2006 Utah Code - 75-3-801 — Notice to creditors.

     75-3-801.   Notice to creditors.
     (1) Unless notice has already been given under this section, a personal representative upon his appointment shall publish a notice to creditors once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county announcing the personal representative's appointment and address and notifying creditors of the estate to present their claims within three months after the date of the first publication of the notice or be forever barred.
     (2) A personal representative may give written notice by mail or other delivery to any creditor, notifying the creditor to present his claim within 90 days from the published notice if given as provided in Subsection (1) above or within 60 days from the mailing or other delivery of the notice, whichever is later, or be forever barred. Written notice shall be the notice described in Subsection (1) above or a similar notice.
     (3) The personal representative shall not be liable to any creditor or to any successor of the decedent for giving or failing to give notice under this section.

Amended by Chapter 179, 1992 General Session