When the tenant stays in possession, the court must expedite the case and begin trial within 60 days of service. If either party asks, it must hold an evidentiary hearing within 10 business days after the answer is filed.
Utah's court fee statute lists no separate eviction fee. A complaint is charged by claim amount: $105 for $2,000 or less, $215 above $2,000 and under $10,000, and $375 for $10,000 or more.
Under Utah Code § 78B-6-814, an owner may not willfully exclude a tenant except by judicial process. The exception is removing contents and retaking an abandoned unit under § 78B-6-816.
Utah's Fit Premises Act (ch. 57-22, full-text search 2026-10-15) contains no general anti-retaliation provision. This fact is limited to that chapter; other Utah titles were not full-text search. An owner also may not restrict a renter's ability to request help from a public safety agency, or penalize or evict a renter for making reasonable requests for that help (57-22-5.1(10)).
After a written notice of deficient condition, if the owner doesn't take substantial action within the corrective period and the renter chose the rent abatement remedy, rent is abated from the notice date, the lease ends, the owner must immediately return the full deposit and prorated prepaid rent, and the renter must move out within 10 days. Utah has no rent escrow; rent abatement is the remedy instead.
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