Title 57, Real Estate

57-22-2. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Owner" means the owner, lessor, or sublessor of a residential rental unit. A managing agent, leasing agent, or resident manager is considered an owner for purposes of notice and other communication required or allowed under this…

57-22-3. Duties of owners and renters -- Generally. (1) Each owner and the owner's agent renting or leasing a residential rental unit shall maintain that unit in a condition fit for human habitation and in accordance with local ordinances and the rules of the board of health havi…

57-22-4. Owner's duties. (1) To protect the physical health and safety of the ordinary renter, an owner: (a) may not rent the premises unless they are safe, sanitary, and fit for human occupancy; and (b) shall: (i) maintain common areas of the residential rental unit in a sanitar…

57-22-4.1. Failure to deliver possession of residential rental unit -- Renter's option to terminate rental agreement -- Abatement of rent. (1) If an owner fails to deliver possession of a residential rental unit on the date provided in the rental agreement: (a) the renter may, by…

57-22-5. Renter's duties -- Cleanliness and sanitation -- Compliance with written agreement -- Destruction of property, interference with peaceful enjoyment prohibited. (1) Each renter shall: (a) comply with the rules of the board of health having jurisdiction in the area in whic…

57-22-5.1. Crime victim's right to new locks -- Domestic violence victim's right to terminate rental agreement -- Limits an owner relating to assistance from public safety agency. (1) As used in this section: (a)(i) "Court order" means, except as provided in Subsection (1)(a)(ii)…

57-22-5.1. Crime victim's right to new locks -- Domestic violence victim's right to terminate rental agreement -- Limits an owner relating to assistance from public safety agency. (1) As used in this section: (a)(i) "Court order" means, except as provided in Subsection (1)(a)(ii)…

57-22-6. Renter remedies for deficient condition of residential rental unit. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Corrective period" means: (i) for a standard of habitability, three calendar days; and (ii) for a requirement imposed by a rental agreement, 10 calendar days. (b) "Defic…

57-22-7. Limitation on counties and municipalities. (1) A county or municipality may not adopt an ordinance, resolution, or regulation that is inconsistent with this chapter. (2)(a) Subsection (1) may not be construed to limit the ability of a county or municipality to enforce an…

57-23-1. Short title. This chapter is known as the "Real Estate Cooperative Marketing Act."

57-23-10. Prosecution -- Penalties. (1) The director may refer any available evidence concerning violations of this chapter or of any rule or order under this chapter to the attorney general or the appropriate prosecuting attorney, who may, in turn, institute the appropriate civi…

57-23-2. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Cooperative" means a form of coownership of real estate in which: (a) the fee interest in the real estate is held by a corporation, partnership, trust, or other legal entity; (b) an individual's interest in the cooperative is ev…

57-23-3. Administration by division. This chapter shall be administered by the Division of Real Estate.

57-23-4. Exclusions. This chapter does not apply to: (1) an interest in real estate regulated under Title 57, Chapter 19, Timeshare and Camp Resort Act; (2) an offering for an interest in real estate which is regulated under: (a) Title 61, Chapter 1, Utah Uniform Securities Act; …

57-23-5. License required. Except as provided by Section 61-2f-202, an individual may not offer, sell, or otherwise dispose of a cooperative interest in this state unless the individual is licensed by the division under Title 61, Chapter 2f, Real Estate Licensing and Practices Ac…

57-23-6. Disclosure required. (1) An individual may not offer, sell, or otherwise dispose of a cooperative interest in this state without making oral and written disclosure to the prospective purchaser regarding: (a) the actual property interest being sold; (b) the actual right o…

57-23-7. Investigatory powers and proceedings of division. (1) The division may: (a) make necessary public or private investigations within or outside of this state to determine whether any person has violated or is about to violate this chapter or any rule or order made by the d…

57-23-8. Enforcement powers of division -- Cease and desist orders. (1)(a) If the director has reason to believe that any person has been or is engaging in conduct violating this chapter, or has violated any lawful order or rule of the division, the director shall issue and serve…

57-23-9. Voidable agreements. Any agreement to purchase an interest in a real estate cooperative entered into in violation of this chapter may, at the option of the purchaser, be voided and the purchaser's entire consideration paid together with interest at the legal rate, any co…

57-24-101. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1)(a) "Flag" means a depiction or emblem: (i)(A) of the flag of the United States as provided in United States Code Title 4, Chapter 1, The Flag; or (B) of the state flag of Utah as provided in Section 63G-1-501; (ii) made from fa…

57-24-102. Restriction on prohibition of display of flag. (1) A residential property management authority may not prohibit a resident from displaying a flag: (a) consistent with the guidelines in United States Code Title 4, Chapter 1, The Flag; (b) within an area over which the r…

57-25-101. Title -- Scope. (1) This chapter is known as the "Uniform Environmental Covenants Act." (2)(a) This chapter applies to an environmental covenant created on or after May 1, 2006. (b) Title 19, Chapter 10, Environmental Institutional Control Act, applies to an environmen…

57-25-102. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Activity and use limitations" means restrictions or obligations created under this chapter with respect to real property. (2) "Agency" means the Utah Department of Environmental Quality or other state or federal agency that de…

57-25-103. Nature of rights -- Subordination of interests. (1)(a) Any person, including a person that owns an interest in the real property, the agency, or a municipality or other unit of local government, may be a holder. (b) An environmental covenant may identify more than one …

57-25-104. Contents of environmental covenant. (1) An environmental covenant must: (a) state that the instrument is an environmental covenant executed under this chapter; (b) contain a legally sufficient description of the real property subject to the covenant; (c) describe the a…

57-25-105. Validity -- Effect on other instruments. (1) An environmental covenant that complies with this chapter runs with the land. (2) An environmental covenant that is otherwise effective is valid and enforceable even if: (a) it is not appurtenant to an interest in real prope…

57-25-106. Relationship to other land use law. (1) This chapter does not authorize a use of real property that is otherwise prohibited by: (a) a zoning law; (b) law other than this chapter regulating use of real property; or (c) a recorded instrument that has priority over the en…

57-25-107. Notice. (1) A copy of an environmental covenant shall be provided by the persons and in the manner required by the agency to: (a) each person that signed the covenant; (b) each person holding a recorded interest in the real property subject to the covenant; (c) each pe…

57-25-108. Recording. (1)(a) An environmental covenant and any amendment or termination of the covenant must be recorded in every county in which any portion of the real property subject to the covenant is located. (b) For purposes of indexing, a holder shall be treated as a gran…

57-25-109. Duration -- Amendment by court action. (1) An environmental covenant is perpetual unless it is: (a)(i) limited to a specific duration by its terms; or (ii) terminated by the occurrence of a specific event; (b) terminated by consent under Section 57-25-110; (c) terminat…

57-25-110. Amendment or termination by consent. (1) An environmental covenant may be amended or terminated by consent only if the amendment or termination is signed by: (a) the agency; (b) unless waived by the agency, the current owner of the fee simple of the real property subje…

57-25-111. Enforcement of environmental covenant. (1) A civil action for injunctive or other equitable relief for violation of an environmental covenant may be maintained by: (a) a party to the covenant; (b) the agency; (c) any person to whom the covenant expressly grants power t…

57-25-112. Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among jurisdictions that enact it.

57-25-113. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 1…

57-25-114. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and t…

57-26-101. Title. This chapter is known as the "Utah Uniform Assignment of Rents Act."

57-26-102. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Assignee" means a person entitled to enforce an assignment of rents. (2) "Assignment of rents" means a transfer of an interest in rents in connection with an obligation secured by real property located in this state and from w…

57-26-103. Manner of giving notification. (1) Except as otherwise provided in Subsections (3) and (4), a person gives a notification or a copy of a notification under this chapter: (a) by depositing it with the United States Postal Service or with a commercially reasonable delive…

57-26-104. Security instrument creates assignment of rents -- Assignment of rents creates security interest. (1) An enforceable security instrument creates an assignment of rents arising from the real property described in the security instrument, unless the security instrument p…

57-26-105. Recordation -- Perfection of security interest in rents -- Priority of conflicting interests in rents. (1) A document creating an assignment of rents may be submitted for recording in the office of the county recorder for the county in which the property is situated in…

57-26-106. Enforcement of security interest in rents. (1) An assignee may enforce an assignment of rents using one or more of the methods specified in Sections 57-26-107, 57-26-108, and 57-26-109 or any other method sufficient to enforce the assignment under law of this state oth…

57-26-107. Enforcement by appointment of receiver. (1) An assignee is entitled to the appointment of a receiver for the real property subject to the assignment of rents if: (a) the assignor is in default and: (i) the assignor has agreed in a signed document to the appointment of …

57-26-108. Enforcement by notification to assignor. (1) Upon the assignor's default, or as otherwise agreed by the assignor, the assignee may give the assignor a notification demanding that the assignor pay over the proceeds of any rents that the assignee is entitled to collect u…

57-26-109. Enforcement by notification to tenant. (1) Upon the assignor's default, or as otherwise agreed by the assignor, the assignee may give to a tenant of the real property a notification demanding that the tenant pay to the assignee all unpaid accrued rents and all unaccrue…

57-26-110. Notification to tenant -- Form. No particular phrasing is required for the notification specified in Section 57-26-109. However, the following form of notification, when properly completed, is sufficient to satisfy the requirements of Section 57-26-109: NOTIFICATION TO…

57-26-111. Effect of enforcement. The enforcement of an assignment of rents by one or more of the methods identified in Sections 57-26-107, 57-26-108, and 57-26-109, the application of proceeds by the assignee under Section 57-26-112 after enforcement, the payment of expenses und…