{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-41-1a-601","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 41-1a-601","heading":"Lien validity -- Security interest.","body":"(1) Except as provided under Subsection (2) or (3), a lien upon a vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor, except a lien dependent upon possession, is not valid against the creditors of an owner acquiring a lien by levy or attachment, or subsequent purchasers, or encumbrancers without notice until Sections 41-1a-602 through 41-1a-606 have been complied with.\n(2) Security interests in inventory consisting in part of vehicles subject to registration under this chapter, that are held for sale by a person in the business of selling goods of that kind, shall be perfected under Section 70A-9a-310, except that:\n(a) buyers in the ordinary course of business, as defined in Section 70A-1a-201, take free of the security interests as provided in Section 70A-9a-320; and\n(b) security interests of persons extending credit to buyers in the ordinary course of business, as defined in Section 70A-1a-201, take free of the security interests as provided in Section 70A-9a-320.\n(3) Security interests in inventory consisting in part of vehicles subject to registration under this chapter, which are held for sale by a person in the business of selling goods of that kind, shall be perfected under Section 70A-9a-310, except that a lienholder with a security interest noted on the title shall have priority unless the lienholder has been paid in full in accordance with Section 41-3-402.","path":["Title 41 Motor Vehicles","Chapter 41-1a Motor Vehicle Act","Part 41-1a-6 Liens and Security Interests"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title41/Chapter1a/41-1a-S601.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"738d497b3f6ef90c1a067f95e58b077f861e5a14bdf8fa9857382f65aa347de4","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-41-1a-523","next":"us-ut/utah-code-41-1a-602"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}