{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-78b-6-1304.5","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 78B-6-1304.5","heading":"Civil liability for recording wrongful notice of pendency -- Damages.","body":"A person is liable to the record owner of real property, or to a person with a leasehold interest in the real property that is damaged by the maintenance of a notice of pendency, for $10,000 or for treble actual damages, whichever is greater, and for reasonable attorney fees and costs, if the person records or causes to be recorded a notice of pendency against the real property, knowing or having reason to know that:\n(1) legal action against the property has not been filed as required by Section 78B-6-1303;\n(2) the notice is groundless;\n(3) the notice fails to comply with the notice requirements of Subsection 78B-6-1303(2); or\n(4) the notice contains an intentional material misstatement or false claim.","path":["Title 78B Judicial Code","Chapter 78B-6 Particular Proceedings","Part 78B-6-13 Quiet Title"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title78B/Chapter6/78B-6-S1304.5.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"a473fbbbef96a4d85cd9c76c706eec9c7cfa1ebcb4c1b6c4679fe3272f6b025d","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-78b-6-1304","next":"us-ut/utah-code-78b-6-1305"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}