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2018 Utah Code
Title 17 - Counties
Chapter 22 - Sheriff
Section 24 - Service of papers, other than process, on sheriff -- Powers of successor.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 17-22-24 (2018)
17-22-24. Service of papers, other than process, on sheriff -- Powers of successor.
Service upon the sheriff of a paper other than process may be made by delivering it or a copy thereof to him or to one of his deputies or to a person in charge of his office during office hours, or, if no such person is there, by leaving it in a conspicuous place in the office. When any process remains with the sheriff unexecuted, in whole or in part, at the time of his death, resignation of office or at the expiration of his office such process shall be executed by his successor in office; and when the sheriff sells real estate under and by virtue of an execution or order of court he or his successor in office shall execute and deliver to the purchaser all such deeds and conveyances as are required by law and necessary for that purpose, and such deeds and conveyances shall be as valid in law as if they had been executed by the sheriff who made the sale.
No Change Since 1953
Service upon the sheriff of a paper other than process may be made by delivering it or a copy thereof to him or to one of his deputies or to a person in charge of his office during office hours, or, if no such person is there, by leaving it in a conspicuous place in the office. When any process remains with the sheriff unexecuted, in whole or in part, at the time of his death, resignation of office or at the expiration of his office such process shall be executed by his successor in office; and when the sheriff sells real estate under and by virtue of an execution or order of court he or his successor in office shall execute and deliver to the purchaser all such deeds and conveyances as are required by law and necessary for that purpose, and such deeds and conveyances shall be as valid in law as if they had been executed by the sheriff who made the sale.
No Change Since 1953
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