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Title 63L - Lands
Chapter 13 - Restrictions on Foreign Acquisitions of Land Act
Part 2 - Interests in Land
Section 201 - Acquisition of land prohibited -- Exceptions -- Enforcement.
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UT Code § 63L-13-201 (2025)
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Effective 5/7/2025
63L-13-201. Acquisition of land prohibited -- Exceptions -- Enforcement.
Amended by Chapter 266, 2025 General Session
63L-13-201. Acquisition of land prohibited -- Exceptions -- Enforcement.
- (1)As used in this section, "department" means the Department of Public Safety created under Section 53-1-103.
- (2)Subject to Subsection (3) and Section 63L-13-202, a restricted foreign entity may not acquire an interest in land in this state.
- (3)A restricted foreign entity that, in violation of Subsection (2), obtains an interest in land shall alienate the interest in accordance with Section 63L-13-202.
- (4)The department shall:
- (a)maintain a publicly available list of restricted foreign entities;
- (b)create a process by which a county recorder may report a land conveyance the county recorder suspects is prohibited under this section;
- (c)provide an annual notice to each county recorder in the state that includes:
- (i)instruction on how to identify a restricted foreign entity;
- (ii)the process by which a county recorder may report to the department a land conveyance the county recorder suspects is prohibited under this section; and
- (iii)any additional information the department deems necessary;
- (d)investigate the validity of each land conveyance a county recorder reports under this section;
- (e)when, after investigation, the department determines that a land conveyance violates this section:
- (i)give notice to the restricted foreign entity that:
- (A)the land conveyance violates this section; and
- (B)Section 63L-13-202 requires the restricted foreign entity to alienate the restricted foreign entity's interest in the land within one year or the Division of Facilities Construction and Management will sell the interest in accordance with Subsection 63L-13-202(3); and
- (ii)notify the county recorder of the county in which the land is located of the land conveyance; and
- (i)give notice to the restricted foreign entity that:
- (f)coordinate with the Division of Facilities Construction and Management to facilitate a sale of the interest in land as described in Section 63L-13-202.
- (5)A county recorder:
- (a)is not liable for a conveyance to a restricted foreign entity;
- (b)shall, upon notice from the department under Subsection (4)(e)(ii), create a public record of each violation of this section;
- (c)shall make available a form on which an individual purchasing an interest in land may disclose that the individual served in the military of a restricted foreign entity; and
- (d)shall send a form on which an individual makes a disclosure as described in Subsection (5)(c) to the department.
Amended by Chapter 266, 2025 General Session
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