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Utah Code § 78B-11-126 (2026)

Judgment on award -- Attorney fees and litigation expenses

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Upon granting an order confirming, vacating without directing a rehearing, modifying, or correcting an award, the court shall enter a judgment conforming to the award. The judgment may be recorded, docketed, and enforced as any other judgment in a civil action.
A court may allow reasonable costs of the motion and subsequent judicial proceedings.
On application of a prevailing party to a contested judicial proceeding under Section 78B-11-123, 78B-11-124, or 78B-11-125, the court may add reasonable attorney fees and other reasonable expenses of litigation incurred in a judicial proceeding after the award is made to a judgment confirming, vacating without directing a rehearing, modifying, or correcting an award.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2011–2025 · leading case: Hitorq v. TCC Veterinary Servs., 2021 UT 69 (Utah 2021).
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Hitorq v. TCC Veterinary Servs., 2021 UT 69 (Utah 2021). · cites it 4× “Artz and Stiens request attorney fees under Utah Code section 78B-11-126(3). In support, they rely primarily on judicial statements discussing Utah’s ―long-standing‖ policy of upholding arbitration rulings and discouraging the relitigation of…”
Farm Bureau v. Weston, 2023 UT App 136 (Utah Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 6× “These provisions are applicable to judgments entered pursuant to arbitration awards by virtue of Utah Code section 78B-11-126, which states that such “judgment[s] may be recorded, docketed, and enforced as any other judgment in a civil action.”
Hitorq v. TCC Veterinary Servs., 2020 UT App 123 (Utah Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 4× “See Utah Code Ann. § 78B-11-126(3) (LexisNexis 2018) (“On application of a prevailing party to a contested judicial proceeding under [the sections governing confirmation, vacatur, and modification of an arbitrator’s award], the court may add reasonable attorney fees and other…”
Ragsdale v. Fishler, 2020 UT 56 (Utah 2020). “This may be true for statutes like the reciprocal attorney-fee statute, UTAH CODE § 78B-5-826, or the Utah Arbitration Act, UTAH CODE § 78B-11-126, whose policies are well-established in our case law.”
Grimmer & Assocs. v. NRLA, 2024 UT App 131 (Utah Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 22× “(quoting Utah Code § 78-31a-16 (1996)), with Utah Code § 78B-11-126. 20220978-CA 19 2024 UT App 131 Grimmer & Associates v.”
Am. Home Sys., LLC v. Cambria Homeowners Ass'n, 265 P.3d 811 (Utah Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 3× “Utah Code section 78B-11-126 states, Upon granting an order confirming, vacating without directing a rehearing, modifying, or correcting an award, the court shall enter a judgment conforming to the award.”
Farm Bureau v. Weston, 2025 UT 42 (Utah 2025). · cites it 2× “” See UTAH CODE § 78B-11-126(1) (“Upon granting an order confirming .”
Westgate v. Adel & Consum. Prot., 2016 UT 2 (Utah 2016). “” UTAH CODE § 78B-11-126(3) (emphasis added). ¶20 Admittedly, this section does not say, “only the court may add reasonable attorney fees,” and there is no reason why the legislature could not, if it chose, give the authority to award these fees both to the district court and to…”
— Utah Code § 78B-11-126(1) — 3 cases
Farm Bureau v. Weston, 2023 UT App 136 (Utah Ct. App. 2023). “These provisions are applicable to judgments entered pursuant to arbitration awards by virtue of Utah Code section 78B-11-126, which states that such “judgment[s] may be recorded, docketed, and enforced as any other judgment in a civil action.”
Am. Home Sys., LLC v. Cambria Homeowners Ass'n, 265 P.3d 811 (Utah Ct. App. 2011). “Utah Code section 78B-11-126 states, Upon granting an order confirming, vacating without directing a rehearing, modifying, or correcting an award, the court shall enter a judgment conforming to the award.”
Farm Bureau v. Weston, 2025 UT 42 (Utah 2025). “” See UTAH CODE § 78B-11-126(1) (“Upon granting an order confirming .”
— Utah Code § 78B-11-126(2) — 1 case
Grimmer & Assocs. v. NRLA, 2024 UT App 131 (Utah Ct. App. 2024). “(quoting Utah Code § 78-31a-16 (1996)), with Utah Code § 78B-11-126. 20220978-CA 19 2024 UT App 131 Grimmer & Associates v.”
— Utah Code § 78B-11-126(3) — 3 cases
Hitorq v. TCC Veterinary Servs., 2021 UT 69 (Utah 2021). “Artz and Stiens request attorney fees under Utah Code section 78B-11-126(3). In support, they rely primarily on judicial statements discussing Utah’s ―long-standing‖ policy of upholding arbitration rulings and discouraging the relitigation of…”
Hitorq v. TCC Veterinary Servs., 2020 UT App 123 (Utah Ct. App. 2020). “See Utah Code Ann. § 78B-11-126(3) (LexisNexis 2018) (“On application of a prevailing party to a contested judicial proceeding under [the sections governing confirmation, vacatur, and modification of an arbitrator’s award], the court may add reasonable attorney fees and other…”
Westgate v. Adel & Consum. Prot., 2016 UT 2 (Utah 2016). “” UTAH CODE § 78B-11-126(3) (emphasis added). ¶20 Admittedly, this section does not say, “only the court may add reasonable attorney fees,” and there is no reason why the legislature could not, if it chose, give the authority to award these fees both to the district court and to…”
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