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Utah Code § 78B-2-101 (2026)

Definitions of "tax title" and "action."

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The word "action" as used in this chapter includes counterclaims and cross-complaints and all other civil actions in which affirmative relief is sought.
The term "tax title" as used in Sections 59-2-1364 and 78B-2-206, and the related amended Sections 78B-2-204, 78B-2-208, and 78B-2-214, means any title to real property, whether valid or not, which has been derived through, or is dependent upon, any sale, conveyance, or transfer of property in the course of a statutory proceeding for the liquidation of any tax levied against the property whereby the property is relieved from a tax lien.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2015–2025 · leading case: Morgan v. Dep't of Com., 2017 UT App 225 (Utah Ct. App. 2017).
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Morgan v. Dep't of Com., 2017 UT App 225 (Utah Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 3× “" Utah Code Ann. § 78B-2-101(1) (LexisNexis 2012) (emphasis added).”
Hayes v. Intermountain Geoenvironmental Servs. Inc., 2019 UT App 112 (Utah Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “Utah Code Ann. § 78B-2-101(1) (defining "action" in a statute-of-limitations context as including "counterclaims and cross-complaints and all other civil actions in which affirmative relief is sought"); id.”
Grillone v. Peace Officer Standards, 2023 UT App 35 (Utah Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 6× “” It asserts that section 78B-2-101(1) specifically limits its definition of “action” to Title 78B Chapter 2, see Utah Code Ann. § 78B-2-101(1) (LexisNexis 2018) (“The word ‘action’ as used in this chapter includes .”
Grillone v. Peace Officer Standards, 2025 UT 7 (Utah 2025). · cites it 2× “It also imported section 78B-2-101’s definition of “action” from the prior version of the judicial code with no substantive changes.”
Craig v. Provo City, 2015 UT App 145 (Utah Ct. App. 2015). “§§ 78B-2-101 to - 117. Moreover, the Savings Statute is not an avenue to cireumvent the UGIA's notice and filing requirements; it provides a remedial safeguard to help prevent a claimant's procedural misstep from terminating the claimant's causes of action.”
— Utah Code § 78B-2-101(1) — 3 cases
Morgan v. Dep't of Com., 2017 UT App 225 (Utah Ct. App. 2017). “" Utah Code Ann. § 78B-2-101(1) (LexisNexis 2012) (emphasis added).”
Hayes v. Intermountain Geoenvironmental Servs. Inc., 2019 UT App 112 (Utah Ct. App. 2019). “Utah Code Ann. § 78B-2-101(1) (defining "action" in a statute-of-limitations context as including "counterclaims and cross-complaints and all other civil actions in which affirmative relief is sought"); id.”
Grillone v. Peace Officer Standards, 2023 UT App 35 (Utah Ct. App. 2023). “” It asserts that section 78B-2-101(1) specifically limits its definition of “action” to Title 78B Chapter 2, see Utah Code Ann. § 78B-2-101(1) (LexisNexis 2018) (“The word ‘action’ as used in this chapter includes .”
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