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Utah Code Title 78B. Judicial Code § 78B-6-506. Right of entry for survey and location

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

(1) If land is required for public use, the person or the person's agent in charge of the use may survey and locate the property. It must be located in the manner which will be most compatible with the greatest public good and the least private injury, and subject to the provisions of this chapter.

(2)(a) The person or the person's agent in charge of the public use may, at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice, enter upon the land and make examinations, surveys, and maps of the land.

(b) Entry upon land as authorized under Subsection (2)(a) does not constitute a cause of action in favor of the owners of the lands, except for actual damage to the land and improvements on the land caused by the entry and which is not repaired on or before the date the examinations and surveys are completed.

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