Property owner or interested person may appear in validation proceedings -- Failure to appear.
Utah Code § 17B-1-1205
in effect17B-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:
(a) at any time before the hearing under Section 17B-1-1203; or
(b) 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):
(a) the allegations of the validation petition shall be considered admitted by that person; and
(b) that person may not participate in the validation proceedings.
Enacted by Chapter 329, 2007 General Session
Source: Utah Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel (le.utah.gov)URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title17B/Chapter1/17B-1-S1205.html?v=C17B-1-S1205_1800010118000101Fetched: 10/26/2026
