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House debates and passes landlord-tenant changes to unlawful-detainer process
Summary
Lawmakers debated a suite of amendments to the unlawful-detainer statute that change how eviction orders may be served, permit landlords to inventory abandoned tenant property, and alter bond and relief rules; multiple amendments failed and the House announced the bill as passed.
The Utah House spent more than an hour debating Senate Bill 71, a package of amendments to the state's unlawful-detainer law that would alter service rules, post-judgment procedures and remedies for landlords and tenants.
The bill's sponsor summarized four principal changes: it would eliminate a statutory right to a rehearing on certain orders, allow post-judgment service by posting an order on a defendant's door when personal service is impossible, permit landlords (the plaintiff) to inventory abandoned tenant property, and clarify disposal and sale rules after a 30-day holding period.
Rep. Baca (Representative Baca) described the service change as narrower than it appears and said the due-process steps (summons, complaint and hearing) remain; "This amendment would mean that this order could be served by posting…
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