{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-11-8-4","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 11-8-4","heading":"Sewer lateral disclosure required.","body":"(1) As used in this section:\n(a) \"Public owner\" means the same as that term is defined in Section 11-8-1.\n(b) \"Public provider\" means a public owner or a public retail water provider.\n(c) \"Public retail water provider\" means a public entity that provides culinary water to end users.\n(d) \"Retail water line\" means a pipe that connects a property to a public retail water provider's water main line.\n(e) \"Sanitary sewer service\" means service provided by a public owner's sanitary sewer facilities.\n(f) \"Sewer lateral\" means a pipe that connects a property to a public owner's sanitary sewer main line.\n(2)\n(a) Twice per calendar year, a public provider shall, in accordance with Subsection (2)(b), distribute a disclosure that:\n(i)\n(A) for a public owner, includes the definition of a sewer lateral; or\n(B) for a public retail water provider, includes the definition of a retail water line; and\n(ii) states whether the record owner of the property or the public provider is responsible for repair and replacement of the sewer lateral or retail water line that serves the property.\n(b) A public provider may distribute the disclosure described in Subsection (2)(a) by:\n(i) twice per calendar year conspicuously placing the disclosure:\n(A) on each bill for sanitary sewer service or culinary water service in a particular billing cycle; or\n(B) in a newsletter that is circulated within the boundaries of the area served by the public provider;\n(ii) conspicuously placing the disclosure on the public provider's website;\n(iii) including the disclosure in a broad based social media campaign; or\n(iv) any other means reasonably calculated to make the disclosure available to individuals served by the public provider.\n(c) A public provider's failure to comply with a provision of this Subsection (2) does not result in any liability for the public provider based on the public provider's failure to comply.","path":["Title 11 Cities, Counties, and Local Taxing Units","Chapter 11-8 Sewage and Culinary Water Systems"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title11/Chapter8/11-8-S4.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"d25b42a0435b419f6a155957bb034216d964e06ce336776a353c180a0e4b6421","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-11-8-3","next":"us-ut/utah-code-11-10-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}