2006 Utah Code - 72-5-104 — Public use constituting dedication -- Scope.

     72-5-104.   Public use constituting dedication -- Scope.
     (1) A highway is dedicated and abandoned to the use of the public when it has been continuously used as a public thoroughfare for a period of ten years.
     (2) The dedication and abandonment creates a right-of-way held by the state in accordance with Sections 72-3-102, 72-3-104, 72-3-105, and 72-5-103.
     (3) The scope of the right-of-way is that which is reasonable and necessary to ensure safe travel according to the facts and circumstances.

Amended by Chapter 324, 2000 General Session