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2025 Utah Code
Title 17 - Counties
Chapter 67 - County Assessor
Part 2 - Qualifications
Section 201 - Assessor to be state qualified -- Vacancy -- Filling vacancy.

Universal Citation:
UT Code § 17-67-201 (2025)
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Effective 11/6/2025
17-67-201. Assessor to be state qualified -- Vacancy -- Filling vacancy.
  • (1)An individual elected to the office of county assessor shall:
    • (a)meet the requirements described in Section 17-66-201; and
    • (b)
      • (i)except as provided in Subsection (1)(b)(ii), become a state-licensed or state-certified appraiser no later than 36 months after the day on which the individual's term of office begins; or
      • (ii)in a county of the first, second, or third class, be a state-licensed or state-certified appraiser before filing a declaration of candidacy for the office of county assessor.
  • (2)The county assessor's office is vacant if:
    • (a)an assessor fails to meet the requirements described in Subsection (1); or
    • (b)no individual who meets the requirements described in Subsection (1) timely files a declaration of candidacy for the office of county assessor.
  • (3)
    • (a)If a vacancy described in Subsection (2) occurs, the county legislative body shall fill the vacancy in accordance with Sections 17-66-203 and 20A-1-508.
    • (b)The individual who the county legislative body selects to fill the vacancy shall be a state-licensed or state-certified appraiser before the individual assumes the office of county assessor.
  • (4)If the county legislative body cannot find an individual who meets the requirements described in Subsection (1) to fill a vacancy described in Subsection (2), the county legislative body may contract with a state-licensed or state-certified appraiser from outside the county to fill the remainder of the county assessor's term of office.


Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 13, 2025 Special Session 1
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