Utah Code

Utah Code § 10-3-205 (2026)

Election of officers in municipalities operating under a city council form of government

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Each municipality operating under a five-member or six-member city council form of government shall hold municipal elections to fill, for a term of four years, the following offices in the following years:

in the year following a year in which a presidential election is held, the offices of:
approximately half the council members; and
except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), mayor; and
in the year preceding a year in which a presidential election is held, the offices of:
the remaining council members; and
for a municipality that elected a mayor in 2015 for a term of four years, mayor.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1999–1999 · leading case: Biddle v. Washington Terrace City, 1999 UT 110 (Utah 1999).
Biddle v. Washington Terrace City, 1999 UT 110 (Utah 1999). · cites it 3× “Section 10-3-205 reads, in pertinent part: In cities of the third class, the election and terms of office shall be as follows: (1) The offices of mayor and two councilmen shall be filled in municipal elections held in 1977.”
Utah Code § 10-3-205(1): 1 case
Biddle v. Washington Terrace City, 1999 UT 110 (Utah 1999). “Section 10-3-205 reads, in pertinent part: In cities of the third class, the election and terms of office shall be as follows: (1) The offices of mayor and two councilmen shall be filled in municipal elections held in 1977.”
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