Utah § 3a-503 - Charging order. (Renumbered 10/1/2026)
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§ 3a-503. Charging order. (Renumbered 10/1/2026)
48-3a-503. Charging order.
| (1) | On application by a judgment creditor of a member or transferee, a court may enter a charging order against the transferable interest of the judgment debtor for the unsatisfied amount of the judgment. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (6), a charging order constitutes a lien on a judgment debtor's transferable interest and, after the limited liability company has been served with the charging order, requires the limited liability company to pay over to the person to which the charging order was issued any distribution that otherwise would be paid to the judgment debtor. |
| (2) |
To the extent necessary to effectuate the collection of distributions pursuant to a charging order in effect under Subsection (1), the court may:
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| (3) | Upon a showing that distributions under a charging order will not pay the judgment debt within a reasonable time, the court may foreclose the lien and order the sale of the transferable interest. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (6), the purchaser at the foreclosure sale only obtains the transferable interest, does not thereby become a member, and is subject to Section 48-3a-502. |
| (4) | At any time before foreclosure under Subsection (3), the member or transferee whose transferable interest is subject to a charging order under Subsection (1) may extinguish the charging order by satisfying the judgment and filing a certified copy of the satisfaction with the court that issued the charging order. |
| (5) | At any time before foreclosure under Subsection (3), a limited liability company or one or more members whose transferable interests are not subject to the charging order may pay to the judgment creditor the full amount due under the judgment and thereby succeed to the rights of the judgment creditor, including the charging order. |
| (7) | This chapter does not deprive any member or transferee of the benefit of any exemption laws applicable to the transferable interest of the member or transferee. |
| (8) | This section provides the exclusive remedy by which a person seeking to enforce a judgment against a member or transferee may, in the capacity of judgment creditor, satisfy the judgment from the judgment debtor's transferable interest. |
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 93, 2026 General Session
Enacted by Chapter 412, 2013 General Session
Source: official Utah text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 3a-503 ("Charging order. (Renumbered 10/1/2026)") is part of the Utah Code, the codified statutory law of Utah. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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