Utah Code Title 75. Utah Uniform Probate Code § 75-3-107. Probate and testacy proceedings--Ultimate time limit--Presumption and order of intestacy

(a) if a previous proceeding was dismissed because of doubt about the fact of the decedent's death, appropriate probate or testacy proceedings may be maintained at any time thereafter upon a finding that the decedent's death occurred prior to the initiation of the previous proceeding and the applicant or petitioner has not delayed unduly in initiating the subsequent proceeding;

(b) appropriate probate or testacy proceedings may be maintained in relation to the estate of an absent, disappeared, or missing person for whose estate a conservator has been appointed, at any time within three years after the conservator becomes able to establish the death of the protected person; or

(c) a proceeding to contest an informally probated will and to secure appointment of the person with legal priority for appointment in the event the contest is successful, may be commenced within the later of 12 months from the informal probate or three years from the decedent's death.

(a) determine what property was owned by the decedent at the time of death; and

(b) appoint, formally or informally, a personal representative or special administrator to administer the decedent's estate, except the following may not be presented against the estate: