Utah Code 63G-6a-1203. Certain indemnification provisions forbidden — Exceptions
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(1) A contract, including an amendment to an existing contract, entered into under this chapter may not require that a design professional indemnify another from liability claims that arise out of the design professional’s services, unless the liability claim arises from the design professional’s negligent act, wrongful act, error or omission, or other liability imposed by law.
Terms Used In Utah Code 63G-6a-1203
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Contract: means an agreement for a procurement. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
- Design professional: means :(24)(a) an individual licensed as an architect under Title 58, Chapter 3a, Architects Licensing Act;(24)(b) an individual licensed as a professional engineer or professional land surveyor under Title 58, Chapter 22, Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors Licensing Act;(24)(c) an individual licensed under Title 58, Chapter 53, Landscape Architects Licensing Act, to engage in the practice of landscape architecture, as defined in Section
58-53-102 ; or(24)(d) an individual certified as a commercial interior designer under Title 58, Chapter 86, State Certification of Commercial Interior Designers Act. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103- 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(2) Subsection (1) may not be waived by contract.(3) Notwithstanding Subsections (1) and (2), a design professional may be required to indemnify a person for whom the design professional has direct or indirect control or responsibility. - Person: means :