HB 486

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1Fraudulent Deeds Amendments
                                         2026 GENERAL SESSION
                                              STATE OF UTAH
                                      Chief Sponsor: R. Neil Walter
                                       Senate Sponsor: Don L. Ipson
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3   LONG TITLE
4   General Description:
5This bill amends provisions relating to fraudulent deeds.
6   Highlighted Provisions:
7This bill:
8▸ amends definitions relating to fraudulent deeds; and
9▸ makes technical changes.
10   Money Appropriated in this Bill:
11None
12   Other Special Clauses:
13None
14   Utah Code Sections Affected:
15   AMENDS:
1657-31-101, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 20
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18   Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
19Section 1. Section 57-31-101 is amended to read:
2057-31-101 . Definitions.
21      As used in this chapter:
22   (1)(a) "Deed" means an instrument in writing, including [any] a conveyance that affects,
23purports to affect, describes, or otherwise concerns [any] a right, a title, or an interest
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24in real property.
25(b) "Deed" does not include:
26(i) [ ]governing documents as defined in Section 57-8-3 or 57-8a-102; or
27(ii) [ ]a reinvestment fee covenant recorded in accordance with Section 57-1-46.
28   (2) "Fraudulent deed" means a deed that is not executed or authorized to be executed by the
29record interest holder.
30   (3) "Interest holder" means a person who holds or possesses [a] the present, lawful property
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31      interest in real property that the deed purports to convey or affect.
32  (4) "Purported grantee" means a person who is identified as the grantee on a fraudulent
33      deed.
34  (5) "Purported grantor" means a person who executes or causes to be executed a fraudulent
35      deed.
36  (6) "Record interest holder" means a person:
37      (a) who holds or possesses [a] the present, lawful property interest in real property that
38the deed purports to convey or affect; and
39      (b) whose name and interest in the real property appears in the county recorder's records
40for the county in which the property is located.
41Section 2. Effective Date.
42  This bill takes effect on May 6, 2026.
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