{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-10-2-712","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 10-2-712","heading":"Power of court -- Articles of dissolution -- Notice to lieutenant governor -- Recording requirements -- Effective date of dissolution.","body":"(1) The district court may:\n(a) enforce compliance with any order issued to give effect to this part by proceedings for contempt; and\n(b) appoint any person to assist it in carrying out the provisions of this part.\n(2)\n(a) Upon entering an order approving the dissolution of a municipality, the district court shall file with the lieutenant governor:\n(i) a copy of a notice of an impending boundary action, as defined in Section 67-1a-6.5, that meets the requirements of Subsection 67-1a-6.5(3); and\n(ii) a certified copy of the court order approving the dissolution.\n(b) Upon the lieutenant governor's issuance of a certificate of dissolution under Section 67-1a-6.5:\n(i) the municipality is dissolved; and\n(ii) the court shall:\n(A) if the dissolved municipality was located within the boundary of a single county, submit to the recorder of that county:\n(I) a certified copy of the court order approving dissolution of the municipality; and\n(II) the original certificate of dissolution; or\n(B) if the dissolved municipality was located within the boundaries of more than a single county:\n(I) submit to the recorder of one of those counties:\n(Aa) a certified copy of the court order approving dissolution of the municipality; and\n(Bb) the original certificate of dissolution; and\n(II) submit to the recorder of each other county:\n(Aa) a certified copy of the court order approving dissolution of the municipality; and\n(Bb) a certified copy of the certificate of dissolution.\n(3)\n(a) The effective date of a dissolution of a municipality for purposes of assessing property within the dissolved municipality is governed by Section 59-2-305.5.\n(b) Until the documents listed in Subsection (2)(b)(ii) are recorded in the office of the recorder of each county in which the property is located, a county in which a dissolved municipality is located may not:\n(i) levy or collect a property tax on property within the former boundary of the dissolved municipality unless the county was levying and collecting the tax immediately before dissolution;\n(ii) levy or collect an assessment on property within the former boundary of the dissolved municipality unless the county was levying and collecting the assessment immediately before dissolution; or\n(iii) charge or collect a fee for service provided to property within the former boundary of the dissolved municipality unless the county was levying and collecting the fee immediately before dissolution.","path":["Title 10 Utah Municipal Code","Chapter 10-2 Classification, Boundaries, Consolidation, and Dissolution of Municipalities","Part 10-2-7 Dissolution of Municipalities"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title10/Chapter2/10-2-S712.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"6b9980200f5638c85d912f2a101879b9df0e3c909c8719784f1fe6926bf3f9be","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-10-2-711","next":"us-ut/utah-code-10-2-801"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}