Effective 7/1/2015 17-21-1. Recorder — Document custody responsibility — Electronic submission procedures and guidelines. The county recorder: (1) is custodian of all recorded documents and records required by law to be recorded; (2) shall establish policies and procedures that the recorder considers necessary to protect recorded documents and records in the recorder’s custody, including determining […]
17-21-10. Judgments affecting real estate. (1) A county recorder shall record for real property, any part of which is located in the county: (a) a judgment affecting the real property; (b) a release, assignment, renewal, or extension of a judgment lien affecting the real property; or (c) a certified copy of a final judgment or […]
17-21-11. Notice given by recording. (1) Each certified copy from the time of recording gives notice to all persons of the contents of the recorded document. (2) Subsequent purchasers, mortgagees, and lien holders purchase and encumber with the same notice and effect as if the certified copy was the original document. Amended by Chapter 85, […]
17-21-12. Recording procedures — Endorsements of entry number required on documents. (1) When a document is accepted by the recorder’s office for recording, the recorder shall: (a) endorse upon the first page of the document an entry number and the time when the document was accepted, noting the year, month, day, hour, and minute of […]
17-21-14. Military records — Evidence. (1) Upon presentation, the county recorder shall: (a) record, free of charge, discharges from the military, naval, or marine service of the United States, and any and all orders, citations, and decorations of honor relating to a person while the person was in the military, naval, or marine service of […]
17-21-16. Acknowledgments and administrations of oaths. County recorders may take and certify acknowledgments and administer oaths. No Change Since 1953
17-21-17. Prohibited acts. (1) Upon acceptance of an instrument entitled to be recorded, the recorder may not: (a) record the instrument in any manner other than the manner required by this chapter; or (b) alter, change, obliterate, or insert any new matter in any instrument of record. (2) A recorder does not violate this section […]
Effective 5/8/2018 17-21-18. Fees must be paid in advance. The recorder may not record any instrument, furnish any copies, or provide any service connected with the office, until the fees prescribed by law have been paid or have been authorized to be paid electronically. Amended by Chapter 191, 2018 General Session
Effective 5/4/2022 17-21-18.5. Fees of county recorder — Electronic recording of instruments. (1) The county recorder shall receive the following fees: (a) for recording any instrument, not otherwise provided for, other than bonds of public officers, $40; (b) for recording any instrument, including those provided for under Title 70A, Uniform Commercial Code, other than bonds […]
17-21-19. Records open to inspection — Copies. (1) Unless otherwise classified as private under Section 63G-2-302, all instruments of record and all indexes required by this chapter are open to public inspection during office hours. (2) Upon payment of the applicable fee, a person may obtain copies of a public record. Amended by Chapter 382, […]
17-21-2. Seal. The county recorder shall have a seal, to be furnished by the county legislative body, the impression of which shall contain the following words: “State of Utah, County Recorder,” together with the name of the county in which the same is to be used. Amended by Chapter 227, 1993 General Session
Effective 7/1/2022 17-21-20. Recording required — Recorder may impose requirements on documents to be recorded — Prerequisites — Additional fee for noncomplying documents — Recorder may require tax serial number — Exceptions — Requirements for recording final local entity plat. (1) Subject to Subsections (2), (3), and (4), a county recorder shall record each paper, […]
17-21-21. Ownership plats — Use of geographic information systems or computer systems. (1) The county recorder shall prepare and keep ownership plats drawn to a convenient scale, which show the record owners of each tract of land in the county, together with the dimensions of the tract. (2) The county recorder may not be required […]
17-21-22. Annual revision — Reporting changes in ownership to county assessors — Use of geographic information systems or computer systems. (1) The county recorder shall: (a) each year, prepare copies of ownership plats and descriptions, showing record owners at noon on January 1; (b) on or before January 30 of each year, transmit the copies […]
17-21-25. Names of persons signing to be typed or printed on instruments presented for recording. (1) (a) Each instrument presented to the county recorder for recording shall have typed or printed on it the name of each person whose signature appears on the instrument whose name is required to be indexed. (b) The person’s typed […]
17-21-3. Original documents or copies of original documents to be kept by the county. After accepting a document for recording, receiving the fees for recording it, and completing recording procedures, the recorder shall, only if required by statute, keep the original document or a copy of the original document as a public record in a […]
17-21-4. Certified copies. (1) The county recorder may make and furnish certified photographic copies of any of the records in the office to an interested person who pays the applicable fees and charges. (2) The county recorder shall supply certified copies of any of the records to the county officer for the officer’s official use […]
17-21-5. Receipts for documents received for record. Upon recording an instrument, the recorder shall, if requested, give a receipt to a person presenting an instrument for recording. Amended by Chapter 85, 1999 General Session
Effective 5/13/2014 17-21-6. General duties of recorder — Records and indexes. (1) Each recorder shall: (a) keep an entry record, in which the recorder shall, upon acceptance and recording of any instrument, enter the instrument in the order of its recording, the names of the parties to the instrument, its date, the hour, the day […]
17-21-9. Indexing of deeds and other instruments. Deeds and other instruments affecting real estate made by a United States marshal, a sheriff, master in chancery, special commissioner, executor, administrator, guardian, trustee, or other person acting in behalf of another shall be indexed in the name of the person whose land is sold or affected as […]
