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Section 117 | Judgment not a lien unless so recorded. |
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78A-7-117. Judgment not a lien unless so recorded. (1) Except as provided under Subsection (3), a judgment rendered in a justice court does not create a lien upon any real property of the judgment debtor unless the judgment or abstract of the judgment: (a) is recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the real property of the judgment debtor is located; and (b) contains the information identifying the judgment debtor as referred to in Subsection 78B-5-201(4) either: (i) in the judgment or abstract of judgment; or (ii) as a separate information statement of the judgment creditor as referred to in Subsection 78B-5-201(5). (2) The lien runs for eight years from the date the judgment was entered in the district court under Section 78B-5-202 unless the judgment is earlier satisfied. (3) State agencies are exempt from the recording requirement of Subsection (1).
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session |
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