom the commission sent the recommendation. (4) A recommendation prepared and delivered in accordance with this section is a public record.
Utah Code § 31A-41-202 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-41 / § 31A-41-202
§ 31A-41-202. Assessments.
Status: in_force

(1) An agency title insurance producer licensed under this title shall pay an annual assessment determined by the commission by rule made in accordance with Section 31A-2-404, except that the annual assessment: (a) may not exceed $1,000; and (b) shall be determined on the basis of title insurance premium volume. (2) An individual who applies for a license or renewal of a license as an individual title insurance producer, shall pay in addition to any other fee required by this title, an assessment not to exceed $20, as determined by the commission by rule made in accordance with Section 31A-2-404, except that if the individual holds more than one license, the total of all assessments under this Subsection (2) may not exceed $20 in a fiscal year. (3) (a) To be licensed as an agency title insurance producer, a person shall pay to the department an assessment of $1,000 before the day on which the person is licensed as a title insurance agency. (b) (i) The department shall assess on a licensed agency title insurance producer an amount equal to the greater of: (A) $1,000; or (B) subject to Subsection (3)(b)(ii), 2% of the balance in the agency title insurance producer's reserve account described in Subsection 31A-23a-204(4). (ii) The department may assess on an agency title insurance producer an amount less than 2% of the balance described in Subsection (3)(b)(i)(B) if: (A) before issuing the assessments under this Subsection (3)(b) the department determines that the total of all assessments under Subsection (3)(b)(i) will exceed $250,000; (B) the amount assessed on the agency title insurance producer is not less than $1,000; and (C) the department reduces the assessment in a proportionate amount for agency title insurance producers assessed on the basis of the 2% of the balance described in Subsection (3)(b)(i)(B). (iii) An agency title insurance producer assessed under this Subsection (3)(b) shall pay the assessment by no later than August 31. (4) The department may not assess a title insurance licensee an assessment for purposes of the fund if that assessment is not expressly provided for in this section.
Utah Code § 39A-5-225 — Utah Code / Title 39A / Chapter 39A-5 / § 39A-5-225
§ 39A-5-225. Finding or sentence -- Error -- Review.
Status: in_force

(1) A finding or sentence of a military court may not be held incorrect on the ground of an error of law unless the error materially prejudices the substantial rights of the accused. (2) A reviewing authority with the power to approve or affirm a finding of guilty may approve or affirm that portion of the finding that includes a lesser included offense.
Utah Code § 70A-9a-328 — Utah Code / Title 70A / Chapter 70A-9a / § 70A-9a-328
§ 70A-9a-328. Priority of security interests in investment property.
Status: in_force

The following rules govern priority among conflicting security interests in the same investment property: (1) A security interest held by a secured party having control of investment property under Section 70A-9a-106 has priority over a security interest held by a secured party that does not have control of the investment property. (2) Except as otherwise provided in Subsections (3) and (4), conflicting security interests held by secured parties each of which has control under Section 70A-9a-106 rank according to priority in time of: (a) if the collateral is a security, obtaining control; (b) if the collateral is a security entitlement carried in a securities account and: (i) if the secured party obtained control under Subsection 70A-8-105(4)(a), the secured party's becoming the person for which the securities account is maintained; (ii) if the secured party obtained control under Subsection 70A-8-105(4)(b), the securities intermediary's agreement to comply with the secured party's entitlement orders with respect to security entitlements carried or to be carried in the securities account; or (iii) if the secured party obtained control through another person under Subsection 70A-8-105(4)(c), the time on which priority would be based under this subsection if the other person were the secured party; or (c) if the collateral is a commodity contract carried with a commodity intermediary, the satisfaction of the requirement for control specified in Subsection 70A-9a-106(2)(b) with respect to commodity contracts carried or to be carried with the commodity intermediary. (3) A security interest held by a securities intermediary in a security entitlement or a securities account maintained with the securities intermediary has priority over a conflicting security interest held by another secured party. (4) A security interest held by a commodity intermediary in a commodity contract or a commodity account maintained with the commodity intermediary has priority over a conflicting security interest held by another secured party. (5) A security interest in a certificated security in registered form which is perfected by taking delivery under Subsection 70A-9a-313(1) and not by control under Section 70A-9a-314 has priority over a conflicting security interest perfected by a method other than control. (6) Conflicting security interests created by a broker, securities intermediary, or commodity intermediary which are perfected without control under Section 70A-9a-106 rank equally. (7) In all other cases, priority among conflicting security interests in investment property is governed by Sections 70A-9a-322 and 70A-9a-323.
Utah Code § 20A-4-406 — Utah Code / Title 20A / Chapter 20A-4 / § 20A-4-406
§ 20A-4-406. Election contests -- Appeal.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Either party may appeal the district court's judgment to the Supreme Court as in other cases of appeal from the district court. (b) When an appeal is taken, the district court may not stay execution or proceedings, except execution for costs. (2) Whenever an election is annulled or set aside by the judgment of a court and no appeal is taken within 10 days, the certificate of election, if any has been issued, is void, and the office is vacant.
Utah Code § 70C-1-103 — Utah Code / Title 70C / Chapter 70C-1 / § 70C-1-103
§ 70C-1-103. General principles of law apply -- Treatment of charge or fee.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this title, the Uniform Commercial Code and the principles of law and equity, including without limitation the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, and bankruptcy shall supplement its provisions. (2) A charge or fee described in Section 70C-1-106 assessed by a depository institution as defined by Section 7-1-103 in accordance with this title may not be considered void as a penalty or otherwise unenforceable under statute or common law.
Utah Code § 78B-6-1239 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-6 / § 78B-6-1239
§ 78B-6-1239. Distribution of securities to parties entitled.
Status: in_force

If security is taken by the referees on a sale, and the parties interested in the security, by an instrument in writing delivered to the referees, agree upon the shares and proportions to which they are respectively entitled, or when shares and proportions have been previously adjudged by the court, the securities shall be taken in the names of, and payable to, the parties respectively entitled, and shall be delivered to the parties upon their receipt. The agreement and receipt shall be filed with the clerk of the court.