Esheria Esheria Statutes
Ask AI Sign in

United States — Utah Act or statute

United States — Utah legislation

Utah Code § 10-3-502, 1977

Municipal councils must set the time and place of regular meetings by ordinance and hold at least one regular meeting each month.

Source excerpt

council meetingslocal governancemunicipal governancenotice requirements
Jurisdiction
United States — Utah
Status
In force
Official identity
Year 1977
Dates
Enacted 1977
More statute details
Dates
Enacted 1977
On this page

Professional statute overview

Enactment structure, operative effect and source provenance

Official source

01

Purpose and legislative effect

“Municipal councils must set the time and place of regular meetings by ordinance and hold at least one regular meeting each month.”

Use this record to locate individual provisions, understand the instrument’s recorded structure, and move from a research summary to the exact source text.

02

How the instrument operates

  1. 01

    Start with the recorded version

    Enacted 1977. The date shown identifies this source expression and should not be treated as proof that no later change exists.

  2. 02

    Locate the controlling provision

    Use the provision map, part headings and full-text filter to move from the broad subject to the exact legal language.

  3. 03

    Read conditions and exceptions together

    Keep subsections, definitions, provisos and cross-references in context before drawing a legal conclusion.

  4. 04

    Verify currency and official wording

    Confirm later legislation, commencement notices and corrections with the official publisher before advice, filing or reliance.

03

Research entry points

Selected provisions across the instrument. Open any row to continue with the exact stored text.

Subsection 10-3-502(2)(a)

The mayor of a municipality or two council members may order a special council meeting.

Section 10-3-502(2)(a)

Subsection 10-3-502(2)(d)

If a council member personally appears at a special council meeting, that counts as a waiver of the notice required under Subsection (2)(c).

Section 10-3-502(2)(d)

04

Source and current-law status

In force source record

Source record from le.utah.gov · Enacted 1977

In force

This source records the instrument as in force. Confirm subsequent amendments, commencement notices, and judicial treatment before relying on it.

For advice, pleadings, or compliance decisions, retain the official source and confirm the current consolidated provision.

Official record

Source-indexed provision map

Sections and provisions

Search by section, heading, part or exact legal wording. Every result remains linked to the stored source record.

Showing 11 of 11 provisions

Provision 11

Part 10-3-5

part 10-3-5 Meetings, Procedure, and Conduct - Voting

§ 10-3-502Regular and special council meetings.Provision

Source excerpt

Municipal councils must set the time and place of regular meetings by ordinance and hold at least one regular meeting each month.

Regular and special council meetings. The council of each municipality shall: by ordinance prescribe the time and place for holding its regular meeting, subject to Subsection (1)(b) ; and hold a regular meeting at least once each month. The mayor of a municipality or two council members may order the convening of a special meeting of the council. Each order convening a special meeting of the council shall: be entered in the minutes of the council; and provide at least three hours' notice of the special meeting. The municipal recorder or clerk shall serve notice of the special meeting on each council member who did not sign the order by delivering the notice personally or by leaving it at the member's usual place of abode. The personal appearance by a council member at a special meeting of the council constitutes a waiver of the notice required under Subsection (2)(c) .
Section 10-3-502Verify source
§ 10-3-502(1)Subsection 10-3-502(1)Provision

Source excerpt

Each municipality’s council must set the time and place of its regular meetings by ordinance and must meet at least once each month.

The council of each municipality shall: by ordinance prescribe the time and place for holding its regular meeting, subject to Subsection (1)(b) ; and hold a regular meeting at least once each month.
Section 10-3-502(1)Verify source
§ 10-3-502(1)(a)Subsection 10-3-502(1)(a)Provision

Source excerpt

by ordinance prescribe the time and place for holding its regular meeting, subject to Subsection (1)(b) ; and

by ordinance prescribe the time and place for holding its regular meeting, subject to Subsection (1)(b) ; and
Section 10-3-502(1)(a)Verify source
§ 10-3-502(1)(b)Subsection 10-3-502(1)(b)Provision

Source excerpt

A regular meeting must be held at least once each month.

hold a regular meeting at least once each month.
Section 10-3-502(1)(b)Verify source
§ 10-3-502(2)Subsection 10-3-502(2)Provision

Source excerpt

The mayor or two council members may call a special council meeting, the order must be entered in the council minutes, and at least three hours’ notice must be provided.

The mayor of a municipality or two council members may order the convening of a special meeting of the council. Each order convening a special meeting of the council shall: be entered in the minutes of the council; and provide at least three hours' notice of the special meeting. The municipal recorder or clerk shall serve notice of the special meeting on each council member who did not sign the order by delivering the notice personally or by leaving it at the member's usual place of abode. The personal appearance by a council member at a special meeting of the council constitutes a waiver of the notice required under Subsection (2)(c) .
Section 10-3-502(2)Verify source
§ 10-3-502(2)(a)Subsection 10-3-502(2)(a)Provision

Source excerpt

The mayor of a municipality or two council members may order a special council meeting.

The mayor of a municipality or two council members may order the convening of a special meeting of the council.
Section 10-3-502(2)(a)Verify source
§ 10-3-502(2)(b)Subsection 10-3-502(2)(b)Provision

Source excerpt

An order calling a special council meeting must be recorded in the council minutes and must give at least three hours’ notice.

Each order convening a special meeting of the council shall: be entered in the minutes of the council; and provide at least three hours' notice of the special meeting.
Section 10-3-502(2)(b)Verify source
§ 10-3-502(2)(b)(i)Subsection 10-3-502(2)(b)(i)Provision

Source excerpt

be entered in the minutes of the council; and

be entered in the minutes of the council; and
Section 10-3-502(2)(b)(i)Verify source
§ 10-3-502(2)(b)(ii)Subsection 10-3-502(2)(b)(ii)Provision

Source excerpt

provide at least three hours' notice of the special meeting.

provide at least three hours' notice of the special meeting.
Section 10-3-502(2)(b)(ii)Verify source
§ 10-3-502(2)(c)Subsection 10-3-502(2)(c)Provision

Source excerpt

The municipal recorder or clerk must serve notice of the special meeting on each council member who did not sign the order.

The municipal recorder or clerk shall serve notice of the special meeting on each council member who did not sign the order by delivering the notice personally or by leaving it at the member's usual place of abode.
Section 10-3-502(2)(c)Verify source
§ 10-3-502(2)(d)Subsection 10-3-502(2)(d)Provision

Source excerpt

If a council member personally appears at a special council meeting, that counts as a waiver of the notice required under Subsection (2)(c).

The personal appearance by a council member at a special meeting of the council constitutes a waiver of the notice required under Subsection (2)(c) .
Section 10-3-502(2)(d)Verify source

Legislative relationships

0 referenced instruments

Names are derived from the stored provision headings and citation-enrichment layer. Treat this as a research index and verify each relationship against the source text.

No structured legislative relationships were detected

The statute remains fully searchable by provision. Consult the source text for amendments and cross-references that have not yet been indexed.

Recorded versions and source checkpoint

1 version available in this collection

Current-law checkpoint
  • Undated version · currentEnglish · In force

This relationship view does not by itself establish whether another instrument remains in force.

Check official source

Source-linked research

Ask AI about this statute

The overview, provisions, and source records above are public. Continue in a separate conversation with this statute’s jurisdiction and source version attached.

About this LexChat collection

Statute information is organised from identified legislative sources for professional research. Corrections can be reported to hello@esheria.ai.