Title 17, Counties

17-71-102. Seal. The county recorder shall have a seal, furnished by the county legislative body, the impression of which shall contain: (1) the words: "State of Utah, County Recorder"; and (2) the name of the county in which the seal is to be used.

17-71-103. County recorder duties in certain counties. In counties where there is no elected surveyor, the county recorder shall fulfill the duties of a county surveyor as described in Subsection 17-73-201(1)(c).

17-71-301. Document custody responsibility -- Compliance with County Recorder Standards Board rules -- Compliance with county appeal authority. The county recorder: (1) is custodian of all recorded documents, records, and associated data required by law to be recorded; (2) shall …

17-71-301.5. Digital authentication of county records -- Standards and approval process. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Digital authentication" means a method of verifying the identity of a person and the integrity of an electronic document using tamper-evident technology that…

17-71-302. General duties -- Records and indexes. (1) The county recorder shall: (a) upon acceptance and recording of an instrument: (i) endorse on the instrument: (A) an entry number corresponding with the acceptance and recording; (B) the date of acceptance and recording, inclu…

17-71-303. Ownership plats -- Use of geographic information systems or computer systems. (1) The county recorder shall prepare and keep ownership plats that: (a) are drawn to a convenient scale; (b) show the record owners of each tract of land in the county; and (c) show the dime…

17-71-304. Annual revision -- Reporting changes in ownership to county assessors -- Use of geographic information systems or computer systems. (1) The county recorder shall: (a) each year, prepare copies of ownership plats and descriptions, showing record owners at noon on Januar…

17-71-305. Acknowledgments and administrations of oaths. County recorders may take and certify acknowledgments and administer oaths.

17-71-306. Establishment of county recorder appeal authority. (1) On or before July 1, 2023, a county legislative body shall, by ordinance, establish an appeal authority to hear and decide appeals from a county recorder's application of rules made by the County Recorder Standards…

17-71-307. Prohibited acts. (1)(a) Upon acceptance of an instrument entitled to be recorded, the county recorder may not: (i) record the instrument in any manner other than the manner required by this chapter; (ii) alter, change, obliterate, or insert any new matter in any instru…

17-71-401. Recording procedures -- Endorsements of entry number required on documents. (1) When a document is accepted by the county recorder's office for recording, the county recorder shall: (a) endorse upon the first page of the document the relevant information described in S…

17-71-402. Recording required -- County recorder may impose requirements on documents to be recorded -- Requirements for recording local entity plat -- Point of the Mountain State Land Authority plat. (1) Subject to Subsections (3), (4), and (5), a county recorder shall record ea…

17-71-403. Names of persons signing to be typed or printed on instruments presented for recording. (1)(a) Each instrument presented to the county recorder for recording shall have typed or printed on it the name of each person whose signature appears on the instrument whose name …

17-71-404. Public record of original documents or copies -- Receipt of recording. (1) After accepting a document for recording, receiving the fees for recording it, and completing recording procedures, the county recorder shall, only if required by statute, keep the original docu…

17-71-405. Records open to inspection -- Copies. (1) All instruments of record and all indexes required by this chapter are open to public inspection during office hours, except: (a) instruments classified as private under Section 63G-2-302; (b) military records described in Sect…

17-71-406. Redacting personal information. (1)(a) An individual may request, in accordance with Subsection (2), to have the county recorder create a redacted version of a previously recorded instrument. (b) The redacted version of a previously recorded instrument will, in accorda…

17-71-407. Fees -- Fees paid in advance. (1) The county recorder may not record any instrument, furnish any copies, or provide any service connected with the office of the county recorder until the relevant fees described in this section or established by county ordinance or reso…

17-71-408. Notice given by recording. (1) Each document from the time of recording gives notice to all persons of the contents of the recorded document. (2) Subsequent purchasers, mortgagees, and lien holders purchase and encumber with the same notice and effect as if the certifi…

17-71-501. Indexing of deeds and other instruments. Deeds and other instruments affecting real estate made by a United States marshal, a sheriff, master in chancery, special commissioner, executor, administrator, guardian, trustee, or other person with legal authority to act in b…

17-71-502. Judgments affecting real estate. (1) A county recorder shall record for real property, any part of which is located in the county: (a) a judgment affecting the real property; (b) a release, assignment, renewal, or extension of a judgment lien affecting the real propert…

17-71-503. Military records -- Evidence. (1) Upon presentation, the county recorder shall: (a) record, free of charge: (i) discharges from the United States military, naval, or marine service; and (ii) orders, citations, and decorations of honor relating to an individual while th…

17-71-504. Notice of significant private airports. (1) As used in this section, "significant private airport" means the same as that term is defined in Section 72-10-102. (2) If a county receives a notification described in Section 72-10-416, the county land use authority shall r…

17-71-601. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Commission" means the Utah Electronic Recording Commission established in Section 17-21a-302. (2) "Document" means information that is: (a) inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is …

17-71-602. Validity of electronic documents. (1) If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a document be an original, be on paper or another tangible medium, or be in writing, the requirement is satisfied by an electronic document satisfying this chapter. (2) If a law…

17-71-603. Recording of documents. (1) As used in this section, "paper document" means a document that is received by the county recorder in a form that is not electronic. (2) A county recorder: (a) may receive, index, store, archive, and transmit electronic documents; (b) may pr…

17-71-604. Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

17-71-605. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. This part modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001, et seq.) but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c…

17-72-101. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Commissary account" means an account from which a prisoner may withdraw money, deposited by the prisoner or another individual, to purchase discretionary items for sale by a correctional facility. (2) "Commissary purchase" mea…

17-72-201. County sheriff qualifications -- Declaring office vacant -- Term. (1) Each individual filing a declaration of candidacy for the office of county sheriff shall submit to the county clerk, at the time of filing a declaration of candidacy, a certificate issued by the Peac…

17-72-301. General duties. (1) The sheriff shall: (a) preserve the peace; (b) make all lawful arrests; (c)(i) attend in person or by deputy: (A) the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals when required; or (B) when the court is held within the sheriff's county, all courts of reco…

17-72-302. Primary law enforcement authority. The sheriff is the primary law enforcement authority of state law on federal land except as otherwise assigned by law to the authority of a state or municipal law enforcement agency.

17-72-303. Duty to respond to county legislative body, county executive. The county sheriff shall respond to a request for assistance made by the county legislative body or county executive in accordance with Section 17-66-506.

17-72-304. Fees. (1)(a) The legislative body of a county may set a fee for a service described in this section and charged by the county sheriff: (i) in an ordinance adopted under Section 17-64-501; and (ii) in an amount reasonably related to, but not exceeding, the actual cost o…

17-72-305. Certain liability. The sheriff is liable for the rescue of an individual arrested in a civil action equally as for an escape.

17-72-401. County jails -- Sheriff as keeper -- Contracting with private contractor. (1) The county jail shall be kept by the sheriff and shall be used for: (a) the detention of an individual committed to jail to secure the individual's attendance as a witness in a criminal case;…

17-72-402. Sheriff's classification of jail facilities -- Maximum operating capacity of jail facilities -- Limitations on contracting -- Transfer or release of prisoners -- Limitation -- Records regarding release. (1)(a) Except as provided in Subsection (5), a county sheriff shal…

17-72-403. Special guards for county jail. (1) The sheriff when necessary may with the assent of the county executive employ a temporary guard for the protection of the county jail, or for the safekeeping of prisoners. (2) The expenses of a temporary guard employed under Subsecti…

17-72-404. County jails authorized to hold federal prisoners. An individual convicted of crime in any of the courts of the United States in the state of Utah and prisoners held to answer before a federal court for a violation of any of the laws of the United States shall be recei…

17-72-405. Commissary account disclosure requirements. (1) A correctional facility may implement a policy governing when the correctional facility withdraws money from a prisoner's commissary account for a purpose other than a commissary purchase. (2) A correctional facility may …

17-72-406. Maintaining order in the county jail -- Imposing restitution. (1) If a prisoner commits an act of violence against another individual, attempts to damage jail property, attempts to escape, or refuses to obey a lawful order and reasonable command, an officer or jail emp…

17-72-407. Notice to county jail facilities. (1) Before an order is entered granting visitation or correspondence between an individual and a prisoner, the moving party shall provide notice to the county jail facility administrator. (2) The court shall: (a) provide an opportunity…

17-72-408. County jail reporting requirements. (1) Each county jail shall submit a report to the department before June 15 of each year that includes, for the preceding calendar year: (a) the average daily prisoner population each month; (b) the number of prisoners in the county …

17-72-409. Suicide Deterrence Grant application. A county sheriff, on behalf of a county jail, may apply for a Suicide Deterrence Grant as described in Section 17E-6-201.

17-72-410. Correctional facility telephone service. A county sheriff shall comply with Section 17E-6-301.

17-72-411. Assistance with identification records for certain county inmates. (1) Beginning July 1, 2026, for a county inmate sentenced to serve at least six months in a county jail, the county jail shall: (a) determine whether the county inmate has a current state-issued driver …

17-72-501. Disclosure of prisoner medical clearance -- Care and health care of prisoners -- Funding of services -- Private contractor. (1)(a) A health care provider, as defined in Section 78B-3-403, who provides health care to an individual before the individual is booked into a …