Utah Code § 17-61-305

Effect on precincts and school districts -- Pending criminal proceedings
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(1) The precincts and school districts in the annexed territory:
(a) continue;
(b) become precincts and school districts in the annexing county; and
(c) remain as then organized until changed in the manner provided by law.
(2) The officers of those precincts and school districts hold their respective offices until the
expiration of their terms.
(3) If a precinct or school district is divided because of a county annexation under this part:
(a) the precinct or school district is disorganized, and the property and territory embraced in
the precinct or school district is subject to the action of the county legislative body of the
respective counties; and
(b) any bonded or other indebtedness of a school district attaches to and becomes the obligation
of the district that is created out of the territory that retains the buildings and other property of
the original district.
(4) All criminal proceedings and actions pending in the annexed territory as of the consolidation
effective date shall be prosecuted to judgment and execution in the annexed territory as part of
the annexing county.
(5) All offenses committed in the annexed territory before annexation that have not been
prosecuted may be prosecuted to judgment and execution in the annexed territory or any part
of the annexing county.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 13, 2025 Special Session 1

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