Title 17, Title 17: Counties

17-60-105. Change of class of county. (1) Each county shall retain the county's classification under Sectionuntil changed as provided in this section. 17-60-104 (2) The lieutenant governor shall monitor the population figure for each county as shown on: the estimate of the Utah P…

17-60-106. Registration as a local government entity. (1) Each county shall register and maintain the county's registration as a local government entity, in accordance with Section. 67-1a-15 The county clerk shall register and maintain the county's registration. (2) A county that…

17-60-107. County website requirements. (1) As used in this section: "Limited purpose entity" means a legal entity that: performs a single governmental function or limited governmental functions; and is not a state executive branch agency, a state legislative office, or within th…

17-60-201. Exercise of county powers. The powers of a county may be exercised only by the following individuals or bodies, or designees of the following individuals or bodies, operating under the authority of law: (1) the county executive; (2) the county legislative body; and (3)…

17-60-202. Counties authorized to levy and collect taxes, sue and be sued, and acquire property. (1) Except as provided in Subsection, a county may: (1)(b) as prescribed by statute: levy a tax; perform an assessment; collect a tax; borrow money; or levy and collect a special asse…

17-60-203. County may borrow in anticipation of revenues -- Assistance to nonprofit and private entities -- Notice requirements -- County prohibited from lending credit. (1) A county may borrow money in anticipation of the collection of taxes and other county revenues in the mann…

17-60-204. County safety and welfare regulations. A county may make and enforce within the limits of the county, outside the limits of cities and towns, all local, police, building, and sanitary regulations that are not in conflict with general laws.

17-60-205. Study and improvement of county government -- Charges and expenses. (1) A county may, individually or in association with other counties, study the processes and methods of county government with a view to improvement and cause to be assembled and presented to the Legi…

17-60-301. County seats fixed -- Election to move a county seat. (1) The county seats of the several counties of this state as now fixed by law are hereby recognized as such. (2) In accordance with Utah Constitution, Article XI, Section 2, no county seat shall be moved unless: tw…

17-60-302. Initiating a petition to move a county seat -- Certification of petition signatures -- Removal of signature -- Limitation. (1) A voter may file a petition to move the county seat with the county legislative body of the county in which the voter lives if the petition is…

17-60-401. Review of claims by county executive -- Auditor review -- Attorney review -- Claim requirements -- Approval or disapproval of claim -- Written explanation of claim process. (1) Upon receiving a notice of claim under Section, the county clerk shall deliver the notice of…

17-60-402. Payment or rejection of claims. (1) If the county executive finds that any claim presented to the county is not payable by the county or is not a proper county charge, the county executive shall reject the claim. (2) If the claim is found to be a proper county charge, …

17-60-403. Action on rejected claim -- Limitation. (1) A claimant dissatisfied with the rejection of a claim or demand or with the amount allowed on an account may sue the county on the claim, demand, or account at any time within one year after the first rejection of the claim, …

17-60-404. Judgments against county -- Payment. (1) If a person obtains a judgment against a county, the county shall pay the judgment, the same as other county charges. (2) The county legislative body shall levy and authorize the collection of a sufficient amount of revenue to p…

17-60-405. County legislative body claim for expenses -- County attorney's opinion of legality. (1) Each claim against the county presented by a member of the county legislative body for the member's expenses shall: be itemized and verified as other claims; state that the service…

17-60-406. Officers not to advocate claims -- Right to oppose claims. (1) No county officer may, except for the officer's own services, present any claim, account, or demand for allowance against the county or in any way advocate the relief asked in the claim or demand made by an…

17-60-407. State to indemnify county regarding refusal to site nuclear waste -- Terms and conditions. If a county is challenged in a court of law regarding the county's decision to deny siting of a storage or transfer facility for the placement of high-level nuclear waste or grea…

17-60-501. Implements of husbandry tracking debris onto county roads. A county may not prohibit or punish the tracking of dirt, mud, or other debris onto county roads resulting from the operation of an implement of husbandry if the operation of the implement of husbandry is consi…

17-60-502. Knives regulated by state. (1) As used in this section, "knife" means a cutting instrument that includes a sharpened or pointed blade. (2) The authority to regulate a knife is reserved to the state except where the Legislature specifically delegates responsibility to a…

17-60-503. Right to breast feed. The county legislative body may not prohibit a woman's breast feeding in any location where she otherwise may rightfully be, irrespective of whether the breast is uncovered during or incidental to the breast feeding.

17-60-504. County prohibited from providing municipal-type services to certain facilities managing high-level nuclear waste. (1) For purposes of this section: "Greater than class C radioactive waste" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 19-3-303 "High-level nuclear …

17-60-505. Reassignment of lien prohibited. A county may not reassign a lien created under, on real property.

17-60-506. Prohibition against regulation of nutritional information dissemination. (1) A county may not regulate the dissemination of nutritional information or the content required to be placed on a menu, menu board, or food tag by a restaurant, eating establishment, or other f…

17-60-507. Private employee benefit requirements prohibited -- Exception. (1) For the purpose of this section: "Accident and health insurance" is as defined in Section. 31A-1-301 "Employee" means an individual employed by an employer. "Employee benefit" means one or more benefits…

17-60-508. Service animals permitted. (1) As used in this section: "Retired service animal" means a dog that: at one time was a service animal for the current owner; and no longer provides service animal services to the owner because of the dog's age or other factors limiting the…

17-60-509. Golf courses -- Limitations on county ordinances restricting golf course maintenance. (1) As used in this section: "Golf course" means: a privately owned golf course that is located, in whole or in part, within an unincorporated area of the county; or a golf course loc…

17-61-101. Definitions. (1) "Annexing county" means the county to which a portion of territory of an adjoining county is annexed, or proposed to be annexed, as provided in. Part 3, County Annexation (2) "Consolidating county" means the county to which another county is joined, or…

17-61-102. Counties of the state -- County boundaries maintained by lieutenant governor -- Process to determine disputed county boundaries. (1) The counties of the state are those whose geographical boundaries in the official county boundary records maintained by the office of th…

17-61-201. Consolidation of counties -- Petition -- Certification of petition signatures -- Removal of signature -- Election -- Ballot. (1) A voter of a county who desires to have the county joined to and consolidated with an adjoining county may petition the county legislative b…

17-61-202. Certification of election result to governor. If it appears from the certified report that the lieutenant governor receives under Sectionthat a majority of the voters in both the originating county and the consolidating county have voted in favor of consolidation, the …

17-61-203. 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, the governor shall issue a proclamation, stating: 17-61-202 the result of …

17-61-204. Effect of consolidation -- Pending criminal proceedings. (1) All territory included within the boundaries of the originating county becomes, upon the consolidation effective date described in Section, the territory of the consolidating county. 17-61-203 (2) The precinc…

17-61-301. Annexation of portion of county to adjoining county -- Petition -- Certification of petition signatures -- Removal of signature -- Election -- Ballot. (1) Except as provided in Section, a voter who desires to have initiating county territory in which the voter resides …

17-61-302. Certification of election result to governor. In an election held under Section, if it appears from the certified report that the lieutenant governor receives under Sectionthat a majority of those voting in both the initiating county and the annexing county have voted …

17-61-303. Governor's proclamation -- Notice to lieutenant governor -- Recording requirements -- Effective date. (1) Upon receipt of the lieutenant governor's certification under Section, the governor shall issue a proclamation, stating: 17-61-302 the result of the vote in the in…

17-61-304. Territory becomes part of annexing county -- Division of revenues. (1) Upon the effective date of the annexation described in Section, all the area proposed to be annexed shall become part of the annexing county. 17-61-303 (2) The legislative body of the initiating cou…

17-61-305. Effect on precincts and school districts -- Pending criminal proceedings. (1) The precincts and school districts in the annexed territory: continue; become precincts and school districts in the annexing county; and remain as then organized until changed in the manner p…

17-61-306. Minor adjustments to county boundaries authorized -- Public hearing -- Joint resolution of county legislative bodies -- Notice and plat to lieutenant governor -- Recording requirements -- Effective date. (1) Counties sharing a common boundary may, in accordance with th…

17-61-401. Creating a new county -- Petition -- Certification of petition signatures -- Removal of signature -- Election -- Ballots. (1) Whenever a voter desires to have the territory within which the voter resides created into a new county, the voter may file a petition for the …

17-61-402. Certification of returns -- Governor's proclamation of creation of new county -- Notice and plat to lieutenant governor -- Recording requirements -- Effective date. (1) If a petition for the creation of a new county impacts only one seceding county, the proposition sub…

17-61-403. County seat, selection by election -- First officers -- Election. (1) When a new county is created under the provisions of this chapter, the county legislative body of the seceding county from which the greatest portion of territory is taken to create the new county sh…

17-61-404. Records to be transmitted -- Expenses for transcribing and transfer. (1) Whenever a new county is created under the provisions of this part, the county executive of the seceding county shall furnish to the respective officers of the new county, in a form suitable for c…

17-61-405. Effect on precincts and school and other districts -- Indebtedness. (1) All precincts, school districts, road districts, and election districts entirely in the new county that existed before the creation of the new county: continue; and become precincts, school distric…

17-61-406. Pending civil and criminal actions -- Previous offenses. (1) All civil and criminal actions that are pending in the territory embraced in a new county at the time the new county is created may be prosecuted to judgment and execution in the new county. (2) All actions p…

17-61-407. Division of taxes. (1) When a new county is created under the provisions of this part and the county officers of the new county have been elected: the county treasurer of the seceding county shall provide to the county treasurer of the new county a certified list of al…

17-52a-203. County executive-council form of county government. (1) As used in this section, "district" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 17-62-204 (2) The following shall govern a county operating under the form of government known as the "county executive-counc…