{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-72-7-103","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 72-7-103","heading":"Limitation on access authority.","body":"(1) As used in this section:\n(a) \"Highway facility\" means:\n(i) SR-7 as described in Section 72-4-106;\n(ii) SR-67 as described in Section 72-4-112;\n(iii) SR-85 as described in Section 72-4-114;\n(iv) SR-154 as described in Section 72-4-121; or\n(v) SR-201 as described in Section 72-4-126.\n(b) \"Legal point of access\" means an access established in accordance with applicable law:\n(i) before July 1, 2003;\n(ii) by permit issued by the highway authority; or\n(iii) by a deed or court order.\n(2) A highway authority may not deny reasonable ingress and egress to property adjoining a public highway except where:\n(a) the highway authority acquires right of ingress and egress by gift, agreement, purchase, eminent domain, or otherwise; or\n(b) no right of ingress or egress exists between the right-of-way and the adjoining property.\n(3) For a property adjoining a public highway that is not an interstate system or a highway facility, a highway authority may not close a legal point of access to the public highway, unless:\n(a) the property has reasonably equivalent access to the public highway after the legal access is closed; or\n(b) the highway authority acquires the legal point of access by gift, agreement, purchase, or eminent domain.","path":["Title 72 Transportation Code","Chapter 72-7 Protection of Highways Act","Part 72-7-1 Protection of Rights-Of-Way"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title72/Chapter7/72-7-S103.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"9e4a463ee3870b30880d97a7821c116fb157ac1cb5ee1d1f5e78d96e89c262a5","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-72-7-102","next":"us-ut/utah-code-72-7-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}