An area annexed to a municipality under this part shall be conclusively presumed to have been validly annexed if:

(1) the municipality has levied and the taxpayers within the area have paid property taxes for more than one year after annexation; and

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Terms Used In Utah Code 10-2-422

  • 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.
  • Municipality: means :
         (5)(a) a city of the first class, city of the second class, city of the third class, city of the fourth class, city of the fifth class;
         (5)(b) a town, as classified in Section 10-2-301; or
         (5)(c) a preliminary municipality incorporated under Chapter 2a, Part 5, Incorporation of a Preliminary Municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2) no resident of the area has contested the annexation in a court of proper jurisdiction during the year following annexation.