§ 72-7-301 Liability for damage to highway, highway equipment, or highway sign — Liability for damage to highway from illegal operation of oversize or overweight vehicles — Recovery
§ 72-7-302 Damage to signs, warnings, or barriers — Penalty
§ 72-7-303 Escaping water and other obstructions — Injuring or obstructing highway — Penalty for violations
§ 72-7-304 Injury to trees on highways — Penalty for violations
§ 72-7-305 Driving animals over highways — Liability for damages
§ 72-7-306 Limited highways — Penalty for driving animals over
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Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 72 > Chapter 7 > Part 3 - Highway Damage Liability

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Highway: means any public road, street, alley, lane, court, place, viaduct, tunnel, culvert, bridge, or structure laid out or erected for public use, or dedicated or abandoned to the public, or made public in an action for the partition of real property, including the entire area within the right-of-way. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • Highway authority: means the department or the legislative, executive, or governing body of a county or municipality. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: means :
         (24)(a) an individual;
         (24)(b) an association;
         (24)(c) an institution;
         (24)(d) a corporation;
         (24)(e) a company;
         (24)(f) a trust;
         (24)(g) a limited liability company;
         (24)(h) a partnership;
         (24)(i) a political subdivision;
         (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
         (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5