Utah Code § 17-71-401

Recording procedures -- Endorsements of entry number required on documents
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(1) When a document is accepted by the county recorder's office for recording, the county recorder
shall:
(a) endorse upon the first page of the document the relevant information described in Section
17-71-302; and
(b) record the document during office hours in the order it was accepted.

(2) A county recorder shall place an entry number or a book and page reference on each page of a
document that the county recorder accepts for recording only if the original document or a copy
of the document is kept as a public record under Section 17-71-404.
(3)
(a) A county recorder may endorse each document that the county recorder accepts for recording
with a book and page reference.
(b) If a county recorder elects not to endorse a document with a book and page reference, the
book and page reference may be omitted:
(i) in each index required by statute; and
(ii) on each document presented for recording that is required to recite recording data.
(4) Subject to Section 17-71-404, the county recorder shall return the document to the person that
the county recorder considers appropriate.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 13, 2025 Special Session 1

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