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Utah Code § 57-3-101 (2026)

Certificate of acknowledgment, proof of execution, jurat, or other certificate required -- Notarial acts affecting real property -- Right to record documents unaffected by subdivision ordinances

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A certificate of the acknowledgment of any document, or of the proof of the execution of any document, or a jurat as defined in Section 46-1-2, or other notarial certificate containing the words "subscribed and sworn" or their substantial equivalent, that is signed and certified by the officer taking the acknowledgment, proof, or jurat, as provided in this title, entitles the document and the certificate to be recorded in the office of the recorder of the county where the real property is located.
Notarial acts affecting real property in this state shall also be performed in conformance with Title 46, Chapter 1, Notaries Public Reform Act.
Nothing in the provisions of Title 10, Chapter 20, Part 8, Subdivisions, and Title 17, Chapter 79, Part 7, Subdivisions, shall prohibit the recording of a document which is otherwise entitled to be recorded under the provisions of this chapter.

Amended by Chapter 15, 2025 Special Session 1

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2002–2021 · leading case: State ex rel. Div. of Forestry v. Tooele Cnty., 2002 UT 8, 44 P.3d 680.
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State ex rel. Div. of Forestry v. Tooele Cnty., 2002 UT 8, 44 P.3d 680. · cites it 5× “In Utah, for instance, landowners record title to their property "in the office of the recorder of the county where the real property is located," Utah Code Ann. § 57-3-101 (1) (2000), and this act of recording serves the purpose of "impart[ing] notice to all persons" of the…”
Fed. Deposit Ins. Corp.v. Taylor, 2011 UT App 416, 267 P.3d 949. · cites it 3× “See Utah Code Ann. §§ 57-3-101 to -102 (2010).”
State ex rel. Forestry, Fire v. Tooele Co., 2002 UT 8, 44 P.3d 680. · cites it 5× “In Utah, for instance, landowners record title to their property "in the office of the recorder of the county where the real property is located," Utah Code Ann. § 57-3-101 (1) (2000), and this act of recording serves the purpose of "impart[ing] notice to all persons" of the…”
Walker v. Zeus Land Holdings, 2021 UT App 9, 482 P.3d 268. “§ 57-3-101 (LexisNexis Supp. 2020), and assert that the paper—along with the letters sent by Russell Walker—“gave notice” to Owner of substantial neighborhood opposition to Owner’s subdivision plans.”
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