Utah Code § 17B-1-104

Property owner provisions
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(1) For purposes of this title:
(a) the owner of real property shall be:
(i) except as provided in Subsection (1)(a)(ii), the fee title owner according to the records of the
county recorder on the date of the filing of the request or petition; or
(ii) for a proposed annexation under Part 4, Annexation, the lessee of military land, as defined
in Section 63H-1-102, if the area proposed for annexation includes military land that is
within a project area described in a project area plan adopted by the military installation
development authority under Title 63H, Chapter 1, Military Installation Development
Authority Act; and
(b) the value of private real property shall be determined according to the last assessment before
the filing of the request or petition, as determined by:
(i) the county under Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 3, County Assessment, for property subject to
assessment by the county;
(ii) the State Tax Commission under Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 2, Assessment of Property, for
property subject to assessment by the State Tax Commission; or
(iii) the county, for all other property.
(2) For purposes of each provision of this title that requires the owners of private real property
covering a percentage of the total private land area within the proposed special district to sign a
request, petition, or protest:
(a) a parcel of real property may not be included in the calculation of the required percentage
unless the request or petition is signed by:
(i) except as provided in Subsection (2)(a)(ii), owners representing a majority ownership interest
in that parcel; or
(ii) if the parcel is owned by joint tenants or tenants by the entirety, 50% of the number of
owners of that parcel;
(b) the signature of a person signing a request or petition in a representative capacity on behalf
of an owner is invalid unless:

(i) the person's representative capacity and the name of the owner the person represents are
indicated on the request or petition with the person's signature; and
(ii) the person provides documentation accompanying the request or petition that reasonably
substantiates the person's representative capacity; and
(c) subject to Subsection (2)(b), a duly appointed personal representative may sign a request or
petition on behalf of a deceased owner.

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