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Utah Code § 23A-4-601 — Utah Code / Title 23A / Chapter 23A-4 / § 23A-4-601
§ 23A-4-601. Fishing license.
Status: in_force

(1) A person 12 years old or older shall purchase a fishing license before engaging in a regulated fishing activity. (2) Upon paying the fee prescribed by the Wildlife Board, a person may obtain a license to fish and engage in a regulated fishing activity in accordance with the rules, proclamations, and orders of the Wildlife Board. (3) A person under 12 years old may fish without a license in accordance with the rules, proclamations, and orders of the Wildlife Board.
Utah Code § 31A-21-302 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-21 / § 31A-21-302
§ 31A-21-302. Premiums.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to Section 31A-21-310 and Subsection 31A-21-106(1), the policy shall clearly state the amount of the total premium or shall explain in detail how it is calculated. Any fee, charge, or other consideration that is not part of the premium shall be disclosed and explained in writing to the insured. The disclosure and explanation shall be clearly stated either on the policy, or on the insurer's billing to the insured. The premium need not be contained in a certificate issued under a group policy. This Subsection (1) does not preclude premium adjustments or changes upon the renewal or endorsement of an existing policy. However, the renewal or endorsement notice shall contain or be accompanied by a statement of the renewal or endorsement premium or credit. (2) Except as provided in Chapter 23a, Insurance Marketing - Licensing Producers, Consultants, and Reinsurance Intermediaries, no person may charge or receive any consideration for the insurance policy which is not stated in Subsection (1). (3) No person may knowingly collect any excessive amount as a premium or any amount for insurance which is not in the course of processing. Any amount unknowingly collected shall be returned immediately on learning of the mistake. Prepayment of premiums pursuant to the policy is not an excessive collection. Insurance is in the course of processing if an application has been made for it which is being considered by the insurer, even though it has not yet been accepted or rejected.
Utah Code § 75B-2-1008 — Utah Code / Title 75B / Chapter 75B-2 / § 75B-2-1008
§ 75B-2-1008. Exculpation of trustee.
Status: in_force

A term of a trust relieving a trustee of liability for breach of trust is unenforceable to the extent that the term: (1) relieves the trustee of liability for breach of trust committed in bad faith or with reckless indifference to the purposes of the trust or the interests of the beneficiaries; or (2) was inserted by the trustee or fiduciary without disclosure of its existence and contents.
Utah Code § 75B-2-901 — Utah Code / Title 75B / Chapter 75B-2 / § 75B-2-901
§ 75B-2-901. Prudent investor rule.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (2), a trustee who invests and manages trust assets owes a duty to the beneficiaries of the trust to comply with the prudent investor rule described in this chapter. (b) If a trustee is named on the basis of a trustee's representations of special skills or expertise, the trustee has a duty to use those special skills or expertise. (2) (a) The prudent investor rule is a default rule and may be expanded, restricted, eliminated, or otherwise altered by the provisions of a trust. (b) A trustee is not liable to a beneficiary to the extent that the trustee acted in reasonable reliance on the provisions of the trust.
Utah Code § 34A-1-408 — Utah Code / Title 34A / Chapter 34A-1 / § 34A-1-408
§ 34A-1-408. Investigations through representatives.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purpose of making any investigation necessary for the implementation of this title with regard to any employment or place of employment, the commission may appoint, in writing, any competent person who is a resident of the state, as an agent, whose duties shall be prescribed in the written appointment. (2) In the discharge of the agent's duties, the agent shall have: (a) every power of investigation granted in this title to the commission; and (b) the same powers as a referee appointed by a district court with regard to taking evidence. (3) The commission may: (a) conduct any number of the investigations contemporaneously through different agents; and (b) delegate to the agents the taking of evidence bearing upon any investigation or hearing. (4) The recommendations made by the agents shall be advisory only and do not preclude the taking of further evidence or further investigation if the commission so orders.
Utah Code § 63G-10-301 — Utah Code / Title 63G / Chapter 63G-10 / § 63G-10-301
§ 63G-10-301. Cost evaluation of action settlement agreements.
Status: in_force

(1) Before legally binding the state to an action settlement agreement that might cost the state a total of $250,000 or more to implement, inclusive of the cost of the required action and any required monetary payment, an agency shall estimate the cost of implementing the action settlement agreement and submit that cost estimate to the governor and the Legislative Management Committee. (2) The Legislative Management Committee may: (a) direct its staff to make an independent cost estimate of the cost of implementing the action settlement agreement; and (b) affirmatively adopt a cost estimate as the benchmark for determining which authorizations established by this part are necessary.
Utah Code § 53E-3-1316 — Utah Code / Title 53E / Chapter 53E-3 / § 53E-3-1316
§ 53E-3-1316. Communications with the judiciary.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, "final decision or order" means a decision or order that determines the rights of the parties and concerns which appellate remedies have been exhausted or that the time for appeal has expired. (2) (a) A board member may not communicate, either verbally or in writing, with a judge in reference to a particular judicial case or proceeding until a final decision or order has been made on the matter. (b) Inquiries to the judiciary that are merely technical or logistical in nature should be made with the Administrative Office of the Courts or a clerk of the court. (c) The restrictions in this section shall not apply to a communication that a board member makes with the judiciary in the normal course of the board member's private employment, provided that the board member does not use his or her status as a board member in an attempt to unduly influence the judiciary.
Utah Code § 17B-1-603 — Utah Code / Title 17B / Chapter 17B-1 / § 17B-1-603
§ 17B-1-603. Uniform accounting system.
Status: in_force

The accounting records of each special district shall be established and maintained, and financial statements prepared from those records, in conformance with generally accepted accounting principles promulgated from time to time by authoritative bodies in the United States.
Utah Code § 63M-7-519 — Utah Code / Title 63M / Chapter 63M-7 / § 63M-7-519
§ 63M-7-519. Assignment of recovery -- Reimbursement.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026 (1) (a) By accepting a reparations award, the victim: (i) automatically assigns to the office any claim the victim may have relating to criminally injurious conduct in the reparations claim; and (ii) is required to reimburse the office if the victim recovers any money relating to the criminally injurious conduct. (b) The office's right of assignment and reimbursement under Subsection (1)(a) is limited to the lesser of: (i) the amount paid by the office; or (ii) the amount recovered by the victim from the third party. (c) The office may be reimbursed under Subsection (1)(a) regardless of whether the office exercises the office's right of assignment under Subsection (1)(a). (2) The executive director of the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, with the concurrence of the director, may reduce the office's right of reimbursement if the executive director determines that: (a) the reduction will benefit the fund; or (b) the victim has ongoing expenses related to the offense upon which the reparations claim is based and the benefit to the victim of reducing the office's right of reimbursement exceeds the benefit to the office of receiving full reimbursement. (3) The office reserves the right to make a claim for reimbursement on behalf of the victim and the victim may not impair the office's claim or the office's right of reimbursement.
Utah Code § 31A-28-107 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-28 / § 31A-28-107
§ 31A-28-107. Board of directors.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) The board of directors of the association shall consist of: (i) at least seven but not more than eleven member insurers who: (A) serve terms as established in the plan of operation; and (B) are selected by member insurers, subject to the approval of the commissioner; and (ii) two public representatives appointed by the commissioner. (b) (i) The commissioner shall make the appointment of a public representative coincide with the association's annual meeting at which the association's board of directors is elected. (ii) A public representative may not be: (A) an officer, director, or employee of an insurer; or (B) a person engaged in the business of insurance. (iii) A public representative shall serve a term of three years. (c) When a vacancy occurs in the membership of the board of directors for any reason: (i) if the vacancy is of a member insurer, a replacement may be elected for the unexpired term by a majority vote of the remaining board members, subject to the approval of the commissioner; and (ii) if the vacancy is of a public representative, the commissioner shall appoint a replacement for the unexpired term. (d) In approving a selection or in appointing a member to the board of directors, the commissioner shall consider, among other things, whether all member insurers are fairly represented. (e) Notwithstanding Subsections (1)(a) and (b), the commissioner shall, at the time of election, reelection, appointment, or reappointment adjust the length of terms to ensure that the terms of board members are staggered so that approximately half of the board of directors is selected during any two-year period. (2) (a) A member of the board of directors may be reimbursed from the assets of the association for expenses incurred by the member as a member of the board of directors. (b) A public representative appointed under Subsection (1)(a)(ii) may not receive compensation or benefits for the public representative's service, but in addition to reimbursement under Subsection (2)(a), a public representative may receive per diem and travel expenses established by the board with the approval of the commissioner. (c) Except as provided in Subsections (2)(a) and (b), a member of the board of directors may not be compensated by the association for the member's services.
Utah Code § 70A-3-402 — Utah Code / Title 70A / Chapter 70A-3 / § 70A-3-402
§ 70A-3-402. Signature by representative.
Status: in_force

(1) If a person acting, or purporting to act, as a representative signs an instrument by signing either the name of the represented person or the name of the signer, the represented person is bound by the signature to the same extent the represented person would be bound if the signature were on a simple contract. If the represented person is bound, the signature of the representative is the "authorized signature of the represented person" and the represented person is liable on the instrument, whether or not identified in the instrument. (2) If a representative signs the name of the representative to an instrument and the signature is an authorized signature of the represented person, the following rules apply: (a) If the form of the signature shows unambiguously that the signature is made on behalf of the represented person who is identified in the instrument, the representative is not liable on the instrument. (b) Subject to Subsection (3), if the form of the signature does not show unambiguously that the signature is made in a representative capacity or the represented person is not identified in the instrument, the representative is liable on the instrument to a holder in due course that took the instrument without notice that the representative was not intended to be liable on the instrument. With respect to any other person, the representative is liable on the instrument unless the representative proves that the original parties did not intend the representative to be liable on the instrument. (3) If a representative signs the name of the representative as drawer of a check without indication of the representative status and the check is payable from an account of the represented person who is identified on the check, the signer is not liable on the check if the signature is an authorized signature of the represented person.
Utah Code § 63G-2-405 — Utah Code / Title 63G / Chapter 63G-2 / § 63G-2-405
§ 63G-2-405. Confidential treatment of records for which no exemption applies.
Status: in_force

(1) A court may, on appeal or in a declaratory or other action, order the confidential treatment of records for which no exemption from disclosure applies if: (a) there are compelling interests favoring restriction of access to the record; and (b) the interests favoring restriction of access clearly are greater than or equal to the interests favoring access. (2) If a governmental entity requests a court to restrict access to a record under this section, the court shall require the governmental entity to pay the reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred by the lead party in opposing the governmental entity's request, if: (a) the court finds that no statutory or constitutional exemption from disclosure could reasonably apply to the record in question; (b) the court denies confidential treatment under this section; and (c) the court finds that the governmental entity made the request in bad faith. (3) This section does not apply to records that are specifically required to be public under statutory provisions outside of this chapter or under Section 63G-2-301, except as provided in Subsection (4). (4) (a) Access to drafts and empirical data in drafts may be limited under this section, but the court may consider, in its evaluation of interests favoring restriction of access, only those interests that relate to the underlying information, and not to the deliberative nature of the record. (b) Access to original data in a computer program may be limited under this section, but the court may consider, in its evaluation of interests favoring restriction of access, only those interests that relate to the underlying information, and not to the status of that data as part of a computer program. (5) Except for the waiver of immunity in Subsection 63G-7-301(2)(e), a claim for attorney fees or costs under this section is not subject to Chapter 7, Governmental Immunity Act of Utah.
Utah Code § 63G-20-201 — Utah Code / Title 63G / Chapter 63G-20 / § 63G-20-201
§ 63G-20-201. Provisions governing solemnizing or recognizing a marriage -- Prohibition against employment actions.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a state or local government or a state or local government official may not: (1) require a religious official, when acting as such, or religious organization to solemnize or recognize for ecclesiastical purposes a marriage that is contrary to that religious official's or religious organization's religious beliefs; (2) if the religious official or religious organization is authorized to solemnize a marriage by Section 81-2-305, deny a religious official, when acting as such, or religious organization the authority to legally solemnize a legal marriage based on the religious official's or religious organization's refusal to solemnize any legal marriage that is contrary to the religious official's or religious organization's religious beliefs; (3) require a religious official, when acting as such, or religious organization to provide goods, accommodations, advantages, privileges, services, facilities, or grounds for activities connected with the solemnization or celebration of a marriage that is contrary to that religious official's or religious organization's religious beliefs; or (4) require a religious official, when acting as such, or religious organization to promote marriage through religious programs, counseling, courses, or retreats in a way that is contrary to that religious official's or religious organization's religious beliefs.
Utah Code § 65A-2-6 — Utah Code / Title 65A / Chapter 65A-2 / § 65A-2-6
§ 65A-2-6. Permitted areas at Bear Lake for launching and retrieving watercraft -- Rulemaking authority.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, "motorboat" means the same as that term is defined in Section 73-18-2. (2) The division shall issue a permit to an applicant that allows the applicant to launch or retrieve a motorboat on state lands surrounding Bear Lake. (3) A permit is required to launch or retrieve a motorboat on state lands surrounding Bear Lake. (4) A permit authorizes a person to launch or retrieve a motorboat if: (a) the person owns private property adjacent to state lands surrounding Bear Lake, or has legal right to occupy or use private property adjacent to state lands surrounding Bear Lake, and the person accesses the water from that private property; or (b) the person accesses the water from a recorded point of public access that allows motor vehicle traffic. (5) The division shall, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, make rules to administer this section.
Utah Code § 26B-3-212 — Utah Code / Title 26B / Chapter 26B-3 / § 26B-3-212
§ 26B-3-212. Limited family planning services for low-income individuals.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) (i) "Family planning services" means family planning services that are provided under the state Medicaid program, including: (A) sexual health education and family planning counseling; and (B) other medical diagnosis, treatment, or preventative care routinely provided as part of a family planning service visit. (ii) "Family planning services" do not include an abortion, as that term is defined in Section 76-7-301 or 76-7a-101. (b) "Low-income individual" means an individual who: (i) has an income level that is equal to or below 185% of the federal poverty level; and (ii) does not qualify for full coverage under the Medicaid program. (2) Before January 1, 2024, the division shall apply for a Medicaid waiver or a state plan amendment with CMS to: (a) offer a program that provides family planning services to low-income individuals; and (b) receive a federal match rate of 90% of state expenditures for family planning services provided under the waiver or state plan amendment.
Utah Code § 53G-4-203 — Utah Code / Title 53G / Chapter 53G-4 / § 53G-4-203
§ 53G-4-203. Election of officers -- Terms -- Time of election -- Removal of officers -- Quorum requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in Subsection (6), a local school board shall elect a president and a vice president whose terms of office are for two years and until their successors are elected. (2) The elections shall be held during the first local school board meeting in January following a regular local school board election held in the district. (3) An officer appointed or elected by a local school board may be removed from office for cause by a vote of two-thirds of the local school board. (4) When a vacancy occurs in the office of president or vice president of the local school board for any reason, a replacement shall be elected for the unexpired term. (5) Attendance of a simple majority of the local school board members constitutes a quorum for the transaction of official business. (6) In relation to a local school board of a new school district, the local school board may set the initial terms of a president and vice president to be as follows: (a) the remainder of the calendar year in which the president or vice president is sworn in as a member of the local school board, plus one additional calendar year; or (b) the remainder of the calendar year in which the president or vice president is sworn in as a member of the local school board, plus three additional calendar years.
Utah Code § 78B-6-809 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-6 / § 78B-6-809
§ 78B-6-809. Proof required of plaintiff -- Defense.
Status: in_force

(1) On the trial of any proceeding for any forcible entry or forcible detainer the plaintiff shall only be required to show, in addition to the forcible entry or forcible detainer complained of, that the plaintiff was in actual peaceable possession at the time of the forcible entry, or was entitled to the possession at the time of the forcible detainer. (2) In defense, the defendant may show that the defendant or the defendant's ancestors, or those whose interest in the premises is claimed, had been in the quiet possession of the property for the space of one entire year continuously before the commencement of the proceedings, and that his interest is not ended or determined, and that this showing is a bar to the proceedings. (3) An action for unlawful detainer may also be brought in the form of a counterclaim .
Utah Code § 78B-2-213 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-2 / § 78B-2-213
§ 78B-2-213. What constitutes adverse possession not under written instrument.
Status: in_force

Land is considered to be possessed and occupied adversely by a person claiming title not founded upon a written instrument, judgment, or decree in the following cases only, where: (1) it has been protected by a substantial enclosure; (2) it has been usually cultivated or improved; or (3) labor or money amounting to the sum of $5 per acre has been expended upon dams, canals, embankments, aqueducts, or otherwise for the purpose of irrigating the land.
Utah Code § 63N-2-202 — Utah Code / Title 63N / Chapter 63N-2 / § 63N-2-202
§ 63N-2-202. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this part: (1) "Business entity" means an entity, sole proprietorship, or individual: (a) including a claimant, estate, or trust; and (b) under which or by whom business is conducted or transacted. (2) "Claimant" means a resident or nonresident person that has: (a) Utah taxable income as defined in Section 59-7-101; or (b) state taxable income under Title 59, Chapter 10, Part 1, Determination and Reporting of Tax Liability and Information. (3) "County applicant" means the governing authority of a county that meets the requirements for designation as an enterprise zone under Section 63N-2-204. (4) "Estate" means a nonresident estate or a resident estate that has state taxable income under Title 59, Chapter 10, Part 2, Trusts and Estates. (5) "Municipal applicant" means the governing authority of a city or town that meets the requirements for designation as an enterprise zone under Section 63N-2-204. (6) "Nonrefundable tax credit" or "tax credit" means a tax credit that a business entity may: (a) claim: (i) as provided by statute; and (ii) in an amount that does not exceed the business entity's tax liability for a taxable year under: (A) Title 59, Chapter 7, Corporate Franchise and Income Taxes; or (B) Title 59, Chapter 10, Individual Income Tax Act; and (b) carry forward or carry back: (i) if allowed by statute; and (ii) to the extent that the amount of the tax credit exceeds the business entity's tax liability for a taxable year under: (A) Title 59, Chapter 7, Corporate Franchise and Income Taxes; or (B) Title 59, Chapter 10, Individual Income Tax Act. (7) "Tax incentives" or "tax benefits" means the nonrefundable tax credits described in Section 63N-2-213. (8) "Trust" means a nonresident trust or a resident trust that has state taxable income under Title 59, Chapter 10, Part 2, Trusts and Estates.
Utah Code § 63J-1-214 — Utah Code / Title 63J / Chapter 63J-1 / § 63J-1-214
§ 63J-1-214. Warrants -- Not to be drawn until claim processed -- Redemption.
Status: in_force

(1) No warrant to cover any claim against any appropriation or fund shall be drawn until such claim has been processed as provided by law. (2) The state treasurer shall return all redeemed warrants to the state fiscal officer for purposes of reconciliation, post-audit and verification of the state treasurer's fund balances.