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Utah Code § 78B-2-207 (2026)

Actions or defenses founded upon title to real estate

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An action, defense, or counterclaim to an action based upon title to the property or entitlement to the rents or profits from the property shall be brought:

not later than seven years after the act on which it is based; and
by the ancestor, predecessor, or grantor of the person who owned or possessed the property for seven years before the act in Subsection (1) took place.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2011–2023 · leading case: Young Res. Ltd. P'ship v. Promontory Landfill LLC, 2018 UT App 99 (Utah Ct. App. 2018).
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Young Res. Ltd. P'ship v. Promontory Landfill LLC, 2018 UT App 99 (Utah Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “As the district court noted, Utah Code has provided several statute of limitations, which could apply in the case at hand: a seven-year limitation for actions founded upon real estate; a six-year limitation for actions based upon contract, obligation, or liability founded upon a…”
Pierucci v. Pierucci, 331 P.3d 7 (Utah Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “Utah Code Ann. § 78B-2-207 (LexisNexis 2012).”
Grgich v. Grgich, 2011 UT App 214 (Utah Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 6× “See Utah Code Ann. § 78B-2-207 (2008). 17 A second bench trial was held in June and July of 2009 before Judge Henriod.”
Fernwood Place v. Layton Partners Holdings, 2023 UT App 43 (Utah Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 8× “(Quoting Utah Code § 78B-2-207.) Instead, Fernwood’s claim was “solely for money damages” related to the period when the lien was in place, making it subject to the three-year limitation period.”
EP Energy E&P Co., L.P. (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 2022). “Utah Code Ann. § 78B-2-207 (2022); see also Trail Mountain Coal Co.”
— Utah Code § 78B-2-207(1) — 1 case
Fernwood Place v. Layton Partners Holdings, 2023 UT App 43 (Utah Ct. App. 2023). “(Quoting Utah Code § 78B-2-207.) Instead, Fernwood’s claim was “solely for money damages” related to the period when the lien was in place, making it subject to the three-year limitation period.”
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