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Section 4 - Presumptions.

UT Code § 57-4a-4 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) A recorded document creates the following presumptions regarding title to the real property affected: (a) the document is genuine and was executed voluntarily by the person purporting to execute it; (b) the person executing the document and the person on whose behalf it is executed are the persons they purport to be; (c) the person executing the document was neither incompetent nor a minor at any relevant time; (d) delivery occurred notwithstanding any lapse of time between dates on the document and the date of recording; (e) any necessary consideration was given; (f) the grantee, transferee, or beneficiary of an interest created or described by the document acted in good faith at all relevant times; (g) a person executing a document as an agent, attorney in fact, officer of an organization, or in a fiduciary or official capacity: (i) held the position he purported to hold and acted within the scope of his authority; (ii) in the case of an officer of an organization, was authorized under all applicable laws to act on behalf of the organization; and (iii) in the case of an agent, his agency was not revoked, and he acted for a principal who was neither incompetent nor a minor at any relevant time; (h) a person executing the document as an individual: (i) was unmarried on the effective date of the document; or (ii) if it otherwise appears from the document that the person was married on the effective date of the document, the grantee was a bona fide purchaser and the grantor received adequate and full consideration in money or money's worth so that the joinder of the nonexecuting spouse was not required under Sections 75-2-201 through 75-2-207; (i) if the document purports to be executed pursuant to or to be a final determination in a judicial or administrative proceeding, or to be executed pursuant to a power of eminent domain, the court, official body, or condemnor acted within its jurisdiction and all steps required for the execution of the document were taken; and (j) recitals and other statements of fact in a document, including without limitation recitals concerning mergers or name changes of organizations, are true.

(a) the document is genuine and was executed voluntarily by the person purporting to execute it;

(b) the person executing the document and the person on whose behalf it is executed are the persons they purport to be;

(c) the person executing the document was neither incompetent nor a minor at any relevant time;

(d) delivery occurred notwithstanding any lapse of time between dates on the document and the date of recording;

(e) any necessary consideration was given;

(f) the grantee, transferee, or beneficiary of an interest created or described by the document acted in good faith at all relevant times;

(g) a person executing a document as an agent, attorney in fact, officer of an organization, or in a fiduciary or official capacity: (i) held the position he purported to hold and acted within the scope of his authority; (ii) in the case of an officer of an organization, was authorized under all applicable laws to act on behalf of the organization; and (iii) in the case of an agent, his agency was not revoked, and he acted for a principal who was neither incompetent nor a minor at any relevant time;

(i) held the position he purported to hold and acted within the scope of his authority;

(ii) in the case of an officer of an organization, was authorized under all applicable laws to act on behalf of the organization; and

(iii) in the case of an agent, his agency was not revoked, and he acted for a principal who was neither incompetent nor a minor at any relevant time;

(h) a person executing the document as an individual: (i) was unmarried on the effective date of the document; or (ii) if it otherwise appears from the document that the person was married on the effective date of the document, the grantee was a bona fide purchaser and the grantor received adequate and full consideration in money or money's worth so that the joinder of the nonexecuting spouse was not required under Sections 75-2-201 through 75-2-207;

(i) was unmarried on the effective date of the document; or

(ii) if it otherwise appears from the document that the person was married on the effective date of the document, the grantee was a bona fide purchaser and the grantor received adequate and full consideration in money or money's worth so that the joinder of the nonexecuting spouse was not required under Sections 75-2-201 through 75-2-207;

(i) if the document purports to be executed pursuant to or to be a final determination in a judicial or administrative proceeding, or to be executed pursuant to a power of eminent domain, the court, official body, or condemnor acted within its jurisdiction and all steps required for the execution of the document were taken; and

(j) recitals and other statements of fact in a document, including without limitation recitals concerning mergers or name changes of organizations, are true.

(2) The presumptions stated in Subsection (1) arise even though the document purports only to release a claim or to convey any right, title, or interest of the person executing it or the person on whose behalf it is executed.

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Section 4 - Presumptions.