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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:
Terms Used In Utah Code 17B-1-1205- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association, trust, governmental agency, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Validation petition: means a petition requesting a validation order. See Utah Code 17B-1-1201
- Validation proceedings: means judicial proceedings occurring in district court pursuant to a validation petition. See Utah Code 17B-1-1201
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at any time before the hearing under Section 17B-1-1203; or |
| (b) |
within any additional period of time that the district court allows. |
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| (2) |
If a person fails to appear and answer or otherwise plead in the time allowed under Subsection (1):
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the allegations of the validation petition shall be considered admitted by that person; and |
| (b) |
that person may not participate in the validation proceedings. |
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Enacted by Chapter 329, 2007 General Session
