Utah Code > Title 72 > Chapter 7 > Part 3 – Highway Damage Liability


§ 72-7-301	Liability for damage to highway, highway equipment, or highway sign — Liability for damage to highway from illegal operation of oversize or overweight vehicles — Recovery
§ 72-7-302	Damage to signs, warnings, or barriers — Penalty
§ 72-7-303	Escaping water and other obstructions — Injuring or obstructing highway — Penalty for violations
§ 72-7-304	Injury to trees on highways — Penalty for violations
§ 72-7-305	Driving animals over highways — Liability for damages
§ 72-7-306	Limited highways — Penalty for driving animals over

Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
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
Highway authority: means the department or the legislative, executive, or governing body of a county or municipality. See Utah Code 72-1-102
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.
Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5