10-3-902. City engineer required to be licensed. Each person appointed as city engineer shall be a registered professional engineer under Title 58, Chapter 22, Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors Licensing Act. Amended by Chapter 19, 2008 General Session
10-3-903. City engineer — Custodian of records of public improvements. The city engineer’s office in cities of the first and the second class shall be an office of record for all maps, plans, plats, profiles, drawings, final estimates, specifications and contracts which in any way relate to the public improvements and engineering affairs of the […]
10-3-904. Books and supplies — Recording, filing and inspection. The city engineer’s office shall be supplied with all necessary books, cases and supplies for recording and filing as required. The city engineer shall record and file all drawings and documents pertaining to public lands and improvements. Those made in his office shall be placed on […]
10-3-905. Fees to be paid in advance. The city engineer may not record any drawings or instruments, or file any papers or notices, or furnish any copies, or render any service connected with his office, until the fees for the same are paid or tendered as prescribed by law or ordinance. Amended by Chapter 378, […]
10-3-906. Seal. The city engineer shall be provided with a seal by the city for his use, containing the words “____City, Utah, Engineering Department.” The seal shall be affixed to every certification approval. Enacted by Chapter 48, 1977 General Session
10-3-907. Recordation not to interfere with other recordation. The recording or filing of any drawing or instrument in the city engineer’s office may not interfere or conflict in any way with the recording or filing of the same in other offices of record. Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session
Effective 5/8/2018 10-3-908. Noncompliance a misdemeanor. Any city engineer who fails to comply with Sections 10-3-903 through 10-3-907 is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. Amended by Chapter 148, 2018 General Session
10-3-909. Police and fire departments in cities of the first and second class. Each city of the first or the second class shall provide police services and may create, support, maintain, and control a fire department in the city. Amended by Chapter 79, 1998 General Session
Effective 5/14/2019 10-3-910. Heads of departments and subordinate officers. (1) The administration of the police and fire departments shall consist of a chief of each department and other officers, members, employees and agents as provided by ordinance or statute. (2) The heads of the police and fire departments shall be appointed in accordance with Title […]
10-3-912. Chief of department may suspend subordinates. (1) The chief of each department may at any time suspend any subordinate officers, members, employees, or agents employed therein when in his judgment the good of the service demands it, and during the time of suspension, the person suspended is not entitled to any salary or compensation […]
Effective 9/1/2022 10-3-913. Authority of chief of police — Oversight. (1) The chief of police has the same authority as the sheriff within the boundaries of the municipality of appointment. The chief has authority to: (a) suppress riots, disturbances, and breaches of the peace; (b) apprehend all persons violating state laws or city ordinances; (c) […]
10-3-914. Police officers — Authority. (1) Within the boundaries of the municipality, police officers have the same authority as deputy sheriffs, including at all times the authority to preserve the public peace, prevent crime, detect and arrest offenders, suppress riots, protect persons and property, remove nuisances existing in the public streets, roads, and highways, enforce […]
10-3-915. Rights to arrest without warrant. The members of the police force shall have the power and authority, without process, to arrest and take into custody any person who shall commit or threaten or attempt to commit in the presence of the officer, or within his view, any breach of the peace, or any offense […]
Effective 5/9/2017 10-3-916. Appointment of recorder and treasurer in a city of third, fourth, or fifth class or a town — Vacancies in office. (1) (a) In each city of the third, fourth, or fifth class and in each town, the mayor, with the advice and consent of the city council, shall appoint a qualified […]
10-3-917. Engineer in a city of the third, fourth, or fifth class or town. The governing body of a city of the third, fourth, or fifth class or a town may by ordinance establish the office of municipal engineer and prescribe the duties and obligations for that office which are consistent with the duties and […]
Effective 5/14/2019 10-3-918. Chief of police or marshal in a city of the third, fourth, or fifth class or town. Subject to Subsection 10-3-913(4), the chief of police or marshal in each city of the third, fourth, or fifth class or town: (1) shall: (a) exercise and perform the duties that are prescribed by the […]
10-3-919. Powers, duties, and obligations of police chief, marshal, and their assistants in a city of the third, fourth, or fifth class or town. The chief of police, marshals, and their assistants in a city of the third, fourth, or fifth class or town shall have all of the powers, rights, and duties respectively conferred […]
10-3-921. Fines — Collection by bail commissioner — Disposition. (1) In addition to the duty of fixing bail, a bail commissioner shall have power to collect and receipt money tendered in payment of the fine of a person serving sentence in default of the payment of such fine, when the court is closed. (2) Money […]
10-3-922. Term of bail commissioners — Salary — Bond and oath. (1) A bail commissioner appointed under this part shall: (a) serve at the pleasure of the governing body or mayor that appoints him; and (b) receive no compensation as a bail commissioner. (2) Before beginning his duties as a bail commissioner, he shall: (a) […]
Effective 5/8/2018 10-3-928. Attorney duties — Deputy public prosecutor. In cities with a city attorney, the city attorney: (1) may prosecute violations of city ordinances; (2) may prosecute, under state law, infractions and misdemeanors occurring within the boundaries of the municipality; (3) has the same powers in respect to violations as are exercised by a […]
