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§ 31-23-101. Plats of Cities and Towns Organized Prior to 1885

In all cases in which a city or town was organized prior to March 31, 1885, in which lands embraced within the boundaries thereof have been conveyed or known by lots, blocks, streets, highways, parks, squares, or other divisions of land or in which any such lots, blocks, streets, highways, parks, squares, or other divisions […]

§ 31-23-102. Application to Other Cities or Towns

The provisions of this part 1 are applicable to lands within the boundaries of cities and towns organized on or after March 31, 1885, to the extent that any owners of lands therein desire to make any change in the plat of any such city or town from the plat as originally made. Source: L. […]

§ 31-23-103. Plats of Whole Municipal Area

When any such plat embraces in its description the whole municipal area of any such city or town, it shall set forth, as near as may be: All streets and highways and the width thereof; All parks, squares, and other grounds reserved for public uses with the boundaries and dimensions thereof; All lots and blocks […]

§ 31-23-104. Acknowledgment of Plat

Any such plat shall be acknowledged in the manner of a deed by the owners and proprietors of the lands designated upon any such plat before some officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds. A copy thereof so acknowledged shall be filed in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the county […]

§ 31-23-105. Plats of Portion of Municipal Area

A plat of any portion of such municipal area may be filed, and any number of such plats may be filed. When any plat is filed containing a description of any less than all of the municipal area, the same matters shall be indicated upon such plat, to the extent of lands described in such […]

§ 31-23-106. How Parcels Designated

In case of filing any such plat under this part 1, the designation by which any lot, block, or other parcel of land has previously been known shall be retained in said plat. With the consent of the city or town, any such lot, block, or other parcel of land specified in said plat may […]

§ 31-23-107. Public Property Dedicated

All streets, parks, and other places designated or described as for public use on the map or plat of any city or town or of any addition made to such city or town are public property and the fee title thereto vested in such city or town. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1145, […]

§ 31-23-108. Record and Preservation – Definition

The county clerk and recorder shall record all such plats of lands within his or her county together with the description, acknowledgment, or other writing thereon in a book to be kept for that purpose and, when necessary, may reduce the scale of any such plat. Upon each record in the book he or she […]

§ 31-23-109. Plats Shall Be Evidence

All such original plats, the record thereof, or copies therefrom, certified by the county clerk and recorder of such county, shall be evidence in all courts and places. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1145, § 1, effective July 1. Editor’s note: This section is similar to former § 31-1-408 as it existed prior […]

§ 31-23-110. Boundaries Settled by Plat

Upon the filing of any such plat in the office of the county clerk and recorder, the boundaries of contiguous divisions of land, as described in section 31-23-103, upon any such plat shall be determined and settled as indicated in the plat. All the other matters indicated upon said plat are binding upon the parties […]

§ 31-23-111. Owner Construed

For the purposes of this part 1, any person having a legal or equitable interest in any lands shall be deemed an owner and proprietor. Nothing in this part 1 shall affect the rights of anyone other than those acknowledging any such plat. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1145, § 1, effective July […]

§ 31-23-112. Fees of Recorder

The county clerk and recorder shall receive the same fees for filing and recording the plats provided for by this part 1 as are allowed for filing and recording original maps or plats of cities or towns. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1145, § 1, effective July 1. Editor’s note: This section is […]