{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-57-3-202","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 57-3-202","heading":"Recording master mortgage and trust deed -- Requirements for master form -- Indexing by county recorder.","body":"(1)\n(a) A person may record a master form in the office of the county recorder.\n(b) A person who files a master form shall state in the caption required under Section 57-3-106 that the instrument is a master form.\n(2) A master form is not required to:\n(a) contain identification or description of any specific real property; or\n(b) name a specific:\n(i) mortgagor;\n(ii) trustor; or\n(iii) trustee.\n(3) A master form shall:\n(a) name a specific mortgagee or beneficiary;\n(b) contain an acknowledgment, proof, or certification; and\n(c) identify the person causing the recording of the master form.\n(4) A county recorder shall:\n(a) index a master form in the same manner as the county recorder indexes mortgages and trust deeds in accordance with Section 17-71-302; and\n(b) indicate on all indices and records of the county referencing the master form that the instrument is a master form.\n(5)\n(a) If a county recorder receives a document for recording that contains both a master form and a mortgage or trust deed, the county recorder:\n(i) is not required to:\n(A) separate the master form from the mortgage or trust deed; or\n(B) record the master form and the mortgage or trust deed as separate instruments; but\n(ii) may separate the master form from the mortgage or trust deed and record only the master form if the unrecorded portion is clearly designated or marked as a section not recorded.\n(b) A master form recorded under Subsection (5)(a), is considered as a master form under this part for purposes of the incorporation by reference of a previously recorded master form.","path":["Title 57 Real Estate","Chapter 57-3 Recording of Documents","Part 57-3-2 Master Mortgage and Trust Deeds"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title57/Chapter3/57-3-S202.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"a143bc225b3bde89bacce33342cc3855b53c218f1fedb175fdc9d176c0e7d2c8","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-57-3-201","next":"us-ut/utah-code-57-3-203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}