{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-57-4a-3","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 57-4a-3","heading":"Document recordable without acknowledgment -- Exception.","body":"(1) A document or a certified copy of a document may be recorded without acknowledgment if the document:\n(a) was executed under law existing at the time of execution;\n(b) evidences or affects title to real property; and\n(c) was issued under the authority of:\n(i) the United States, another state, a court of record, a foreign government, or an Indian tribe; or\n(ii) the state or a political subdivision of the state and the document:\n(A) was executed on or before July 1, 1988; or\n(B) has affixed the Great Seal in accordance with Subsection 67-1a-2(1)(f).\n(2) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(c)(ii), a document or a certified copy of a document executed under the authority of the state or a political subdivision of the state may not be recorded unless it includes a certificate of acknowledgment or jurat.","path":["Title 57 Real Estate","Chapter 57-4a Effects of Recording"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title57/Chapter4a/57-4a-S3.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"f185c2a44fe4540339d8eeeefa6ed9e99a712c3f0c46e58c2f094870096d4f97","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-57-4a-2","next":"us-ut/utah-code-57-4a-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}