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Home » US Law » 2022 Utah Code » Title 17 - Counties » Chapter 23 - County Surveyor » Section 15 – Removal, destruction, or defacement of monuments or corners as infraction — Costs.
Effective 5/14/2019
17-23-15. Removal, destruction, or defacement of monuments or corners as infraction — Costs.

  • (1) A person may not willfully or negligently remove, destroy, or deface any government survey monument, corner, or witness corner.
  • (2) Any person who violates this section is guilty of an infraction and is additionally responsible for:
    • (a) the costs of any necessary legal action;
    • (b) the costs of reestablishing the survey monument, corner, or witness corner; and
    • (c) any civil penalty that the county establishes for a violation of:
      • (i) any provision of this section; or
      • (ii) any ordinance that the county adopts under Section 17-23-14.

Amended by Chapter 22, 2019 General Session