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Utah Code Title 38. Liens § 38-9-202. County recorder may reject wrongful lien within scope of employment--Good faith requirement

Current as of May 05, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(1)(a) A county recorder may refuse to record a lien if the county recorder determines that the lien is a wrongful lien.

(b) If the county recorder refuses to record a lien in accordance with Subsection (1)(a), the county recorder shall immediately return the original document together with a notice that the document was rejected pursuant to this section to the person attempting to record the document or to the address provided on the document.

(2) A county recorder who, within the scope of the county recorder's employment, rejects or accepts a document for recording in good faith under this section is not liable for damages.

(3) If a document that a county recorder refuses to record under this section is later found not to be a wrongful lien pursuant to a court order, it shall have no retroactive recording priority.

(4) Nothing in this chapter precludes a person from pursuing any remedy pursuant to Utah Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 65A, Injunctions.

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