Landlord Entering Without Notice in Utah: What Are My Rights?
This page covers when a landlord may enter your home in Utah and how much notice the law asks for. It also covers what the law says about being kept out of your home.
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Your Utah landlord must give you at least 24 hours notice before entering your home. A different notice time can be set in your rental agreement.
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Your Utah landlord must give you at least 24 hours notice before entering, unless your rental agreement says otherwise. If the landlord fails to give it, Utah law does not let you use that as a reason to not follow your rental agreement. It does not let you use it to bring a cause of action (a court case) against the landlord.
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Your landlord, agent, or manager may need to enter to make repairs. Utah law says you may not unreasonably (without a fair reason) say no to that.
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It is unlawful in Utah for a landlord to willfully (on purpose) keep a tenant out of the tenant's home. Only a court case can do that.
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A Utah landlord may not willfully (on purpose) lock a renter out of the home except through a court case. The landlord may take the home back and try to rent it at a fair rental value when the renter has abandoned it. The landlord may remove belongings the renter left, store them, and charge the renter the actual moving and storage costs.
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Your Utah landlord may serve you a declaration of abandonment (a paper saying the landlord thinks you left). This applies if you did not tell the landlord you would be away and one of two things is true. Either you are 15 days late with rent and only your belongings show you live there. Or you missed rent, your belongings are gone, and nothing shows you live there. You must dispute it in writing within 24 hours of service. Saturdays, Sundays, and court holidays do not count. If you do not, the landlord may take the home back.
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