Terms Used In Utah Code 17B-2a-820

  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Municipality: means a city, town, or metro township. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Public transit: means regular, continuing, shared-ride, surface transportation services that are open to the general public or open to a segment of the general public defined by age, disability, or low income. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
     The state, a county, or a municipality may, by eminent domain under 5, acquire within its boundaries a private property interest, including fee simple, easement, air right, right-of-way, or other interest, necessary for the establishment or operation of a public transit district.

Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session