17B-1-1205. Property owner or interested person may appear in validation proceedings -- Failure to appear.
(1) An owner of property within the district or a person interested in a contract or proposed contract that is the subject of a validation petition may appear and answer or otherwise plead in response to the validation petition: at any time before the hearing under Section; or 17B-1-1203 within any additional period of time that the district court allows.
(2) If a person fails to appear and answer or otherwise plead in the time allowed under Subsection: (1) the allegations of the validation petition shall be considered admitted by that person; and that person may not participate in the validation proceedings.