2006 Utah Code - 78-36-12.3 — Definitions.

     78-36-12.3.   Definitions.
     (1) "Willful exclusion" means preventing the tenant from entering into the premises with intent to deprive the tenant of such entry.
     (2) "Owner" means the actual owner of the premises and shall also have the same meaning as landlord under common law and the statutes of this state.
     (3) "Abandonment" is presumed in either of the following situations:
     (a) The tenant has not notified the owner that he or she will be absent from the premises, and the tenant fails to pay rent within 15 days after the due date, and there is no reasonable evidence other than the presence of the tenant's personal property that the tenant is occupying the premises; or
     (b) The tenant has not notified the owner that he or she will be absent from the premises, and the tenant fails to pay rent when due and the tenant's personal property has been removed from the dwelling unit and there is no reasonable evidence that the tenant is occupying the premises.

Enacted by Chapter 160, 1981 General Session