78B-6-809 - Proof required of plaintiff -- Defense. - Utah Statutes

78B-6-809. Proof required of plaintiff -- Defense.
(1) On the trial of any proceeding for any forcible entry or forcible detainer the plaintiffshall only be required to show, in addition to the forcible entry or forcible detainer complainedof, that he was peaceably in the actual possession at the time of the forcible entry, or was entitledto the possession at the time of the forcible detainer.
(2) In defense, the defendant may show that he or his ancestors, or those whose interestin the premises he claims, had been in the quiet possession of the property for the space of oneentire year continuously before the commencement of the proceedings, and that his interest is notended or determined, and that this showing is a bar to the proceedings.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session