{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-38-1a-303","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 38-1a-303","heading":"Limits on attachment, garnishment, and execution levy -- Subcontractor lien not affected by payments, debts, offsets, and counterclaims involving other parties.","body":"(1) An assignment, attachment, or garnishment of or encumbrance or execution levy on money that an owner owes to an original contractor is not valid as against a subcontractor's preconstruction or construction lien.\n(2) An assignment, attachment, or garnishment of or encumbrance or execution levy on money that an original contractor owes to a subcontractor is not valid as against a lien of a laborer employed by the day or piece.\n(3) The preconstruction or construction lien of a subcontractor may not be diminished, impaired, or otherwise affected by:\n(a) a payment, whether in cash or in-kind, to the original contractor or another subcontractor;\n(b) a debt owed by the original contractor to the owner;\n(c) a debt owed by another subcontractor to the original contractor or to a third subcontractor; or\n(d) an offset or counterclaim in favor of the owner against the original contractor, or in favor of the original contractor against another subcontractor, or in favor of another subcontractor against a third subcontractor.","path":["Title 38 Liens","Chapter 38-1a Preconstruction and Construction Liens","Part 38-1a-3 Provisions Applicable to Preconstruction Liens and Construction Liens"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title38/Chapter1a/38-1a-S303.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"62c717bcded77587b3863b02fa79f70e0d78d9978ac538b2956419ccdb5aaeba","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-38-1a-302","next":"us-ut/utah-code-38-1a-304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}