S.B. 115 Enrolled

MOBILE HOME PARK RESIDENCY
TECHNICAL REVISIONS
2002 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Dan R. Eastman
This act modifies the Mobile Home Park Residency Act to make technical revisions.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
57-16-13, as enacted by Chapter 256, Laws of Utah 2001
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 57-16-13 is amended to read:
57-16-13. Abandonment.
Abandonment of a mobile home space and a mobile home within a mobile home park is
presumed in either of the following situations:
(1) [The] (a) the resident or occupant of the mobile home has[: (a)] not notified the park
that the resident or occupant will be absent from the mobile home space or mobile home, and the
resident or occupant fails to pay rent within 45 days after the due date; and
(b) [there is] the mobile home park owner has no reasonable evidence, other than the
presence of the resident's or occupant's personal property, that the resident or occupant is
continuing to occupy the mobile home space and the mobile home[.]; or
(2) [The] (a) the resident or occupant of the mobile home has[: (a)] not notified the park
that the resident or occupant will be absent from the mobile home space where the mobile home
is located, and the resident or occupant fails to pay rent when due; and
(b) the resident's or occupant's personal property has been removed from the mobile home,
and there is no reasonable evidence that the resident or occupant is occupying the mobile home
space or mobile home.