78B-6-506. Right of entry for survey and location.
(1) If land is required for public use, the person or the person's agent in charge of the use
may survey and locate the property. It must be located in the manner which will be most
compatible with the greatest public good and the least private injury, and subject to the
provisions of this chapter.
(2) (a) The person or the person's agent in charge of the public use may, at reasonable
times and upon reasonable notice, enter upon the land and make examinations, surveys, and maps
of the land.
(b) Entry upon land as authorized under Subsection (2)(a) does not constitute a cause of
action in favor of the owners of the lands, except for actual damage to the land and
improvements on the land caused by the entry and which is not repaired on or before the date the
examinations and surveys are completed.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
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