Welcome to the Public Notice Website: Your central source for all public notice information in Utah
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Understanding Notices:
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Public Body
- A Public Body is any administrative, advisory, executive, or legislative body of the state or its political subdivisions that: is created by the Utah Constitution, statute, rule, ordinance, or resolution; consists of two or more persons; expends, disburses, or is supported in whole or in part by tax revenue; and is vested with the authority to make decisions regarding the public's business.
Public Notice
- A Public Notice is a way of informing the general public of government or government-related activities which may concern their local area, municipality, county, or state.
Public Meeting
- A Public Meeting is a forum that is reasonably structured and formal in nature, and open to the general public.
Public Hearing
- A Public Hearing is a portion of a meeting intended to receive input from the general public. A public hearing may be required by ordinance or statute. The time, place and subject of the hearing must be posted as required by an ordinance or statute.
Legal Notices:
Legal Notice is a communication required to be made public by a state statute or state agency rule; or a notice required for judicial proceedings or by judicial decision.
Legal notice does not include a public notice published by a public body in accordance with the provisions of Sections 52-4-202 and 63F-1-701.
About Public Notice Website:
Utah's public bodies are required to post notices of open meetings and other public notices on the Public Notice Website. The statutes establishing this website are in Utah Code 63F-1-701, but there are many mandates dictating the information and timing of public notices. To learn more about public notice statutes »
Training
The Utah State Archives has developed tools to assist those tasked with posting public notices online.
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