Utah Code § 78B-6-1304.5: Civil liability for recording wrongful notice of pendency -- Damages.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 78B Judicial Code
- Chapter 78B-6 Particular Proceedings
- Part 78B-6-13 Quiet Title
A person is liable to the record owner of real property, or to a person with a leasehold interest in the real property that is damaged by the maintenance of a notice of pendency, for $10,000 or for treble actual damages, whichever is greater, and for reasonable attorney fees and costs, if the person records or causes to be recorded a notice of pendency against the real property, knowing or having reason to know that:
(1) legal action against the property has not been filed as required by Section 78B-6-1303;
(2) the notice is groundless;
(3) the notice fails to comply with the notice requirements of Subsection 78B-6-1303(2); or
(4) the notice contains an intentional material misstatement or false claim.
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