{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-17b-1-1205","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 17B-1-1205","heading":"Property owner or interested person may appear in validation proceedings -- Failure to appear.","body":"(1) An owner of property within the district or a person interested in a contract or proposed contract that is the subject of a validation petition may appear and answer or otherwise plead in response to the validation petition:\n(a) at any time before the hearing under Section 17B-1-1203; or\n(b) within any additional period of time that the district court allows.\n(2) If a person fails to appear and answer or otherwise plead in the time allowed under Subsection (1):\n(a) the allegations of the validation petition shall be considered admitted by that person; and\n(b) that person may not participate in the validation proceedings.","path":["Title 17B Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts","Chapter 17B-1 Provisions Applicable to All Special Districts","Part 17B-1-12 Special District Validation Proceedings"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title17B/Chapter1/17B-1-S1205.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"90f0da040a8b3a394198c00dc1f7a3e2fd0f4446ddd0eecb587264109d4338ad","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-17b-1-1204","next":"us-ut/utah-code-17b-1-1206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}