Terms Used In Utah Code 10-9a-304

• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Municipality: means :

  (a)	a city of the first class, city of the second class, city of the third class, city of the fourth class, city of the fifth class;

  (b)	a town, as classified in Section 10-2-301; or

  (c)

  a metro township as that term is defined in Section 10-2a-403 unless the term is used in the context of authorizing, governing, or otherwise regulating the provision of municipal services. See Utah Code 10-1-104 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 State: includes any department, division, or agency of the state. See Utah Code 10-9a-103 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 10-9a-304.  State and federal property.      Unless otherwise provided by law, nothing contained in this chapter may be construed as giving a municipality jurisdiction over property owned by the state or the United States. Amended by Chapter 363, 2021 General Session   Previous section Next section    Part 3 Contents