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Home » US Law » 2022 Utah Code » Title 78B - Judicial Code » Chapter 5 - Procedure and Evidence » Part 5 - Utah Exemptions Act » Section 512 – Property held by joint tenants or tenants in common.
78B-5-512. Property held by joint tenants or tenants in common.
If an individual and another own property in this state as joint tenants or tenants in common, a creditor of the individual, subject to the individual’s right to claim an exemption under this part, may obtain a levy on and sale of the interest of the individual in the property. A creditor who has obtained a levy, or a purchaser who has purchased the individual’s interest at the sale, may have the property partitioned or the individual’s interest severed.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session