As used in this part:

(1)  “Responsible authority” means a private party, the state of Utah, or a political subdivision of the state claiming rights to a highway right-of-way, easement, or right of entry across state lands.

Terms Used In Utah Code 72-5-202

  • Highway: means any public road, street, alley, lane, court, place, viaduct, tunnel, culvert, bridge, or structure laid out or erected for public use, or dedicated or abandoned to the public, or made public in an action for the partition of real property, including the entire area within the right-of-way. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • Right-of-way: means real property or an interest in real property, usually in a strip, acquired for or devoted to state transportation purposes. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • 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
  • State lands: means sovereign and trust lands, as well as all other lands held by or on behalf of the departments, divisions, or institutions of the state. See Utah Code 72-5-202
(2)  “Sovereign lands” has the same meaning as provided in Section 65A-1-1.

(3)  “State lands” means sovereign and trust lands, as well as all other lands held by or on behalf of the departments, divisions, or institutions of the state.

(4)  “Trust lands” has the same meaning as “school and institutional trust lands” as defined in Section 53C-1-103.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 270, 1998 General Session