H.B. 29

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COUNTY RECORDER INDEX AMENDMENTS

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2014 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: R. Curt Webb

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Senate Sponsor: Ralph Okerlund

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      Committee Note:
             9          The Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee
             10      recommended this bill.
             11      General Description:
             12          This bill amends Title 17, Chapter 21, Recorder.
             13      Highlighted Provisions:
             14          This bill:
             15          .    requires county recorders to keep an index of certain water right numbers.
             16      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             17          None
             18      Other Special Clauses:
             19          None
             20      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             21      AMENDS:
             22           17-21-6 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 88
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             24      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             25          Section 1. Section 17-21-6 is amended to read:
             26           17-21-6. General duties of recorder -- Records and indexes.
             27          (1) Each recorder shall:


             28          (a) keep an entry record, in which the recorder shall, upon acceptance and recording of
             29      any instrument, enter the instrument in the order of its recording, the names of the parties to the
             30      instrument, its date, the hour, the day of the month and the year of recording, and a brief
             31      description, and endorse upon each instrument a number corresponding with the number of the
             32      entry;
             33          (b) keep a grantors' index, in which the recorder shall index deeds and final judgments
             34      or decrees partitioning or affecting the title to or possession of real property, which shall show
             35      the entry number of the instrument, the name of each grantor in alphabetical order, the name of
             36      the grantee, the date of the instrument, the time of recording, the kind of instrument, the book
             37      and page, and a brief description;
             38          (c) keep a grantees' index, in which the recorder shall index deeds and final judgments
             39      or decrees partitioning or affecting the title to or possession of real property, which shall show
             40      the entry number of the instrument, the name of each grantee in alphabetical order, the name of
             41      the grantor, the date of the instrument, the time of recording, the kind of instrument, the book
             42      and page, and a brief description;
             43          (d) keep a mortgagors' index, in which the recorder shall enter all mortgages, deeds of
             44      trust, liens, and other instruments in the nature of an encumbrance upon real estate, which shall
             45      show the entry number of the instrument, the name of each mortgagor, debtor, or person
             46      charged with the encumbrance in alphabetical order, the name of the mortgagee, lien holder,
             47      creditor, or claimant, the date of the instrument, the time of recording, the instrument,
             48      consideration, the book and page, and a brief description;
             49          (e) keep a mortgagees' index, in which the recorder shall enter all mortgages, deeds of
             50      trust, liens, and other instruments in the nature of an encumbrance upon real estate, which shall
             51      show the entry number of the instrument, the name of each mortgagee, lien holder, creditor, or
             52      claimant, in alphabetical order, the name of the mortgagor or person charged with the
             53      encumbrance, the date of the instrument, the time of recording, the kind of instrument, the
             54      consideration, the book and page, and a brief description;
             55          (f) subject to Subsection (3), keep a tract index, which shall show by description every
             56      instrument recorded, the date and the kind of instrument, the time of recording, and the book
             57      and page and entry number;
             58          (g) keep an index of recorded maps, plats, and subdivisions;


             59          (h) keep an index of powers of attorney showing the date and time of recording, the
             60      book, the page, and the entry number;
             61          (i) keep a miscellaneous index, in which the recorder shall enter all instruments of a
             62      miscellaneous character not otherwise provided for in this section, showing the date of
             63      recording, the book, the page, the entry number, the kind of instrument, from, to, and the
             64      parties;
             65          (j) keep an index of judgments showing the judgment debtors, the judgment creditors,
             66      the amount of judgment, the date and time of recording, the satisfaction, and the book, the
             67      page, and the entry number; [and]
             68          (k) keep a general recording index in which the recorder shall index all executions and
             69      writs of attachment, and any other instruments not required by law to be spread upon the
             70      records, and in separate columns the recorder shall enter the names of the plaintiffs in the
             71      execution and the names of the defendants in the execution[.]; and
             72          (l) keep an index of water right numbers that are included on an instrument recorded on
             73      or after May 13, 2014, showing the date and time of recording, the book and the page or the
             74      entry number, and the kind of instrument.
             75          (2) The recorder shall alphabetically arrange the indexes required by this section and
             76      keep a reverse index.
             77          (3) (a) The tract index required by Subsection (1)(f) shall be kept so that it shows a true
             78      chain of title to each tract or parcel, together with each encumbrance on the tract or parcel,
             79      according to the records of the office.
             80          (b) A recorder shall abstract an instrument in the tract index unless:
             81          (i) the instrument is required to contain a legal description under Section 17-21-20 or
             82      Section 57-3-105 and does not contain that legal description; or
             83          (ii) the instrument contains errors, omissions, or defects to the extent that the tract or
             84      parcel to which the instrument relates cannot be determined.
             85          (c) If a recorder abstracts an instrument in the tract index or another index required by
             86      this section, the recorder may:
             87          (i) use a tax parcel number;
             88          (ii) use a site address;
             89          (iii) reference to other instruments of record recited on the instrument; or


             90          (iv) reference another instrument that is recorded concurrently with the instrument.
             91          (d) A recorder is not required to go beyond the face of an instrument to determine the
             92      tract or parcel to which an instrument may relate.
             93          (e) A person may not bring an action against a recorder for injuries or damages
             94      suffered as a result of information contained in an instrument recorded in a tract index or other
             95      index that is required by this section despite errors, omissions, or defects in the instrument.
             96          (f) The fact that a recorded instrument described in Subsection (3)(e) is included in the
             97      tract index does not cure a failure to give public notice caused by an error, omission, or defect.
             98          (g) A document that is indexed in all or part of the indexes required by this section
             99      shall give constructive notice.
             100          (4) Nothing in this section prevents the recorder from using a single name index if that
             101      index includes all of the indexes required by this section.




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