17B-1-1205. Property owner or interested person may appear in validation proceedings — Failure to appear.
- (1) An owner of property within the district or a person interested in a contract or proposed contract that is the subject of a validation petition may appear and answer or otherwise plead in response to the validation petition:
- (a) at any time before the hearing under Section 17B-1-1203; or
- (b) within any additional period of time that the district court allows.
- (2) If a person fails to appear and answer or otherwise plead in the time allowed under Subsection (1):
- (a) the allegations of the validation petition shall be considered admitted by that person; and
- (b) that person may not participate in the validation proceedings.
Enacted by Chapter 329, 2007 General Session