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Utah Code § 17-69-404

Payments and warrants

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 105, 2026 General Session

(1)

(a) Subject to Subsection (1)(b), if a debt or demand against a county is fixed by law, the debt or demand shall be paid by:

(i) subject to Subsection (2)(a), a warrant drawn by the county finance officer or the county treasurer; or

(ii) subject to Subsection (2)(b), a check or other payment mechanism as may be adopted in accordance with Chapter 63, Fiscal Authority and Processes.

(b) Subsection (1)(a) does not apply to a debt or demand against the county that is, in accordance with law, audited by another person or tribunal.

(2)

(a) The county finance officer shall:

(i) distinctly specify on a warrant the liability for which the warrant is made and when the liability accrued; and

(ii) notify the county treasurer:

(A) as described in Subsection (3), of the date, amount, payee of, and number assigned to a warrant; and

(B) of the aggregate amount of all contemporaneous payments by warrant.

(b) The county finance officer shall notify the county treasurer and county executive:

(i) as described in Subsection (3), of the amount and payee of all payments made by check or other payment mechanism;

(ii) as described in Subsection (3), the date of and number assigned to a check or other payment mechanism; and

(iii) the aggregate amount of a contemporaneous payment.

(3) For a remuneration issued by the county finance officer, the finance officer shall:

(a) number each remuneration consecutively, commencing annually on the first day of January; and

(b) state on the remuneration:

(i) the number of the remuneration;

(ii) the date of payment;

(iii) the amount of the payment made;

(iv) the name of the person to whom payable; and

(v) the purpose for which the remuneration was made.

(4) The county finance officer shall dispose of a payment not presented for collection in accordance with Title 67, Chapter 4a, Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.