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Utah Code § 15-4-1 (2026)

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As used in this chapter:

"Administrative agency" means the same as that term is defined in Section 81-6-101.
"Child" means the same as that term is defined in Section 81-6-101.
"Obligation" includes a liability in tort and contractual obligations.
"Obligee" includes a creditor and a person having a right based on a tort.
"Obligor" includes a debtor and a person liable for a tort.
"School fee" means a charge, deposit, rent, or other mandatory payment imposed by:
a public school as defined in Section 26B-2-401; or
a private school that provides education to students in any grade from kindergarten through grade 12.
"School fee" includes:
an admission fee;
a transportation charge; or
a charge, deposit, rent, or other mandatory payment imposed by a third party in connection with an activity or function sponsored by a school described in Subsection (6)(a).
"Several obligors" means obligors severally bound for the same performance.
"Waiver" means the act of not requiring an individual to pay an amount that the individual otherwise owes.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1937–2022 · leading case: Nelson Ex Rel. Hirschfeld v. Corp. of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 935 P.2d 512 (Utah 1997).
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Nelson Ex Rel. Hirschfeld v. Corp. of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 935 P.2d 512 (Utah 1997). · cites it 16× “Notwithstanding the reliance of the parties in their briefs on competing interpretations of the LRA, [2] we conclude that this case may be resolved pursuant to the Joint Obligations Act, Utah Code Ann. §§ 15-4-1 to -5. That provision operates to preserve plaintiff's claim…”
M.J. v. Wisan, 2016 UT 13 (Utah 2016). · cites it 2× “The first is the Joint Obligations Act (JOA), Utah Code sections 15-4-1 to -7. That statute provides that an "obligee's release or discharge of one or more of several obligors, or of one or more of joint or of joint and several obligors, does not discharge co-obligors against…”
Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Rsch., Inc., 401 U.S. 321 (1971). · cites it 2× “General Obligations Law §§ 15-101 to 15-109 (1964); Utah, Utah Code Ann. §§ 15-4-1 to 15-4-7 (1953); Wisconsin, Wis.”
Diversified Striping v. Kraus, 2022 UT App 91 (Utah Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “¶41 Finally, the court determined that the Kraus Parties were entitled to recover their reasonable costs and attorney fees. It also ordered that all awarded amounts would bear postjudgment interest from the date of the original judgment at the statutory rate set forth in Utah…”
Schiffer v. United Grocers, Inc., 989 P.2d 10 (Or. 1999). · cites it 2× “Utah: Utah Code Ann §§ 15-4-1 to 15-4-7 (1996 and Supp 1998) (adopting, with amendments, Uniform Joint Obligations Act).”
Utah Farm Prod. Credit Ass'n v. Watts, 737 P.2d 154 (Utah 1987). · cites it 2× “, 1953, §§ 15-4-1 to -7 (Repl. Vol. 2A, 1986 ed.).”
Child v. Newsom, 892 P.2d 9 (Utah 1995). · cites it 2× “Utah Code Ann. §§ 15-4-1 to -7. 4 . We recognize that this conclusion is contrary to the result reached by the Utah Court of Appeals in Krauss v.”
Jorgensen v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 769 P.2d 809 (Utah 1988). · cites it 2× “Section 15-4-3 is part of the Joint Obligations Act, codified in sections 15-4-1 to -7 of the Code. The Act was first passed in 1929, see 1929 Utah Laws ch.”
Krukiewicz v. Draper, 725 P.2d 1349 (Utah 1986). “, 1953, § 15-4-1 to -7, which states that a release of one joint obligor releases all other obli-gors unless the injured party expressly reserves in writing its rights against the other obligors.”
Application of Peterson, 66 P.2d 1195 (Utah 1937). · cites it 2× “” Section 15-4-1, R. S. Utah 1933. It will be noted that this language, while broad enough to include both law and equity causes, does not designate either, but merely states that the cause shall be tried as provided for the trial of civil causes as nearly as may be.”
Thornock v. Jensen, 950 P.2d 441 (Utah Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “Section 78-27-42 was enacted to repeal section 15-4-4 of the Joint Obligations Act [ Utah Code Ann. §§ 15-4-1 to -7], which had codified the common law rule that a release of one tort-feasor also released all other tort-feasors.”
— Utah Code § 15-4-1(4) — 1 case
M.J. v. Wisan, 2016 UT 13 (Utah 2016). “The first is the Joint Obligations Act (JOA), Utah Code sections 15-4-1 to -7. That statute provides that an "obligee's release or discharge of one or more of several obligors, or of one or more of joint or of joint and several obligors, does not discharge co-obligors against…”
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