Judiciary and Judicial Administration
Justice Court
Section 117
Judgment not a lien unless so recorded.
     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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