Utah Code § 57-1-31.5

Reinstatement or payoff statement -- Timeliness of request -- Trustee's duty to provide statement -- Statement to include accounting of costs and fees
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(1) As used in this section: 
 
 (a) "Approved delivery method" means delivery by: 
 
 (i) certified or registered United States mail with return receipt requested; or 
 
 
 
 (ii) a nationally recognized letter or package delivery or courier service operating in the state that provides a service for: 
 
 (A) tracking the delivery of an item; or 
 
 
 
 (B) documenting: 
 
 (I) that the item was received by the intended recipient; or 
 
 
 
 (II) a refusal to accept delivery of the item. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (b) "Compensation" means anything of economic value that is paid, loaned, granted, given, donated, or transferred to a trustee for or in consideration of: 
 
 (i) services; 
 
 
 
 (ii) personal or real property; or 
 
 
 
 (iii) other thing of value. 
 
 
 
 
 
 (c) "Interested party" means a person with a right under Subsection 57-1-31(1) to reinstate an obligation secured by a trust deed. 
 
 
 
 (d) "Payoff statement" means a statement under Subsection (2) that an interested party requests in order to obtain the amount required to pay off a loan secured by a trust deed. 
 
 
 
 (e) "Reinstatement statement" means a statement under Subsection (2) that an interested party requests in order to obtain the amount required under Subsection 57-1-31(1) to reinstate an obligation secured by a trust deed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 (2) 
 
 (a) 
 
 (i) An interested party may submit a written request to a trustee for a statement of the amount required to be paid: 
 
 (A) to reinstate an obligation secured by a trust deed; or 
 
 
 
 (B) to pay off a loan secured by a trust deed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 (ii) 
 
 (A) A request for a reinstatement statement is not timely unless the trustee receives the request at least 10 business days before expiration of the three-month period under Section 57-1-31 to reinstate an obligation. 
 
 
 
 (B) A request for a payoff statement is not timely unless the trustee receives the request at least 10 business days before the trustee's sale. 
 
 
 
 
 
 (iii) An interested party submitting a reinstatement statement or payoff statement to a trustee shall submit the statement to the trustee: 
 
 (A) at the address specified in the trust deed for notices to the trustee; or 
 
 
 
 (B) at an alternate address approved by the trustee for delivery of mail or notices. 
 
 
 
 
 
 (iv) A trustee is considered to have received a request submitted under Subsection (2)(a)(i) if: 
 
 (A) the interested party submitted the request through an approved delivery method; and 
 
 
 
 (B) documentation provided under the approved delivery method indicates that: 
 
 (I) the request was delivered to the trustee; or 
 
 
 
 (II) delivery of the request was refused. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (b) 
 
 (i) A trustee who receives a written request under Subsection (2)(a) shall provide the statement to the interested party. 
 
 
 
 (ii) A trustee is considered to have provided the statement requested under Subsection (2)(a) on the date that the trustee deposits the statement with an approved delivery method: 
 
 (A) with all delivery costs prepaid; and 
 
 
 
 (B) addressed to the interested party at the address provided in the request. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (c) 
 
 (i) If the trustee provides a requested reinstatement statement later than five business days after the request is received, the time to reinstate under Section 57-1-31 is tolled from the date of the request to the date that the trustee provides the statement. 
 
 
 
 (ii) If, after scheduling a trustee's sale, the trustee fails to provide a requested payoff statement within five business days after the request is received, the trustee shall: 
 
 (A) cancel the trustee's sale; or 
 
 
 
 (B) postpone the trustee's sale to a date at least 10 business days after the trustee provides the statement. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (3) A trustee shall include with each statement required under Subsection (2)(a): 
 
 (a) a detailed listing of any of the following that the trustor would be required to pay to reinstate or payoff the loan: 
 
 (i) attorney fees; 
 
 
 
 (ii) trustee fees; or 
 
 
 
 (iii) any costs including: 
 
 (A) title fees; 
 
 
 
 (B) publication fees; or 
 
 
 
 (C) posting fees; and 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (b) subject to Subsection (4), a disclosure of: 
 
 (i) any relationship that the trustee has with a third party that provides services related to the foreclosure of the loan; and 
 
 
 
 (ii) whether the relationship described in Subsection (3)(b)(i) is created by: 
 
 (A) an ownership interest in the third party; or 
 
 
 
 (B) contract or other agreement. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (4) Subsection (3)(b) does not require a trustee to provide a trustor: 
 
 (a) a copy of any contract or agreement described in Subsection (3)(b); 
 
 
 
 (b) specific detail as to the nature of the ownership interest described in Subsection (3)(b); or 
 
 
 
 (c) the amount of compensation the trustee receives related to the foreclosure of the loan under a relationship described in Subsection (3)(b).

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