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Utah Code Title 59. Revenue and Taxation § 59-2-1801. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

As used in this part:

(1) “Abatement” means a tax abatement described in Section 59-2-1803.

(2) “Deferral” means a postponement of a tax due date or a tax notice charge granted in accordance with Section 59-2-1802, 59-2-1802.1, or 59-2-1802.5.

(3) “Eligible owner” means an owner of an attached or a detached single-family residence:

(a)(i) who is 75 years old or older on or before December 31 of the year in which the individual applies for a deferral under this part;

(ii) whose household income does not exceed 200% of the maximum household income certified to a homeowner's credit described in Section 59-2-1208; and

(iii) whose household liquid resources do not exceed 20 times the amount of property taxes levied on the owner's residence for the preceding calendar year; or

(b) that is a trust described in Section 59-2-1805 if the grantor of the trust is an individual described in Subsection (3)(a).

(4) “Household” means the same as that term is defined in Section 59-2-1202.

(5) “Household income” means the same as that term is defined in Section 59-2-1202.

(6) “Household liquid resources” means the following resources that are not included in an individual's household income and held by one or more members of the individual's household:

(a) cash on hand;

(b) money in a checking or savings account;

(c) savings certificates; and

(d) stocks or bonds.

(7) “Indigent individual” means a poor individual as described in Utah Constitution, Article XIII, Section 3, Subsection (4), who:

(a)(i) is at least 65 years old; or

(ii) is less than 65 years old and:

(A) the county finds that extreme hardship would prevail on the individual if the county does not defer or abate the individual's taxes; or

(B) the individual has a disability;

(b) has a total household income, as defined in Section 59-2-1202, of less than the maximum household income certified to a homeowner's credit described in Section 59-2-1208;

(c) resides for at least 10 months of the year in the residence that would be subject to the requested abatement or deferral; and

(d) cannot pay the tax assessed on the individual's residence when the tax becomes due.

(8) “Property taxes due” means the taxes due on an indigent individual's property:

(a) for which a county granted an abatement under Section 59-2-1803; and

(b) for the calendar year for which the county grants the abatement.

(9) “Property taxes paid” means an amount equal to the sum of:

(a) the amount of property taxes the indigent individual paid for the taxable year for which the indigent individual applied for the abatement; and

(b) the amount of the abatement the county grants under Section 59-2-1803.

(10) “Qualifying increase” means a valuation that is equal to or more than 150% higher than the previous year's valuation for property that:

(a) is county assessed; and

(b) on or after January 1 of the previous year and before January 1 of the current year has not had:

(i) a physical improvement if the fair market value of the physical improvement increases enough to result in the valuation increase solely as a result of the physical improvement;

(ii) a zoning change if the fair market value of the real property increases enough to result in the valuation increase solely as a result of the zoning change; or

(iii) a change in the legal description of the real property, if the fair market value of the real property increases enough to result in the valuation increase solely as a result of the change in the legal description of the real property.

(11) “Relative” means a spouse, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, parent-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, nephew, niece, aunt, uncle, first cousin, or a spouse of any of these individuals.

(12) “Residence” means real property where an individual resides, including:

(a) a mobile home, as defined in Section 41-1a-102; or

(b) a manufactured home, as defined in Section 41-1a-102.

(13) “Tax notice charge” means the same as that term is defined in Section 59-2-1301.5.

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