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Utah Code § 38-5-1 (2026)

Filing with clerk of district court -- Recording with county recorder -- Effect

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A person may file in the office of the clerk of a state district court a transcript of a judgment or decree rendered in the district court of the United States within the state.
A decree or judgment filed in accordance with Subsection (1)(a) has the same force and effect as a judgment rendered in a state district court.
Except as provided in Subsection (3), if a person records a judgment or an abstract of judgment or decree under Subsection (1) in the office of the county recorder, that judgment or decree becomes a lien in accordance with Section 78B-5-202.
A state agency is exempt from the recording requirement of Subsection (2).
To release, assign, renew, or extend a lien created by a judgment recorded in the office of a county recorder, a person shall, in the office of the county recorder of each county in which an instrument creating the lien is recorded, record a document releasing, assigning, renewing, or extending the lien.
The document described in Subsection (4)(a) shall include:
the date of the release, assignment, renewal, or extension;
the name of any judgment creditor, debtor, assignor, or assignee; and
for the county in which the document is recorded in accordance with Subsection (4)(a):
the date on which the instrument creating the lien was recorded in that county's office of the county recorder; and
in accordance with Section 57-3-106, that county recorder's entry number and book and page of the recorded instrument creating the judgment lien.

Amended by Chapter 88, 2011 General Session

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2017–2023 · leading case: In re Passa, 578 B.R. 898 (Bankr. D. Utah 2017).
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In re Passa, 578 B.R. 898 (Bankr. D. Utah 2017). · cites it 2× “BAP 2007). . Motion to Reopen Case, filed Nov.”
Stella v. Davis Cnty., No. 1:18-cv-00002 (D. Utah Nov. 30, 2023). “]” Utah Code § 38-5-1(1)-(2) (emphasis added). Utah procedural law, which Rule 62(f) would direct this court to apply if Plaintiffs had recorded their judgment, would not require the Movants to post a bond in order to obtain a stay on execution of the Judgment because Davis…”
Utah Code § 38-5-1(1): 1 case
Stella v. Davis Cnty., No. 1:18-cv-00002 (D. Utah Nov. 30, 2023). “]” Utah Code § 38-5-1(1)-(2) (emphasis added). Utah procedural law, which Rule 62(f) would direct this court to apply if Plaintiffs had recorded their judgment, would not require the Movants to post a bond in order to obtain a stay on execution of the Judgment because Davis…”
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