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2021 Utah Code
Title 78B - Judicial Code
Chapter 8 - Miscellaneous
Part 5 - Small Business Equal Access to Justice Act
Section 505 - Litigation expense award authorized in appeals from administrative decisions.

Universal Citation:
UT Code § 78B-8-505 (2021)
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78B-8-505. Litigation expense award authorized in appeals from administrative decisions.
  • (1) In any civil judicial appeal taken from an administrative decision regarding a matter in which the administrative action was commenced by the state, and which involves the business regulatory functions of the state, a court may award reasonable litigation expenses to any small business which is a named party if the small business prevails in the appeal and the court finds that the state action was undertaken without substantial justification.
  • (2) Any state agency or political subdivision may require by rule or ordinance that a small business exhaust administrative remedies prior to making a claim under this part.


Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
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