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Utah · Through 2026 General Session

Utah Code § 75A-1-209: Deposits in a fiduciary's personal account.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 75A Fiduciaries
  2. Chapter 75A-1 Fiduciaries
  3. Part 75A-1-2 Payments and Deposits by Fiduciaries

If a principal authorizes a fiduciary to write or endorse a check for the principal, and the fiduciary writes a check payable to the fiduciary and deposits the check in a bank into the fiduciary's personal account:

(1) the bank is not bound to inquire whether a fiduciary is committing a breach of the fiduciary's obligation to a principal; and

(2) the bank is authorized to pay the amount of the deposit or any part of a personal check of the fiduciary without being liable to the principal unless:

(a) the bank deposits the check for a fiduciary with actual knowledge that the fiduciary is committing a breach of the fiduciary's obligation in depositing the check; or

(b) the bank knows that depositing the check for the fiduciary amounts to bad faith.

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