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Utah Code § 75A-2-212 — Utah Code / Title 75A / Chapter 75A-2 / § 75A-2-212
§ 75A-2-212. Claims and litigation.
Status: in_force

Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to claims and litigation authorizes the agent to: (1) assert and maintain before a court or administrative agency a claim, claim for relief, cause of action, counterclaim, offset, recoupment, or defense, including an action to recover property or other thing of value, recover damages sustained by the principal, eliminate or modify tax liability, or seek an injunction, specific performance, or other relief; (2) bring an action to determine adverse claims or intervene or otherwise participate in litigation; (3) seek an attachment, garnishment, order of arrest, or other preliminary, provisional, or intermediate relief and use an available procedure to effect or satisfy a judgment, order, or decree; (4) make or accept a tender, offer of judgment, or admission of facts, submit a controversy on an agreed statement of facts, consent to examination, and bind the principal in litigation; (5) submit to alternative dispute resolution, settle, and propose or accept a compromise; (6) waive the issuance and service of process upon the principal, accept service of process, appear for the principal, designate persons upon which process directed to the principal may be served, execute and file or deliver stipulations on the principal's behalf, verify pleadings, seek appellate review, procure and give surety and indemnity bonds, contract and pay for the preparation and printing of records and briefs, receive, execute, and file or deliver a consent, waiver, release, confession of judgment, satisfaction of judgment, notice, agreement, or other instrument in connection with the prosecution, settlement, or defense of a claim or litigation; (7) act for the principal with respect to bankruptcy or insolvency, whether voluntary or involuntary, concerning the principal or some other person, or with respect to a reorganization, receivership, or application for the appointment of a receiver or trustee that affects an interest of the principal in property or other thing of value; (8) pay a judgment, award, or order against the principal or a settlement made in connection with a claim or litigation; and (9) receive money or other thing of value paid in settlement of or as proceeds of a claim or litigation.
Utah Code § 31A-46-402 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-46 / § 31A-46-402
§ 31A-46-402. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or the application of any provision of this chapter is found invalid, the remainder of this chapter shall be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
Utah Code § 26B-6-406 — Utah Code / Title 26B / Chapter 26B-6 / § 26B-6-406
§ 26B-6-406. Powers of other state agencies -- Severability.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this part shall be construed to supersede or limit the authority granted by law to any other state agency. If any provision of this part, or the application of any provision to the person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this part shall not be affected.
Utah Code § 31A-15-201 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-15 / § 31A-15-201
§ 31A-15-201. Short title.
Status: in_force

This part shall be known as the "Risk Retention Groups Act."
Utah Code § 78B-6-1202 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-6 / § 78B-6-1202
§ 78B-6-1202. Complaint -- To set forth interests of all parties.
Status: in_force

(1) The interests of all persons in the property, whether the persons are known or unknown, shall be set forth in the complaint, specifically and particularly, as far as known to the plaintiff. (2) If one or more of the parties, or the share or quantity of interest of any of the parties, is unknown to the plaintiff, uncertain or contingent, or the ownership of the inheritance depends upon an executory devise, or the remainder is a contingent remainder making the parties unknown, that fact must be set forth in the complaint.
Utah Code § 17C-1-411 — Utah Code / Title 17C / Chapter 17C-1 / § 17C-1-411
§ 17C-1-411. Use of project area funds for housing-related improvements and for relocating mobile home park residents -- Funds to be held in separate accounts.
Status: in_force

(1) An agency may use project area funds: (a) to pay all or part of the value of the land for and the cost of installation, construction, or rehabilitation of any housing-related building, facility, structure, or other housing improvement, including infrastructure improvements related to housing, located in any project area within the agency's boundaries; (b) outside of a project area for the purpose of: (i) replacing housing units lost by project area development; or (ii) increasing, improving, or preserving the affordable housing supply within the boundary of the agency; (c) for relocating mobile home park residents displaced by project area development, whether inside or outside a project area; or (d) subject to Subsection (4), to transfer funds to a community that created the agency. (2) (a) Each agency shall create a housing fund and separately account for project area funds allocated under this section. (b) Interest earned by the housing fund described in Subsection (2)(a), and any payments or repayments made to the agency for loans, advances, or grants of any kind from the housing fund, shall accrue to the housing fund. (c) An agency that designates a housing fund under this section shall use the housing fund for the purposes set forth in this section or Section 17C-1-412. (3) An agency may lend, grant, or contribute funds from the housing fund to a person, public entity, housing authority, private entity or business, or nonprofit corporation for affordable housing or homeless assistance. (4) For the purpose of offsetting the community's annual local contribution to the Homeless Shelter Cities Mitigation Restricted Account, the total amount an agency transfers in a calendar year to a community under Subsections (1)(d), 17C-1-409(1)(a)(v), and 17C-1-412(1)(a)(x) may not exceed the community's annual local contribution as defined in Subsection 59-12-205(5).
Utah Code § 34A-2-207 — Utah Code / Title 34A / Chapter 34A-2 / § 34A-2-207
§ 34A-2-207. Noncompliance -- Civil action by employees.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Employers who fail to comply with Section 34A-2-201 are not entitled to the benefits of this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act, during the period of noncompliance, but shall be liable in a civil action to their employees for damages suffered by reason of personal injuries arising out of or in the course of employment caused by the wrongful act, neglect, or default of the employer or any of the employer's officers, agents, or employees, and also to the dependents or personal representatives of such employees when death results from such injuries. (b) In any action described in Subsection (1)(a), the defendant may not use any of the following defenses: (i) the fellow-servant rule; (ii) assumption of risk; or (iii) contributory negligence. (2) Proof of the injury shall constitute prima facie evidence of negligence on the part of the employer and the burden shall be upon the employer to show freedom from negligence resulting in the injury. (3) An employer who fails to comply with Section 34A-2-201 is subject to Sections 34A-2-208 and 34A-2-212. (4) In any civil action permitted under this section against the employer, the employee shall be entitled to necessary costs and a reasonable attorney fee assessed against the employer.
Utah Code § 23A-9-304 — Utah Code / Title 23A / Chapter 23A-9 / § 23A-9-304
§ 23A-9-304. Seining or selling aquatic wildlife unlawful except as authorized.
Status: in_force

Except as prescribed by this title or rules of the Wildlife Board made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, a person may not seine: (1) for any kind of protected aquatic wildlife in the waters of this state; or (2) to sell protected aquatic wildlife.
Utah Code § 35A-1-105 — Utah Code / Title 35A / Chapter 35A-1 / § 35A-1-105
§ 35A-1-105. Department budget -- Reports from divisions.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall prepare and submit to the governor for inclusion in the governor's budget to be submitted to the Legislature, a budget of the department's financial requirements needed to carry out its responsibilities as provided by law during the fiscal year following the Legislature's next annual general session. (2) The executive director shall require a report from each of the divisions and offices of the department, to aid in preparation of the departmental budget.
Utah Code § 63L-8-104 — Utah Code / Title 63L / Chapter 63L-8 / § 63L-8-104
§ 63L-8-104. Declaration of policy -- Sales and exchanges.
Status: in_force

(1) The Legislature declares that it is the policy of the state that: (a) public land be retained in state ownership consistent with the provisions of this chapter for the enjoyment and betterment of the public and the state; (b) public land may not be sold, except: (i) as consistent with Section 63L-8-204 and the other provisions of this chapter; (ii) as consistent with local land use plans; (iii) with the approval of the director and the board; (iv) after sufficient opportunity for public comment; and (v) for an important public interest; (c) goals and objectives be established by law as guidelines for public land use planning, and that management be on the basis of multiple use and sustained yield, unless otherwise provided by statute; and (d) the public land be managed in a manner that will: (i) recognize the state's need for domestic sources of minerals, food, timber, and fiber; (ii) protect the quality of scientific, scenic, historical, ecological, environmental, air and atmospheric, water resource, and archeological values; (iii) where appropriate, preserve and protect certain public land in its natural condition; (iv) provide food and habitat for fish, wildlife, and domestic animals; and (v) provide for hunting, fishing, trapping, outdoor recreation, human occupancy, and other human use, including the general enjoyment of nature and solitude. (2) All rules made to effectuate the purposes of this chapter shall be made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
Utah Code § 53E-9-202 — Utah Code / Title 53E / Chapter 53E-9 / § 53E-9-202
§ 53E-9-202. Application of state and federal law to the administration and operation of public schools -- Local school board and charter school governing board policies.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section "education entity" means: (a) the state board; (b) a local school board or charter school governing board; (c) a school district; (d) a public school; or (e) the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. (2) An education entity and an employee, student aide, volunteer, third party contractor, or other agent of an education entity shall protect the privacy of a student, the student's parents, and the student's family and support parental involvement in the education of their children through compliance with the protections provided for family and student privacy under this part and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and related provisions under 20 U.S.C. Secs. 1232g and 1232h, in the administration and operation of all public school programs, regardless of the source of funding. (3) A local school board or charter school governing board shall enact policies governing the protection of family and student privacy as required by this part.
Utah Code § 35A-9-102 — Utah Code / Title 35A / Chapter 35A-9 / § 35A-9-102
§ 35A-9-102. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Cycle of poverty" or "poverty cycle" means the set of factors or events by which the long-term poverty of a person is likely to continue and be experienced by each child of the person when the child becomes an adult unless there is outside intervention. (2) (a) "Intergenerational poverty" means poverty in which two or more successive generations of a family continue in the cycle of poverty and government dependance. (b) "Intergenerational poverty" does not include situational poverty. (3) "Poverty" means the state of a person who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions as demonstrated by the person's income level being at or below the United States poverty level as defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the United States Department of Health and Human Services in the Federal Register. (4) "Situational poverty" means temporary poverty that: (a) is generally traceable to a specific incident or time period within the lifetime of a person; and (b) is not continued to the next generation.
Utah Code § 75B-1-309 — Utah Code / Title 75B / Chapter 75B-1 / § 75B-1-309
§ 75B-1-309. Liability of participant in asset protection trust.
Status: in_force

(1) If the settlor signs an affidavit described in Section 75B-1-306, a person, including a creditor, may not assert a cause of action or claim for relief against a trustee of the asset protection trust, or against a person that was involved in the counseling, drafting, preparation, execution, or funding of the asset protection trust, for: (a) conspiracy to engage in a voidable transfer; (b) aiding and abetting a voidable transfer; (c) participation in the trust transaction; or (d) a similar cause of action or claim for relief described in Subsections (1)(a) through (c). (2) For purposes of Subsection (1), the counseling, drafting, preparation, execution, or funding of the trust includes the preparation and funding of a limited partnership, a limited liability company, or other entity if interests in the entity are subsequently transferred to the trust. (3) The creditor or other person prevented from asserting a cause of action or claim for relief described in Subsection (1) may only assert a cause of action against, and is limited to recourse against: (a) the trust and the trust assets; and (b) the settlor to the extent otherwise allowed under this part.
Utah Code § 70A-2a-405 — Utah Code / Title 70A / Chapter 70A-2a / § 70A-2a-405
§ 70A-2a-405. Excused performance.
Status: in_force

Subject to Section 70A-2a-404 on substituted performance, the following rules apply: (1) Delay in delivery or nondelivery in whole or in part by a lessor or a supplier who complies with Subsections (2) and (3) is not a default under the lease contract if performance as agreed has been made impracticable by the occurrence of a contingency the nonoccurrence of which was a basic assumption on which the lease contract was made or by compliance in good faith with any applicable foreign or domestic governmental regulation or order, whether or not the regulation or order later proves to be invalid. (2) If the causes mentioned in Subsection (1) affect only part of the lessor's or the supplier's capacity to perform, he shall allocate production and deliveries among his customers, but at his option, may include regular customers not then under contract for sale or lease as well as his own requirements for further manufacture. He may so allocate in any manner that is fair and reasonable. (3) The lessor seasonably shall notify the lessee, and in the case of a finance lease, the supplier seasonably shall notify the lessor and the lessee, if known, that there will be delay or nondelivery and, if allocation is required under Subsection (2), of the estimated quota thus made available for the lessee.
Utah Code § 53G-9-202 — Utah Code / Title 53G / Chapter 53G-9 / § 53G-9-202
§ 53G-9-202. Notification to the parent of an injured or sick child.
Status: in_force

(1) A public school shall notify the custodial parent and, if requested in writing by a noncustodial parent, make reasonable efforts to notify the noncustodial parent of a student who is injured or becomes ill at the school during the regular school day if: (a) the injury or illness requires treatment at a hospital, doctor's office, or other medical facility not located on the school premises; and (b) the school has received a current telephone number for the party it is required to notify or make reasonable efforts to notify. (2) (a) Subsection (1) does not apply to a noncustodial parent forbidden to have contact with the student under a court order or similar procedure. (b) The custodial parent is responsible for providing the school with the noncustodial parent's status under Subsection (2)(a) through a procedure adopted by the local school board.
Utah Code § 78A-5b-105 — Utah Code / Title 78A / Chapter 78A-5b / § 78A-5b-105
§ 78A-5b-105. Venue for Constitutional Court.
Status: in_force

(1) Title 78B, Chapter 3a, Venue for Civil Actions, does not apply to an action brought in the Constitutional Court. (2) Any requirement in the Utah Code to file or bring an action in a specific district or county does not apply to an action brought in the Constitutional Court.
Utah Code § 63M-14-402 — Utah Code / Title 63M / Chapter 63M-14 / § 63M-14-402
§ 63M-14-402. Consultants or other professionals.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026To advise the authority on matters relating to the authority, the executive director may: (1) employ one or more consultants or other professionals; and (2) employ or retain legal counsel, with the consent of the attorney general, to advise the authority or river commissioner on matters relating to the authority's or river commissioner's operations.
Utah Code § 53G-7-706 — Utah Code / Title 53G / Chapter 53G-7 / § 53G-7-706
§ 53G-7-706. Faculty oversight of authorized clubs.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026 (1) A school shall approve a faculty sponsor for each authorized curricular club and a faculty supervisor or monitor for each authorized noncurricular or religious club to provide oversight consistent with this part and the needs of the school to ensure that the methods of expression, religious practices, or other conduct of the students or advisors involved do not: (a) unreasonably interfere with the ability of school officials to maintain order and discipline; (b) unreasonably endanger or threaten the well-being of persons or property; (c) violate concepts of civility or propriety appropriate to a school setting; or (d) violate applicable laws, rules, regulations, and policies. (2) (a) A school shall annually approve faculty members as sponsors of curricular clubs. (b) Faculty sponsors shall organize and direct the purpose and activities of a curricular club. (3) (a) A school shall approve faculty members to serve as supervisors for authorized noncurricular clubs. (b) A faculty supervisor shall provide oversight to ensure compliance with the approved club purposes, goals, and activities in accordance with this part and other applicable laws, rules, and policies. (c) The approval of a faculty supervisor or monitor does not constitute school sponsorship of the club. (d) A faculty monitor approved for a religious, political, or public policy club may not participate in the activities of the club, except to perform the supervisory role required by this section. (4) Without the prior approval by the school, a person who is not a school faculty member or a club member may not: (a) make a presentation to a noncurricular club; or (b) direct, conduct, control, or regularly attend the meetings of a noncurricular club.
Utah Code § 17B-2a-904 — Utah Code / Title 17B / Chapter 17B-2a / § 17B-2a-904
§ 17B-2a-904. Regional service areas to become service areas -- Change from regional service area to service area not to affect rights, obligations, board makeup, or property of former regional service area.
Status: in_force

(1) Each regional service area, created and operating under the law in effect before April 30, 2007, becomes on that date a service area, governed by and subject to Chapter 1, Provisions Applicable to All Special Districts, and this part. (2) The change of an entity from a regional service area to a service area under Subsection (1) does not affect: (a) the entity's basic structure and operations or its nature as a body corporate and politic and a political subdivision of the state; (b) the ability of the entity to provide the service that the entity: (i) was authorized to provide before the change; and (ii) provided before the change; (c) the validity of the actions taken, bonds issued, or contracts or other obligations entered into by the entity before the change; (d) the ability of the entity to continue to impose and collect taxes, fees, and other charges for the service it provides; (e) the makeup of the board of trustees; (f) the entity's ownership of property acquired before the change; or (g) any other powers, rights, or obligations that the entity had before the change, except as modified by this part.
Utah Code § 63G-6a-101 — Utah Code / Title 63G / Chapter 63G-6a / § 63G-6a-101
§ 63G-6a-101. Title.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter is known as the "Utah Procurement Code." (2) This part is known as "General Procurement Provisions."
Utah Code § 26B-7-417 — Utah Code / Title 26B / Chapter 26B-7 / § 26B-7-417
§ 26B-7-417. Special requirements for child care food preparation kitchens.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Center based child care" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-401. (b) "Child care food preparation kitchen" means the kitchen in the center based child care facility of a licensed provider: (i) where food is prepared only for qualifying children in the care of the licensed provider and the licensed provider's employees; and (ii) that is not open to the public. (c) "Child care provider association" means an association: (i) that has functioned as a child care provider association in the state for at least three years; and (ii) that is affiliated with a national child care provider association. (d) "Exempt kitchen" means a child care food preparation kitchen that meets the requirements for exemption established by the department as described in Subsection (2). (e) "Food handler" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-7-413. (f) "Food handler permit" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-7-413. (g) "Licensed provider" means a person who holds a license from the department under Section 26B-2-403. (h) "Qualifying child" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-401. (2) (a) In collaboration with representatives of each child care provider association in the state, the department shall make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to establish: (i) exemptions from this part and rules the department makes in accordance with this part, for a child care food preparation kitchen; and (ii) for an exempt kitchen, rules to establish sanitation and food safety requirements. (b) The exemptions described in Subsection (2)(a)(i): (i) shall be based on: (A) volume of food prepared; (B) type of food prepared; (C) type of food preparation; and (D) food storage; and (ii) may not be based on the number of qualifying children for whom food is prepared in the child care food preparation kitchen. (3) Rules the department makes in accordance with this section may not require, in a child care food preparation kitchen: (a) that is an exempt kitchen, the use of: (i) a commercial grade: (A) dishwasher; (B) oven, range, or hood; (C) freezer; or (D) refrigerator; or (ii) a floor sink, if dishes are not stored in other sinks in the exempt kitchen; (b) a certified food safety manager if every food handler has a food handler permit; (c) a three compartment sink, if the child care food preparation kitchen: (i) does not prepare raw meat, raw fish, or raw poultry; and (ii) has a two compartment sink that is sanitized regularly; or (d) a separate handwashing sink.