S.B. 127

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COUNTY RECORDER AMENDMENTS
2 2000 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: R. Mont Evans
5 AN ACT RELATING TO COUNTIES; AUTHORIZING COUNTY RECORDERS TO REQUIRE
6 CERTAIN INFORMATION ON INSTRUMENTS BEFORE THEY MAY BE RECORDED;
7 AND MAKING TECHNICAL CHANGES.
8 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
9 AMENDS:
10 17-21-20, as last amended by Chapter 85, Laws of Utah 1999
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
12 Section 1. Section 17-21-20 is amended to read:
13 17-21-20. Recording required.
14 [Each] (1) Subject to Subsection (2), each paper, notice, and instrument required by law
15 to be filed in the office of the county recorder shall be recorded unless otherwise provided.
16 (2) h [ A ] (a) TO FACILITATE THE ABSTRACTING OF AN INSTRUMENT, A h county recorder
16a may require that the applicable tax serial number of each parcel
17 affected by the instrument appear on each instrument before it may be accepted for recording.
17a h (b) IF A COUNTY RECORDER REQUIRES THE APPLICABLE TAX SERIAL NUMBER TO BE
17b ON AN INSTRUMENT BEFORE IT MAY BE RECORDED:
17c (i) THE COUNTY RECORDER SHALL POST A NOTICE OF THAT REQUIREMENT IN A
17d CONSPICUOUS PLACE AT THE RECORDER'S OFFICE;
17e (ii) THE TAX SERIAL NUMBER MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF THE LEGAL
17f DESCRIPTION AND MAY BE INDICATED ON THE MARGIN OF THE INSTRUMENT; AND
17g (iii) AN ERROR IN THE TAX SERIAL NUMBER DOES NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF THE
17h INSTRUMENT OR EFFECTIVENESS OF THE RECORDING. h



Legislative Review Note
as of 1-11-00 11:51 AM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

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