Utah Code § 57-8a-225

Association's right to pay delinquent utilities
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(1) Upon request in accordance with Subsection (2), at least 10 days before the day on which
an electrical corporation or a gas corporation discontinues service to a lot, the electrical
corporation or gas corporation shall give the association:
(a) written notice that the electrical corporation or gas corporation will discontinue service to the
lot; and
(b) an opportunity to pay any delinquent charges and maintain service to the lot.
(2) An association may request the notice and opportunity to pay described in Subsection (1) by
sending a written request to the electrical corporation or gas corporation that includes:
(a) the address of each lot in the association;
(b) the association's name, mailing address, phone number, and email address; and
(c) the address where the electrical corporation or gas corporation may send notices.
(3) If, after an electrical corporation or a gas corporation sends a written notice described in
Subsection (1) to an association and the association does not pay the delinquent charges
within 10 days after the day on which the electrical corporation or gas corporation sends the
notice, the electrical corporation or gas corporation may discontinue service to the lot.
(4) An association may collect any payment to an electrical corporation or a gas corporation under
this section as an assessment in accordance with Section 57-8a-301.
(5)
(a) If, after an association receives a written notice described in Subsection (1), the association
decides not to pay the delinquent charges, the association may, if permitted by the
association's governing documents, and after reasonable notice to the lot owner:
(i) enter the lot; and
(ii) winterize the lot.
(b) A person who enters a lot in accordance with Subsection (5)(a) is not liable for trespass.
(c) An association may charge a lot owner an assessment for the actual and reasonable costs of
winterizing a lot in accordance with this Subsection (5).

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