17-50-340.  Establishment of county recorder appeal authority.

(1)  On or before July 1, 2023, a county legislative body shall, by ordinance, establish an appeal authority to hear and decide appeals from a county recorder’s application of rules made by the County Recorder Standards Board under Section 63C-30-201.

Terms Used In Utah Code 17-50-340

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Legislative: when used to describe the powers, duties, or functions of a county commission or council, refers to:
(a) the power and duty to enact ordinances, levy taxes, and establish budgets; and
(b) those powers, duties, and functions that, under constitutional and statutory provisions and through long usage and accepted practice and custom at the federal and state level, have come to be regarded as belonging to the legislative branch of government. See Utah Code 17-50-101
(2)  This section:

(a)  does not preclude an individual who seeks an appeal from a county recorder’s decision from pursuing any other available remedy; and

(b)  may not be construed as requiring an individual to exhaust administrative remedies with an appeal authority established under Subsection (1) before seeking any other available remedy.

Enacted by Chapter 413, 2023 General Session

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