{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-17-63-502","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 17-63-502","heading":"Expenditure limitation.","body":"(1) No county officer or county employee may make any expenditure or encumbrance in excess of the total appropriation for any department.\n(2) Any obligation that is contracted by a county officer or county employee in excess of the total departmental appropriation is:\n(a) the personal obligation of the officer or employee; and\n(b) unenforceable against the county.","path":["Title 17 Counties","Chapter 17-63 Fiscal Authority and Processes","Part 17-63-5 Purchases, Payments, and Costs Between Counties"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title17/Chapter63/17-63-S502.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"2b3d078672208414554ddc131331a8f0c5115e008058f07450c670dcb2600d34","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-17-63-501","next":"us-ut/utah-code-17-63-503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}