Utah § 17-71-603 - Recording of documents.

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§ 17-71-603. Recording of documents.

Effective 11/6/2025
17-71-603.  Recording of documents.
(1)As used in this section, "paper document" means a document that is received by the county recorder in a form that is not electronic.
(2)A county recorder:
(a)may receive, index, store, archive, and transmit electronic documents;
(b)may provide for access to, and for search and retrieval of, documents and information by electronic means;
(c)who accepts electronic documents for recording shall continue to accept paper documents as authorized by state law and shall place entries for both types of documents in the same index;
(d)may convert paper documents accepted for recording into electronic form;
(e)may convert into electronic form information recorded before the county recorder began to record electronic documents;
(f)may accept electronically any fee that the county recorder is authorized to collect; and
(g)may agree with other officials of a state or a political subdivision thereof, or of the United States, on procedures or processes to facilitate the electronic satisfaction of prior approvals and conditions precedent to recording and the electronic payment of fees.


Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 13, 2025 Special Session 1

Source: official Utah text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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