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Ex. DUT-UT-005 Standing duty Primary source read

Utah Code section 26A-1-123

Unlawful acts -- Criminal and civil liability

Utah Legislature (Utah Code Title 26A, Chapter 1; renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1991, ch. 269; amended ch. 112) · Utah (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Utah
Level
State
Authority
Police power of the State; Utah Code Title 26A, Chapter 1
Effective
standing
End
standing (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Standing (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Standing dutyOperating condition
Addressees
  • persons generally; corporations, associations and their officers; owners, tenants and occupants of private property
Character
order penalty
Collection
Standing duties: Utah DUT-UT

Operative words

It is unlawful for any person, association, or corporation, and the officers of the association or corporation to: (a) violate state laws or any lawful notice, order, standard, rule, or regulation issued under state laws or local ordinances regarding public health or sanitation; (b) violate, disobey, or disregard any notice or order issued by a local health department

Penalty

Class B misdemeanor on the first violation and class A misdemeanor on a subsequent similar violation within two years (subsection (5)(a)); liability for abatement expenses (subsection (5)(b)); each day a separate violation (subsection (7)); conviction does not relieve civil liability (subsection (6))

What it required

Every person, corporation and officer had to obey every lawful public health or sanitation notice, order, standard, rule or regulation and every notice or order of a local health department, and had to abate at its own expense, within the time ordered, any 'health hazard, or sanitation violation' on private property under its control 'whether the person, association, or corporation is the owner, tenant, or occupant of the private property' (subsection (1)(e)).

Retrieval note

Official versioned PDF; the PDF carries no 'Superseded' header, so this is the text in force throughout the claim period. Subsection (1)(a) reaches every State public health 'standard, rule, or regulation,' which makes it the sanitary-code offense as well as the local-order offense.