17B-1-1205 - Property owner or interested person may appear in validation proceedings -- Failure to appear.
17B-1-1205. Property owner or interested person may appear in validationproceedings -- Failure to appear.
(1) An owner of property within the district or a person interested in a contract orproposed contract that is the subject of a validation petition may appear and answer or otherwiseplead in response to the validation petition:
(a) at any time before the hearing under Section 17B-1-1203; or
(b) within any additional period of time that the district court allows.
(2) If a person fails to appear and answer or otherwise plead in the time allowed underSubsection (1):
(a) the allegations of the validation petition shall be considered admitted by that person;and
(b) that person may not participate in the validation proceedings.
Enacted by Chapter 329, 2007 General Session