2006 Utah Code - 78-5-119 — Judgment not a lien unless so recorded.

     78-5-119.   Judgment not a lien unless so recorded.
     (1) Except as provided under Subsection (3), a judgment rendered in a justice court does not create a lien upon any real property of the judgment debtor unless the judgment or abstract of the judgment:
     (a) is recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the real property of the judgment debtor is located; and
     (b) contains the information identifying the judgment debtor as referred to in Subsection 78-22-1.5(4) either:
     (i) in the judgment or abstract of judgment; or
     (ii) as a separate information statement of the judgment creditor as referred to in Subsection 78-22-1.5(5).
     (2) The lien runs for eight years from the date the judgment was entered in the district court under Section 78-22-1 unless the judgment is earlier satisfied.
     (3) State agencies are exempt from the recording requirement of Subsection (1).

Amended by Chapter 370, 2001 General Session