All Roll Calls
Yes: 120 • No: 0
UtahH.B. 2112026 General SessionHouseWALLET
Real Property Recording Amendments
Sponsored By: Scott H. Chew (Republican)
Signed by Governor
CountiesNatural ResourcesPolitical Subdivisions (Local Issues)Real Property
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Bill Overview
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4 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 4 mixed.
Clearer rules for government property papers
A state or local government document can be recorded without an acknowledgment only if it was signed on or before July 1, 1988, or it bears the lieutenant governor’s Great Seal. Otherwise, it must include a certificate of acknowledgment or jurat. The law defines a certified copy and accepts duplicates certified by the custodian or kept by a government, court, or tribe. It also defines a public entity affidavit: a notarized statement by an authorized public officer or employee that the entity agrees to take a deed.
New definition of stigmatized property
The law updates what counts as stigmatized property. It includes places of homicide, other felonies, or suicide; homes of people with infectious diseases that the Department of Health and Human Services says cannot be transferred by occupancy; and properties cleaned after illegal drug contamination. This definition guides what sellers and agents disclose in real estate deals.
New rules for plats and boundaries
You cannot record a plat that shows a local boundary change unless the county surveyor approves it as a final local entity plat. You must also record the original notice of the boundary action, the lieutenant governor’s certificate, and other required papers. In first‑class counties, the recorder must record compliant plats from the Point of the Mountain State Land Authority. The plat must be legible and list subdivision names, parcel lines, addresses, sizes, and all known rights‑of‑way, easements, and water conveyance facilities. After recording boundary‑action documents, the recorder must send copies to the State Tax Commission within 10 days.
Online recording and new filing rules
The law requires every county to accept electronic recording of instruments by Jan 1, 2022 and plats by Jan 1, 2023. If you file on paper, a recorder may require 8.5" x 11" white paper, one‑inch margins, a blank upper‑right space on the first page, single‑sided black print, and text at least seven lines per inch. Your document generally must be an original or certified copy, in English or with an English translation, have a short title, the legal description, original signatures, and a notarization unless another law or the lieutenant governor’s Great Seal allows otherwise. A recorder may require the parcel tax ID on the instrument; mistakes in that number do not affect the document’s validity. The formatting rules do not apply to plats, government death certificates, military discharges, IRS papers, or court‑filed documents that meet court format. The act takes effect May 6, 2026.
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Scott H. Chew
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Heidi Balderree
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 2/11/2026
Senate/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 24 • No: 0
House vote • 2/5/2026
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 5 • No: 0
House vote • 2/5/2026
Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
Yes: 5 • No: 0
House vote • 1/29/2026
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 70 • No: 0
House vote • 1/26/2026
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 8 • No: 0
House vote • 1/26/2026
House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
Yes: 8 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/17/2026House/ to Governor
3/3/2026HouseHouse/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/3/2026HouseHouse/ enrolled bill to Printing
2/20/2026HouseEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
2/20/2026Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
2/13/2026Bill Received from House for Enrolling
2/13/2026House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
2/12/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
2/12/2026HouseSenate/ to House
2/11/2026SenateSenate/ signed by President/ returned to House
2/11/2026SenateSenate/ passed 3rd reading
2/11/2026SenateSenate/ 3rd reading
2/11/2026SenateSenate/ 2nd reading
2/6/2026SenateSenate/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar
2/6/2026SenateSenate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
2/5/2026Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
2/5/2026Senate/ to standing committee
2/3/2026SenateSenate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
1/30/2026SenateSenate/ received from House
1/29/2026SenateHouse/ to Senate
1/29/2026HouseHouse/ passed 3rd reading
1/29/2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
1/29/2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
1/27/2026HouseHouse/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar
1/27/2026House
Bill Text
Enrolled
2/20/2026
Introduced
1/9/2026
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