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Utah · Through 2026 General Session

Utah Code § 11-46a-102: Limitations on animal enterprise and working animal regulations.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 11 Cities, Counties, and Local Taxing Units
  2. Chapter 11-46a Animal Enterprise and Working Animal Regulations

(1) Subject to Subsection (2), a political subdivision may not adopt or enforce an ordinance or other regulation that prohibits or effectively prohibits:

(a) the operation of an animal enterprise;

(b) the use of a working animal; or

(c) domestic dogs from:

(i) actively participating in an exposition or rodeo; or

(ii) performing a specific duty as a working animal.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an ordinance or other regulation that a political subdivision adopts or enforces if the ordinance or other regulation:

(a) enforces a state or federal law;

(b) is a land use regulation as that term is defined in Section 10-20-102; or

(c) is adopted or enforced, in accordance with Section 10-8-15 or 19-4-113, to protect:

(i) drinking water or a source of drinking water from pollution; or

(ii) a waterworks system.

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