{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-75-13-208","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 75-13-208","heading":"Retention of electronic record -- Original.","body":"(1) As used in this section, \"governmental agency\" means an executive, legislative, or judicial agency, department, board, commission, authority, institution, or instrumentality of the federal government or of a state or of a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of a state.\n(2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), if other law of this state requires an electronic non-testamentary estate planning document to be retained, transmitted, copied, or filed, the requirement is satisfied by retaining, transmitting, copying, or filing an electronic record that:\n(a) accurately reflects the information in the document after the document was first generated in final form as an electronic record or under Section 75-13-209; and\n(b) remains accessible to the extent required by the other law.\n(3) A requirement under Subsection (2) to retain a record does not apply to information the sole purpose of which is to enable the record to be sent, communicated, or received.\n(4) A person may satisfy Subsection (2) by using the services of another person.\n(5) If other law of this state requires a non-testamentary estate planning document to be presented or retained in the non-testamentary estate planning document's original form, or provides consequences if a non-testamentary estate planning document is not presented or retained in the non-testamentary estate planning document's original form, an electronic record retained in accordance with Subsection (2) satisfies the other law.\n(6) This section does not preclude a governmental agency from specifying requirements for the retention of a record subject to the agency's jurisdiction in addition to those in this section.","path":["Title 75 Utah Uniform Probate Code","Chapter 75-13 Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act","Part 75-13-2 Electronic Non-Testamentary Estate Planning Documents"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter13/75-13-S208.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"a186d709b84dc83824c38efbc0546a8cc101d5779c7b9988c5100bb85e37ff45","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-75-13-207","next":"us-ut/utah-code-75-13-209"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}