{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-38-7-2.5","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 38-7-2.5","heading":"Failure to notify -- Effect -- Penalty.","body":"(1)\n(a) A person who fails to meet the notice requirements of Subsections 38-7-2(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 38-7-2(1) or (2), willfully refuses to release the notice of lien or record the lien in compliance with Section 38-7-2 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 38-7-2(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 38-7 Hospital Lien Law"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title38/Chapter7/38-7-S2.5.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"d4f28c0777e66dbe650635f22cbafb620041e61220b9f91c7a5e6ea6f3de3db4","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-38-7-2","next":"us-ut/utah-code-38-7-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}