Identification and recording of public roads located on state-owned public lands.

Utah Code § 63L-11-205, under Part 63L-11-2: Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office.

Utah Code § 63L-11-205

63L-11-205. Identification and recording of public roads located on state-owned public lands.

(1) As used in this section, "state land" means land owned by: the Department of Natural Resources; the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands; the Division of State Parks; and any other state land management agency.

(2) In coordination with the relevant owner, the advisor shall: subject to Subsection, using the State Geographic Information Database created in Section, and other available information, identify roads located on state land; and (3) 63A-16-506 subject to Subsection, record with the county recorder of the county in which the state land is located a document as described in Subsectionthat gives notice of the existence of the public road or right-of-way. (2)(b) (5) The advisor may not record a notice described in Subsectionfor a road on state land that is owned by the Division of Wildlife Resources until the land is sold or exchanged as described in Subsection. (2)(a)(ii) (6)

(3) Subject to Subsection, the advisor may complete the requirements of Subsectionover time and as resources allow. (3)(b) (2) For Carbon County, Garfield County, Grand County, Kane County, San Juan County, Uintah County, and Wayne County, the advisor shall complete the requirements described in Subsectionon or before January 5, 2026. (2) For a county not described in Subsection, the advisor shall strategically complete the requirements described in Subsectionas funding and staffing resources allow to promote and protect access to public lands. (3)(b) (2)

(4) The advisor is not required to identify or record notice of any class A, class B, or class C roads, as those terms are defined in Title, Highways in General. 72, Chapter 3, Part 1

(5) The notice required in Subsectionshall include: (2)(a)(ii) a title identifying the roads as "Public Access"; and a legal description, as described in Subsection, of the relevant roads or rights-of-way sufficient for reasonable identification of the road. 57-3-105(4)

(6) If a parcel of state land is subject to a sale or an exchange, the advisor shall ensure that the requirements of Subsectionare completed before the sale or exchange is finalized. (2) The sale or exchange of state land is subject to the public access rights in place: at the time the state acquired the land; and at any time during the state's ownership of the land.