Opinion ID: 2543709
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: occupying claimants act inapplicable

Text: ¶ 31 Rogers contends that the buyers qualify as occupying claimants under the Occupying Claimants Act, Utah Code Ann. §§ 57-6-1 to -8 (2000). He claims the court of appeals erred in concluding that the Act was inapplicable to this case. The court of appeals was correct. The Occupying Claimants Act deals with the determination of title and execution on property where an occupant, under color of title, has made valuable improvements to the land. Determination of title and execution on the property is not at issue here. Grand County seeks only to enforce the subdivision law by prohibiting Rogers from further subdividing the land until he has filed a valid subdivision plat and thereby complied with the county's ordinances on land use.