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2023 Utah Code › Title 16 - Corporations › Chapter 17 - Model Registered Agents Act › Part 3 - Service of Process and Duties › Section 301 - Service of process on entities.

16-17-301.
Service of process on entities.
(1) A registered agent is an agent of the represented entity authorized to receive service of any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the entity.
(2) If an entity that previously filed a registered agent filing with the division no longer has a registered agent, or if its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the entity may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the governors of the entity by name at its principal office in accordance with any applicable judicial rules and procedures. The names of the governors and the address of the principal office may be as shown in the most recent annual report filed with the division. Service is perfected under this Subsection (2) at the earliest of:
(a) the date the entity receives the mail;
(b) the date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the entity; or
(c) five days after its deposit with the United States Postal Service, if correctly addressed and with sufficient postage.
(3) If process, notice, or demand cannot be served on an entity pursuant to Subsection (1) or (2), service of process may be made by handing a copy to the manager, clerk, or other person in charge of any regular place of business or activity of the entity if the person served is not a plaintiff in the action.
(4) Service of process, notice, or demand on a registered agent shall be in the form of a written document, except that service may be made on a commercial registered agent in such other forms of a record, and subject to such requirements as the agent has stated from time to time in its listing under Section 16-17-204 that it will accept.
(5) Service of process, notice, or demand may be perfected by any other means prescribed by law other than this chapter.
Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 16 - Corporations › Chapter 17 - Model Registered Agents Act › Part 3 - Service of Process and Duties › Section 302 - Duties of registered agent.

16-17-302.
Duties of registered agent.
The only duties under this chapter of a registered agent that has complied with this chapter are:
(1) to forward to the represented entity at the address most recently supplied to the agent by the entity any process, notice, or demand that is served on the agent;
(2) to provide the notices required by this chapter to the entity at the address most recently supplied to the agent by the entity;
(3) if the agent is a noncommercial registered agent, to keep current the information required by Subsection 16-17-203(1) in the most recent registered agent filing for the entity; and
(4) if the agent is a commercial registered agent, to keep current the information listed for it under Subsection 16-17-204(1).
Enacted by Chapter 364, 2008 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 16 - Corporations › Chapter 17 - Model Registered Agents Act › Part 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 401 - Jurisdiction and venue.

16-17-401.
Jurisdiction and venue.
The appointment or maintenance in this state of a registered agent does not by itself create the basis for personal jurisdiction over the represented entity in this state. The address of the agent does not determine venue in an action or proceeding involving the entity.
Enacted by Chapter 364, 2008 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 16 - Corporations › Chapter 17 - Model Registered Agents Act › Part 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 402 - Consistency of application.

16-17-402.
Consistency of application.
In applying and construing this chapter, consideration shall be given to the need to promote consistency of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 16 - Corporations › Chapter 17 - Model Registered Agents Act › Part 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 403 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

16-17-403.
Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001, et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001(c), or authorize delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7003(b).
Enacted by Chapter 364, 2008 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 2 - County Consolidations and Annexations › Part 1 - Consolidation of Counties › Section 101 - Title.

17-2-101.
Title.
(1) This chapter is known as "County Consolidations and Annexations."
(2) This part is known as "Consolidation of Counties."
Enacted by Chapter 350, 2009 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 2 - County Consolidations and Annexations › Part 1 - Consolidation of Counties › Section 102 - Definitions.

Effective 5/3/2023
17-2-102.
Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Consolidating county" means the county to which another county is joined or is proposed to be joined by consolidation under this part.
(2) "Legal voter" means an individual who is registered to vote in Utah.
(3) "Originating county" means the county that is joined or proposed to be joined to another county by consolidation under this part.
Amended by Chapter 116, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 2 - County Consolidations and Annexations › Part 1 - Consolidation of Counties › Section 104 - Certification of election result to governor.

17-2-104.
Certification of election result to governor.
If it appears from the certified report that the lieutenant governor receives under Section 20A-4-304 that a majority of the voters in each of the counties have voted in favor of consolidation, the lieutenant governor shall certify the result of the vote to the governor.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 350, 2009 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 2 - County Consolidations and Annexations › Part 1 - Consolidation of Counties › Section 105 - Governor's proclamation -- Notice and plat to lieutenant governor -- Recording requirements -- Effective date.

17-2-105.
Governor's proclamation -- Notice and plat to lieutenant governor -- Recording requirements -- Effective date.
(1) Upon receipt of the election result from the lieutenant governor under Section 17-2-104, the governor shall issue a proclamation, stating the result of the vote in each of the counties, and that the consolidation of the one county with the other will take effect as provided in Subsection (3).
(2) The legislative body of the consolidating county shall:
(a) within 30 days after the issuance of the governor's proclamation under Subsection (1), send to the lieutenant governor:
(i) a copy of a notice of an impending boundary action, as defined in Section 67-1a-6.5, that meets the requirements of Subsection 67-1a-6.5(3); and
(ii) a copy of an approved final local entity plat, as defined in Section 67-1a-6.5; and
(b) upon the lieutenant governor's issuance of a certificate of consolidation under Section 67-1a-6.5, submit to the recorder of the consolidating county:
(i) the original notice of an impending boundary action;
(ii) the original certificate of consolidation;
(iii) the original approved final local entity plat; and
(iv) a certified copy of the governor's proclamation under Subsection (1).
(3)
(a) A consolidation of counties approved at an election under Section 17-2-103 takes effect on January 1 of the year immediately following the lieutenant governor's issuance of a certificate of consolidation under Section 67-1a-6.5.
(b)
(i) The effective date of a consolidation of counties for purposes of assessing property within the consolidating county is governed by Section 59-2-305.5.
(ii) Until the documents listed in Subsection (2)(b) are recorded in the office of the recorder of the county in which the property is located, a consolidating county may not:
(A) levy or collect a property tax on property in the consolidating county that used to be in the originating county;
(B) levy or collect an assessment on property in the consolidating county that used to be in the originating county; or
(C) charge or collect a fee for service provided to property within the consolidating county that used to be in the originating county.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 350, 2009 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 2 - County Consolidations and Annexations › Part 1 - Consolidation of Counties › Section 106 - Effect of consolidation.

17-2-106.
Effect of consolidation.
(1) All territory included within the boundaries of the originating county becomes, upon consolidation, the territory of the consolidating county.
(2) The precincts and school districts existing in the originating county continue and become precincts and school districts in the consolidating county and remain as then organized until changed in the manner provided by law, and the officers of those precincts and school districts hold their respective offices until the expiration of the applicable terms.
(3) The ownership of all property, both real and personal, held and owned by the originating county at the time of consolidation is vested in the consolidating county.
(4) The terms of all county officers in the originating county terminate and cease on the day the consolidation takes effect, and those officers shall immediately deliver to the corresponding officers of the consolidating county all books, records, and papers of the originating county.
(5) Any person who is confined under lawful commitment in the county jail of the originating county, or otherwise lawfully held to answer for alleged violation of any of the criminal laws of this state, shall be immediately delivered to the sheriff of the consolidating county, and such person shall be confined in its county jail for the unexpired term of the sentence or held as specified in the commitment.
(6)
(a) All criminal proceedings pending in the originating county shall be prosecuted to judgment and execution in the consolidating county.
(b) All offenses committed in the originating county before consolidation that have not been prosecuted shall be prosecuted in the consolidating county.
(7) All actions, proceedings, and matters pending in the district court of the originating county may be proceeded with in the district court of the consolidating county.
(8) All indebtedness of the originating county are transferred to and become the indebtedness of the consolidating county with the same effect as if it had been incurred by the consolidating county.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 350, 2009 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 2 - County Consolidations and Annexations › Part 2 - County Annexation › Section 202 - Definitions.

Effective 5/3/2023
17-2-202.
Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Annexing county" means the county to which a portion of an adjoining county is annexed or proposed to be annexed as provided in this part.
(2) "Initiating county" means the county, from which a portion is annexed or proposed to be annexed to an adjoining county.
(3) "Legal voter" means an individual who is registered to vote in Utah.
Amended by Chapter 116, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 2 - County Consolidations and Annexations › Part 2 - County Annexation › Section 203 - Annexation of portion of county to adjoining county -- Petition -- Election -- Ballot.

Effective 5/3/2023
17-2-203.
Annexation of portion of county to adjoining county -- Petition -- Certification of petition signatures -- Removal of signature -- Election -- Ballot.
(1)
(a) Except as provided in Section 17-2-209, if a majority of the legal voters of any portion of any county, in number equal to a majority of the votes cast at the preceding general election within that portion of the county, desire to have the territory within which they reside included within the boundaries of an adjoining county, they may petition the county legislative body of the county in which they reside and the county legislative body of the adjoining county.
(b) Each petition under Subsection (1)(a) shall be presented before the first Monday in June of a year during which a general election is held.
(c) If a petition is presented under Subsection (1)(a), at the ensuing regular general election:
(i) the legislative body of the initiating county shall cause the proposition to be submitted to the legal voters residing in the initiating county; and
(ii) the legislative body of the annexing county shall cause the proposition to be submitted to the legal voters of the annexing county.
(2)
(a) Within three business days after the day on which a county legislative body receives a petition under Subsection (1), the county legislative body shall provide the petition to the county clerk.
(b) Within 14 days after the day on which a county clerk receives a petition from the county legislative body under Subsection (2)(a), the county clerk shall:
(i) use the procedures described in Section 20A-1-1002 to determine whether the petition satisfies the requirements of Subsection (1);
(ii) certify on the petition whether each name is that of a registered voter in the county; and
(iii) deliver the certified petition to the county legislative body.
(3)
(a) A voter who signs a petition under this section may have the voter's signature removed from the petition by, no later than three business days after the day on which the county legislative body provides the petition to the county clerk, submitting to the county clerk a statement requesting that the voter's signature be removed.
(b) A statement described in Subsection (3)(a) shall comply with the requirements described in Subsection 20A-1-1003(2).
(c) The county clerk shall use the procedures described in Subsection 20A-1-1003(3) to determine whether to remove an individual's signature from a petition after receiving a timely, valid statement requesting removal of the signature.
(4)
(a) Except as otherwise provided, the election provided in Subsection (1) shall be held, the results canvassed, and returns made under the provisions of the general election laws of the state.
(b) The ballot to be used shall be:
For annexing a portion of ____ county to ____ county.
Against annexing a portion of ____ county to ____ county.
Amended by Chapter 116, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 2 - County Consolidations and Annexations › Part 2 - County Annexation › Section 204 - Certification of election result to governor.

17-2-204.
Certification of election result to governor.
In an election held under Subsection 17-2-203(1), if it appears from the certified report that the lieutenant governor receives under Section 20A-4-304 that a majority of those voting in each county have voted in favor of the annexation, the lieutenant governor shall certify the result of the vote to the governor.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 350, 2009 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 2 - County Consolidations and Annexations › Part 2 - County Annexation › Section 205 - Governor's proclamation -- Notice to lieutenant governor -- Recording requirements -- Effective date.

17-2-205.
Governor's proclamation -- Notice to lieutenant governor -- Recording requirements -- Effective date.
(1) Upon receipt of the lieutenant governor's certification under Section 17-2-204, the governor shall issue a proclamation, stating the result of the vote in each county, and that the annexation of the territory to the annexing county will take effect as provided in Subsection (3).
(2) The legislative body of the annexing county shall:
(a) within 30 days after the issuance of the governor's proclamation under Subsection (1), send to the lieutenant governor:
(i) a copy of a notice of an impending boundary action, as defined in Section 67-1a-6.5, that meets the requirements of Subsection 67-1a-6.5(3); and
(ii) a copy of an approved final local entity plat, as defined in Section 67-1a-6.5; and
(b) upon the lieutenant governor's issuance of a certificate of annexation under Section 67-1a-6.5, submit to the recorder of the annexing county:
(i) the original notice of an impending boundary action;
(ii) the original certificate of consolidation;
(iii) the original approved final local entity plat; and
(iv) a certified copy of the governor's proclamation under Subsection (1).
(3)
(a) An annexation approved at an election under Section 17-2-203 takes effect on January 1 of the year immediately following the lieutenant governor's issuance of a certificate of annexation under Section 67-1a-6.5.
(b)
(i) The effective date of a county annexation for purposes of assessing property within the annexing county is governed by Section 59-2-305.5.
(ii) Until the documents listed in Subsection (2)(b) are recorded in the office of the recorder of the county in which the property is located, an annexing county may not:
(A) levy or collect a property tax on property in the annexing county that used to be in the initiating county;
(B) levy or collect an assessment on property in the annexing county that used to be in the initiating county; or
(C) charge or collect a fee for service provided to property within the annexing county that used to be in the initiating county.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 350, 2009 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 2 - County Consolidations and Annexations › Part 2 - County Annexation › Section 206 - Territory becomes part of annexing county -- Division of revenues.

17-2-206.
Territory becomes part of annexing county -- Division of revenues.
(1) Upon the effective date of the annexation, all the area proposed to be annexed shall become part of the annexing county.
(2)
(a) The legislative body of the initiating county shall:
(i) until the date of annexation, continue:
(A) to levy and collect ad valorem property tax and other revenues from or pertaining to the area; and
(B) except as otherwise agreed with the annexing county, to provide the same services to the area proposed to be annexed as the initiating county provided before the commencement of the annexation proceedings; and
(ii) after annexation, share pro rata with the annexing county the taxes and service charges or fees levied and collected by the initiating county during the year of the annexation if and to the extent that the annexing county provides, by itself or by contract, the same services for which the initiating county levied and collected the taxes and service charges or fees.
(b) The pro rata allocation of taxes under Subsection (2)(a)(ii) shall be based on the date of annexation, and the pro rata allocation of service charges and fees shall be based on the proportion of services related to the service charges and fees that remain to be rendered after annexation.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 350, 2009 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 2 - County Consolidations and Annexations › Part 2 - County Annexation › Section 207 - Effect on precincts and school districts.

17-2-207.
Effect on precincts and school districts.
(1) The precincts and school districts in the annexed territory:
(a) continue;
(b) become precincts and school districts in the annexing county; and
(c) remain as then organized until changed in the manner provided by law.
(2) The officers of those precincts and school districts hold their respective offices until the expiration of their terms.
(3) If a precinct or school district is divided because of a county annexation under this part:
(a) the precinct or school district is disorganized, and the property and territory embraced in the precinct or school district is subject to the action of the county legislative body of the respective counties; and
(b) any bonded or other indebtedness of a school district attaches to and becomes the obligation of the district that is created out of the territory that retains the buildings and other property of the original district.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 350, 2009 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 2 - County Consolidations and Annexations › Part 2 - County Annexation › Section 208 - Pending criminal proceedings.

17-2-208.
Pending criminal proceedings.
All criminal proceedings and actions pending in the annexed territory at the time of annexation shall be prosecuted to judgment and execution in the annexed territory as part of the annexing county. All offenses committed in the annexed territory before annexation that have not been prosecuted may be prosecuted to judgment and execution in the annexed territory or any part of the annexing county.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 350, 2009 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 3 - Creating New Counties › Section 1 - By petition -- Election -- Ballots.

Effective 5/3/2023
17-3-1.
Creating a new county -- Petition -- Certification of petition signatures -- Removal of signature -- Election -- Ballots.
(1) Whenever any number of the registered voters of any portion of any county desire to have the territory within which they reside created into a new county they may file a petition for the creation of a new county with the county legislative body of the county in which they reside.
(2) The petition shall be signed by at least one-fourth of the registered voters as shown by the registration list of the last preceding general election, residing in that portion of the county to be created into a new county, and by not less than one-fourth of the registered voters residing in the remaining portion of the county.
(3) The petition shall be presented on or before the first Monday in May of any year, and shall propose the name and define the boundaries of the new county.
(4)
(a) Within three business days after the day on which a county legislative body receives a petition under Subsection (1), the county legislative body shall provide the petition to the county clerk.
(b) Within 14 days after the day on which a county clerk receives a petition from the county legislative body under Subsection (4)(a), the county clerk shall:
(i) use the procedures described in Section 20A-1-1002 to determine whether the petition satisfies the requirements of Subsection (2);
(ii) certify on the petition whether each name is that of a registered voter in the county; and
(iii) deliver the certified petition to the county legislative body.
(5)
(a) A voter who signs a petition under this section may have the voter's signature removed from the petition by, no later than three business days after the day on which the county legislative body provides the petition to the county clerk, submitting to the county clerk a statement requesting that the voter's signature be removed.
(b) A statement described in Subsection (5)(a) shall comply with the requirements described in Subsection 20A-1-1003(2).
(c) The county clerk shall use the procedures described in Subsection 20A-1-1003(3) to determine whether to remove an individual's signature from a petition after receiving a timely, valid statement requesting removal of the signature.
(6) The county legislative body shall cause the proposition to be submitted to the legal voters residing in the county at a special election to be held according to the dates established in Section 20A-1-204, first causing 30 days' notice of the election to be given in the manner provided by law for giving notice of general elections.
(7) The election shall be held, the result canvassed, and returns made under the provisions of the general election laws.
(8) The form of ballot to be used at such election shall be:
For the creation of (supplying the name proposed) county.
Against the creation of (supplying the name proposed) county.
Amended by Chapter 116, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 3 - Creating New Counties › Section 4 - County seat, selection by election -- First officers -- Election.

17-3-4.
County seat, selection by election -- First officers -- Election.
Whenever a new county shall have been created under the provisions of this chapter, the county legislative body of the county from which territory has been taken to create such new county shall provide for an election to select a county seat therefor and to elect officers for the new county; provided, that whenever the petitions provided for in this chapter shall be presented to any county legislative body during a year when no general election is held they shall call a special election to select a county seat and county officers for such new county, such election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November following and to be conducted under the laws providing for general elections. The city or town receiving the largest number of votes therefor shall be the county seat of the new county.
Amended by Chapter 227, 1993 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 3 - Creating New Counties › Section 6 - Effect on precincts and school and other districts -- Indebtedness.

17-3-6.
Effect on precincts and school and other districts -- Indebtedness.
All precincts, school districts, road districts, and election districts, as they existed prior to the creation of such new county, shall continue and become precincts, school districts, road districts, and election districts of such new county, and the respective officers thereof shall hold office until the expiration of the several terms for which they were elected or appointed; provided, that wherever pursuant to the provisions of this chapter any precinct, school district, road district, or election district shall be divided the same shall be by reason thereof disorganized, and the property and territory embraced therein shall be subject to the action of the county legislative body of the respective counties as to reorganization thereof or adding the same to other like subdivisions already organized; provided further, that any bonded or other indebtedness of any such school district so divided shall attach to and become the obligation of the district that shall be created out of the territory that shall retain the buildings and other property of the original district or to the district to which the same may be added; and all bonded or other indebtedness of the county from which territory is taken shall attach to and become the obligation of such county.
Amended by Chapter 227, 1993 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 3 - Creating New Counties › Section 7 - Pending civil and criminal actions.

17-3-7.
Pending civil and criminal actions.
All civil and criminal actions which shall be pending in the territory embraced in such new county shall be prosecuted to judgment and execution therein, and all actions pending in the district court in any county shall be prosecuted to judgment and execution in the county in which the same are pending, subject to change of venue as provided by law.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 3 - Creating New Counties › Section 9 - Division of taxes.

17-3-9.
Division of taxes.
Whenever a new county shall be created under the provisions of this chapter and the officers thereof shall have duly qualified the county treasurer of the county from which territory has been taken to create such new county shall furnish to the county treasurer of such new county a certified list of all taxes collected by him for the preceding year upon the property located within such portion of his county as has become a part of such new county, together with the entire amount of such county, district school or other special taxes by him collected for such preceding year, less the pro rata cost of assessing and collecting the same and the entire cost of making said certified lists.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 8 - Flood Control Projects and Drought Emergencies › Section 1 - Powers of county -- Contracts with United States -- Construction of flood control project.

17-8-1.
Powers of county -- Contracts with United States -- Construction of flood control project.
A county may contract with the United States of America, or any agency thereof, for the construction of any flood control project within the county designed to abate or control flood waters or any excessive or unusual accumulation of water in any natural or artificial basin, stream, or body of water or for the protection of life and property against the danger, menace, injury or damage resulting from said waters.
Amended by Chapter 227, 1993 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 8 - Flood Control Projects and Drought Emergencies › Section 2 - Maintenance of project -- Acquisition of property.

17-8-2.
Maintenance of project -- Acquisition of property.
A county may contract to maintain such flood control projects after the construction work is completed, which maintenance may be without expense to the United States of America, and may contract to and acquire easements and rights of way to relocate public roads or bridges when the replacement shall be rendered necessary by the construction of any flood control project and may give satisfactory assurance to the United States of America, or any agency thereof, that the location, relocation, building or rebuilding of such roads, rights of way, or bridges shall be done without expense to the United States of America or any agency thereof.
Amended by Chapter 227, 1993 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 8 - Flood Control Projects and Drought Emergencies › Section 3 - Distribution of waters -- Operation of projects.

17-8-3.
Distribution of waters -- Operation of projects.
The duty of distributing the waters of and operating the flood control project when completed shall rest upon the state engineer of the state of Utah provided, that the cost of such distribution and operation of the project by the state engineer shall be borne by the county entering into the cooperative contract with the United States of America for the construction and the operation of the flood control project.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 8 - Flood Control Projects and Drought Emergencies › Section 4 - Joint action of two or more counties.

17-8-4.
Joint action of two or more counties.
Whenever the construction of a flood control project, as hereinabove provided, shall be for the mutual benefit of two or more counties, the boards of commissioners of counties may jointly enter into such co-operative contracts with the United States of America, or any agency thereof, for the construction of such flood control project.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 8 - Flood Control Projects and Drought Emergencies › Section 5 - Clearing, improving, fencing, and construction of natural channels, sewers, and drains -- Enforcement of laws and regulations.

17-8-5.
Clearing, improving, fencing, and construction of natural channels, sewers, and drains -- Enforcement of laws and regulations.
In anticipation of and to provide for the carrying away and the safe disposal of natural storm and flood waters, the county may remove any obstacle from any natural channels within the county and the incorporated municipalities in the county. For the same purpose the county may plan for and construct new channels, storm sewers, and drains to serve as though they were natural channels. The county may cause such channels, storm sewers, and drains to be surveyed, and the county legislative body may, by ordinance, establish their location and dimensions. The county legislative body may promulgate regulations to prevent the destruction or obstruction of these channels, storm sewers, and drains, and may provide for the enforcement of those regulations. The county legislative body may also provide for the maintenance, improvement, and fencing of all such channels, including covering or replacement with buried conduits. To implement the establishment, clearing, protection, and continued use of such channels, storm sewers, and drains, the county may acquire, by right of eminent domain necessary easements and rights of way. All laws and sanitary regulations against the pollution of water in natural streams, canals, and lakes shall be enforced by the county executives in their respective counties, or, by the state, through the attorney general and in co-operation with the state board of health, state fish and game commission, and the several county legislative bodies.
Amended by Chapter 227, 1993 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 8 - Flood Control Projects and Drought Emergencies › Section 5.5 - Protection of channels and flood plains -- Acquisition of land.

17-8-5.5.
Protection of channels and flood plains -- Acquisition of land.
The county legislative body may also provide by ordinance for the protection and use of flood channels and present flood plains on rivers, streams, and canals located within the county and the incorporated municipalities in the county and may establish by ordinance the boundaries of these flood channels and present flood plains. The county may acquire and hold by gift or purchase, such lands, rights of way, easements, or other interests in property within the established boundaries of these flood channels and present flood plains. Flood plain as used herein means the lands along the course of the river or stream which is periodically flooded and for which flood control protective works would normally be provided or desirable.
Amended by Chapter 227, 1993 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 8 - Flood Control Projects and Drought Emergencies › Section 7 - Declaration of drought emergency -- Appropriation -- Tax levy.

Effective 1/1/2015
17-8-7.
Declaration of drought emergency -- Appropriation -- Tax levy.
(1) The county legislative body of each county may at any regular meeting or at a special meeting called for such purpose, declare that an emergency drought exists in said county; and thereupon may appropriate from the money not otherwise appropriated in the county general fund such funds as shall be necessary for the gathering of information upon, and aiding in any program for increased precipitation within said county or in conjunction with any other county or counties, or that if there are not sufficient funds available in the county general fund for such purpose, the county legislative body may, during any such emergency so declared by them, assess, levy, and direct the county to collect annually to aid in any program of increased precipitation.
(2) The provisions of Chapter 19a, County Auditor, relating to budgeting do not apply to appropriations necessitated by such an emergency.
Amended by Chapter 17, 2012 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 11 - Removal of County Seats › Section 1 - Election to determine.

17-11-1.
Election to determine.
The county seats of the several counties of this state as now fixed by law are hereby recognized as such. No county seat shall be removed unless two-thirds of the qualified electors of the county, voting on the proposition at a general election, shall vote in favor of such removal, and two-thirds of the votes cast on the proposition shall be required to relocate a county seat.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 11 - Removal of County Seats › Section 2 - Initiating petitions -- Limitation.

Effective 5/3/2023
17-11-2.
Initiating petitions -- Certification of petition signatures -- Removal of signature -- Limitation.
(1) Whenever there is presented to the county legislative body of any county a petition signed by registered voters of the county, in number equal to a majority of the votes cast at the preceding general election, praying for the submission of the question of the removal of the county seat, it shall be the duty of the county legislative body to submit the question of the removal at the next general election to the registered voters of the county.
(2)
(a) Within three business days after the day on which a county legislative body receives a petition under Subsection (1), the county legislative body shall provide the petition to the county clerk.
(b) Within 14 days after the day on which a county clerk receives a petition from the county legislative body under Subsection (2)(a), the county clerk shall:
(i) use the procedures described in Section 20A-1-1002 to determine whether the petition satisfies the requirements of Subsection (1);
(ii) certify on the petition whether each name is that of a registered voter in the county; and
(iii) deliver the certified petition to the county legislative body.
(3)
(a) A voter who signs a petition under this section may have the voter's signature removed from the petition by, no later than three business days after the day on which the county legislative body provides the petition to the county clerk, submitting to the county clerk a statement requesting that the voter's signature be removed.
(b) A statement described in Subsection (3)(a) shall comply with the requirements described in Subsection 20A-1-1003(2).
(c) The county clerk shall use the procedures described in Subsection 20A-1-1003(3) to determine whether to remove an individual's signature from a petition after receiving a timely, valid statement requesting removal of the signature.
(4) The election shall be conducted and the returns canvassed in all respects as provided by law for the conducting of general elections and canvassing the returns.
(5) A proposition of removal of the county seat may not be submitted in the same county more than once in four years, or within four years after the day on which a proposition of removal of the county seat is submitted.
Amended by Chapter 116, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Creating Bonded Indebtedness › Section 1 - Authority and applicable procedure for issuance of bonds -- Application of proceeds -- Debt limit.

17-12-1.
Authority and applicable procedure for issuance of bonds -- Application of proceeds -- Debt limit.
Except as otherwise provided under Section 17-50-303, the county legislative body may contract a bonded indebtedness in the manner and subject to the conditions provided under Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act. The revenue derived from the sale of bonds shall be applied only to the purpose or purposes specified in the order of the county legislative body. If there is any surplus, it shall be applied to the payment of the bonds. In no event may any county become so indebted to an amount, including existing indebtedness, exceeding 2% of the fair market value, as defined under Section 59-2-102, of the taxable property in the county as computed from the last equalized assessment roll for county purposes prior to the incurring of the indebtedness.
Amended by Chapter 105, 2005 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Creating Bonded Indebtedness › Section 2 - Bond elections -- Consolidating voting districts and precincts -- Voting places.

17-12-2.
Bond elections -- Consolidating voting districts and precincts -- Voting places.
The county legislative body may in any bond election consolidate voting districts and precincts and may select for the purposes of such election any voting places which it considers desirable, without regard to regularly established voting precincts and the voting places therefor.
Amended by Chapter 227, 1993 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Creating Bonded Indebtedness › Section 3 - Additional purposes for which bonds may be issued -- Joint ownership of facilities authorized.

17-12-3.
Additional purposes for which bonds may be issued -- Joint ownership of facilities authorized.
In addition to other purposes for which bonds may be issued, bonds may be issued for the purpose of acquiring, improving or extending systems for the collection, retention and disposition of storm and flood waters, for the acquisition, improvement or extension of public libraries, including equipment, furnishings and books therefor, acquiring or improving facilities for the collection, disposal or incineration of garbage and trash, acquiring, improving, extending, furnishing and equipping auditoriums, sports arenas, stadiums, convention centers and all properties and facilities ordinarily forming part of a so-called convention complex, or any part thereof and for acquiring, improving, extending, furnishing or equipping any improvement or facility which the county is authorized by law to own. Bonds may be issued for the county's share of any such facility to be owned jointly with any municipality or taxing district in the county and such joint ownership is expressly authorized.
Enacted by Chapter 27, 1963 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 12 - Creating Bonded Indebtedness › Section 4 - Bond issue for auditoriums, etc., and "convention complex" facilities -- Board of directors -- Use of revenues from facilities -- Rights of bondholders.

17-12-4.
Bond issue for auditoriums, etc., and "convention complex" facilities -- Board of directors -- Use of revenues from facilities -- Rights of bondholders.
(1)
(a) A county legislative body adopting proceedings authorizing the issuance of county bonds for the purpose of acquiring, improving, extending, furnishing, and equipping auditoriums, sports arenas, stadiums, convention centers, and all properties and facilities ordinarily forming part of a so-called "convention complex," or for any part or combination of the foregoing may, by resolution, provide for the creation of a board of directors which, so long as any of the bonds remain outstanding either in original or refunded form may:
(i) have complete management and control of the facilities acquired with the proceeds of the bonds; or
(ii) act as an advisory board to the county executive and legislative body regarding the management and operation of a property or facility described in Subsection (1)(a).
(b)
(i) The board of directors described in Subsection (1)(a) shall have the number of members, possessing such qualifications and selected for such terms, and shall operate pursuant to such rules and regulations as adopted by the county legislative body.
(ii) The members of the board of directors described in Subsection (1)(a) shall serve without compensation except for reimbursement of expenses actually incurred in the performance of their duties.
(iii) After the appointment and organization of the board of directors, all vacancies thereafter occurring, whether by expiration of term or otherwise, shall be filled by majority vote of the remaining members of the board.
(iv) Subject to provisions adopted by the county legislative body, the members of the board of directors may have the powers and duties ordinarily enjoyed by the directors of a private corporation operating similar facilities.
(2) A county legislative body that adopts proceedings for the purpose of and as described in Subsection (1)(a) shall provide that all revenues of every nature derived from the operation of the facilities so acquired with bond proceeds and not expended in the reasonable and proper costs of maintaining and operating the facilities, including the making of necessary repairs and replacements, be pledged to and utilized for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds and, if so provided, the creation of a reserve for such purpose.
(3) This act is adopted for the purpose of eliminating or reducing so far as possible the ad valorem taxes necessary to be levied for the payment of such bonds and for the purpose of improving the security of such bonds, and accordingly the holders of the bonds from time to time shall have a vested and enforceable contract right in the provisions of this act and in the provisions of the bond proceedings adopted pursuant hereto.
Amended by Chapter 41, 2011 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 14 - Support of Poor by Relatives › Section 2 - Order in which relatives are liable.

17-14-2.
Order in which relatives are liable.
Children shall first be called upon to support their parents, if they are of sufficient ability; if there are none of sufficient ability, the parents of such poor person shall be next called upon; if there are neither parents nor children, the brothers and sisters shall next be called upon; and if there are neither brothers nor sisters, the grandchildren of such poor person shall next be called upon, and then the grandparents.
Amended by Chapter 140, 1977 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 15 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16 - Warrants -- Payment -- Registration -- Duty of auditor.

17-15-16.
Warrants -- Payment -- Registration -- Duty of auditor.
Warrants drawn by order of the county executive on the county treasurer for current expenses during each year shall specify the liability for which they are drawn, when they accrued, and the funds from which they are to be paid, and shall be paid in the order of presentation to the treasurer. If the fund is insufficient to pay any warrant, it shall be registered and then paid in the order of registration. Accounts for county charges of every description shall be presented to the auditor and county executive to be audited as prescribed in this title.
Amended by Chapter 297, 2011 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 15 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 19 - Costs of change of venue -- Adjustment between counties.

17-15-19.
Costs of change of venue -- Adjustment between counties.
In all civil cases where any change of venue is granted from one county to another, excepting where the change is granted because the action should have been begun in the county to which the case is taken for trial, the costs and expenses connected with the trial of the action that are payable by the county shall be refunded by the county in which the action originated to the county in which the case is tried, upon the county clerk of the county wherein the case is tried certifying the amount of costs so paid to the county clerk of the county wherein the action originated.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 15 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 20 - Disposition of coal land revenue.

17-15-20.
Disposition of coal land revenue.
Eighty percent of all money received by the state of Utah from the treasurer of the United States, as bonuses, royalties, and rentals upon United States coal lands located in this state shall be allocated to the county or counties out of or from which is taken the coal from which such bonuses, royalties, and rentals are derived; provided, that such sum or sums so received shall be paid over to such county or counties for the construction and maintenance of roads and for the support and maintenance of public schools of such county or counties and no other.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 15 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 22 - Federal entitlement lands -- In-lieu payments -- Allocation -- Agreements with political subdivisions.

17-15-22.
Federal entitlement lands -- In-lieu payments -- Allocation -- Agreements with political subdivisions.
Any county may use any amounts it receives from the United States as in-lieu payments under P.L. 94-565 (90 Stat. 2662) for any governmental purpose in the county, and may share these revenues with cities, towns, or any other political subdivision within its jurisdiction. The county may contract with these political subdivisions as to how these amounts may be allocated and used.
Enacted by Chapter 70, 1977 General Session