57-4a-3. Document recordable without acknowledgment -- Exception.
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Effective 5/6/2026
57-4a-3. Document recordable without acknowledgment -- Exception.
(1)A document or a certified copy of a document may be recorded without acknowledgment if the document:
(a)was executed under law existing at the time of execution;
(b)evidences or affects title to real property; and
(c)was issued under the authority of:
(i)the United States, another state, a court of record, a foreign government, or an Indian tribe; or
(ii)the state or a political subdivision of the state and the document:
(A)was executed on or before July 1, 1988; or
(B)has affixed the Great Seal in accordance with Subsection 67-1a-2(1)(f) .
(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.
Amended by Chapter 77 , 2026 General Session