Property Ownership
Partition action in Utah allows co-owners to:
ABuild dividing walls between jointly owned units
BCompel division or sale of co-owned property when co-owners cannot agree✓ Correct
CFile for exclusive possession of shared property
DOnly be used by joint tenants, not tenants in common
Explanation
Either co-owner (joint tenant or tenant in common) can bring a partition action to force division of the property (partition in kind) or, more commonly, sale of the property with proceeds divided according to ownership interests.
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