{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-38-12-103","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 38-12-103","heading":"Failure to notify -- Effect -- Penalty.","body":"(1)\n(a) A person who fails to meet the notice requirements of Subsections 38-12-102(1) and (2) is precluded from receiving an award of costs and attorneys' fees from the person against whom a notice of lien has been filed in an action to enforce the lien if costs and attorneys' fees are authorized by contract or statute.\n(b) Subsection (1)(a) does not create a right to costs and attorneys' fees.\n(2) In addition to the penalties provided in Subsection (1)(a), a lien claimant who, within 20 days from the date of receiving notice of noncompliance with the notice requirements of Subsection 38-12-102(1) or (2), willfully refuses to release the notice of lien or record the lien in compliance with Section 38-12-102 is liable to the person against whom the notice of lien was filed for $1,000 or for treble damages, whichever is greater.\n(3) Failure to meet the notice requirements of Subsections 38-12-102(1) and (2) does not:\n(a) invalidate any lien arising at common law or in equity or by any statute of this state; or\n(b) affect the rules of priority provided in Title 70A, Chapter 9a, Uniform Commercial Code - Secured Transactions.","path":["Title 38 Liens","Chapter 38-12 Notice of Lien Filing"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title38/Chapter12/38-12-S103.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"11b8030250024682b79496fd089e4b52d3f5fa7fe4812981d06c5d3798e0f9a6","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-38-12-102","next":"us-ut/utah-code-38-12-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}