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Utah Code § 72-3-108 (2026)

County roads -- Vacation and narrowing -- Notice requirements

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A county may, by ordinance, vacate, narrow, or change the name of a county road without petition or after petition by a property owner.
A county may not vacate a county road unless notice of the hearing is:
published for the county, as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102, for at least four weeks before the day of the hearing; and
mailed to the department and all owners of property abutting the county road.
The right-of-way and easements, if any, of a property owner and the franchise rights of any public utility may not be impaired by vacating or narrowing a county road.
Except as provided in Section 72-3-105 or 72-5-305, if a county vacates a county road, the state's right-of-way interest in the county road is also vacated.

Amended by Chapter 200, 2026 General Session

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 2001–2006 · leading case: State ex rel. Div. of Forestry v. Tooele Cnty., 2002 UT 8, 44 P.3d 680.
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State ex rel. Div. of Forestry v. Tooele Cnty., 2002 UT 8, 44 P.3d 680. · cites it 8× “See Utah Code Ann. § 72-3-108 (Supp.1999). Then, in 2000, the legislature amended section 72-3-108 to its current version.”
State ex rel. Forestry, Fire v. Tooele Co., 2002 UT 8, 44 P.3d 680. · cites it 8× “See Utah Code Ann. § 72-3-108 (Supp.1999). Then, in 2000, the legislature amended section 72-3-108 to its current version.”
State ex rel. Div. of Forestry v. Six Mile Ranch Co., 2006 UT App 104, 132 P.3d 687. · cites it 8× “GREENWOOD, Associate Presiding Judge, and JAMES Z. DAVIS, Judge.”
Wasatch Cnty. v. Okelberry, 2006 UT App 473, 153 P.3d 745. · cites it 4× “See Utah Code Ann. § 72-3-108 (2001). 8 . Because we hold that the Okelberrys have not met the first element of a claim for equitable estoppel, we need not address the remaining elements.”
Culbertson v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners of Salt Lake Cnty., 2001 UT 108, 44 P.3d 642. · cites it 2× “[19] Section 72-3-108(3) provides that "[t]he right of way and easement, if any, of a property owner.”
Culbertson v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 2001 UT 108, 44 P.3d 642. · cites it 2× “- Section 72-3-108(3) provides that [tlhe right of way and easement, if any, of a property owner .”
Utah Code § 72-3-108(3): 2 cases
Culbertson v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners of Salt Lake Cnty., 2001 UT 108, 44 P.3d 642. “[19] Section 72-3-108(3) provides that "[t]he right of way and easement, if any, of a property owner.”
Culbertson v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 2001 UT 108, 44 P.3d 642. “- Section 72-3-108(3) provides that [tlhe right of way and easement, if any, of a property owner .”
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