Utah Code § 70A-9a-620

Acceptance of collateral in full or partial satisfaction of obligation -- Compulsory
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disposition of collateral.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (7), a secured party may accept collateral in full or
partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures only if:
(a) the debtor consents to the acceptance under Subsection (3);
(b) the secured party does not receive, within the time set forth in Subsection (4), a notification of
objection to the proposal signed by:
(i) a person to which the secured party was required to send a proposal under Section
70A-9a-621; or
(ii) any other person, other than the debtor, holding an interest in the collateral subordinate to
the security interest that is the subject of the proposal;
(c) if the collateral is consumer goods, the collateral is not in the possession of the debtor when
the debtor consents to the acceptance; and
(d) Subsection (5) does not require the secured party to dispose of the collateral or the debtor
waives the requirement pursuant to Section 70A-9a-624.
(2) A purported or apparent acceptance of collateral under this section is ineffective unless:
(a) the secured party consents to the acceptance in a signed record or sends a proposal to the
debtor; and
(b) the conditions of Subsection (1) are met.
(3) For purposes of this section:
(a) a debtor consents to an acceptance of collateral in partial satisfaction of the obligation it
secures only if the debtor agrees to the terms of the acceptance in a record signed after
default; and
(b) a debtor consents to an acceptance of collateral in full satisfaction of the obligation it secures
only if the debtor agrees to the terms of the acceptance in a record signed after default or the
secured party:
(i) sends to the debtor after default a proposal that is unconditional or subject only to a condition
that collateral not in the possession of the secured party be preserved or maintained;
(ii) in the proposal, proposes to accept collateral in full satisfaction of the obligation it secures;
and
(iii) does not receive a notification of objection signed by the debtor within 20 days after the
proposal is sent.
(4) To be effective under Subsection (1)(b), a notification of objection must be received by the
secured party:
(a) in the case of a person to which the proposal was sent pursuant to Section 70A-9a-621,
within 20 days after notification was sent to that person; and
(b) in other cases:
(i) within 20 days after the last notification was sent pursuant to Section 70A-9a-621; or
(ii) if a notification was not sent, before the debtor consents to the acceptance under
Subsection (3).
(5) A secured party that has taken possession of collateral shall dispose of the collateral pursuant
to Section 70A-9a-610 within the time specified in Subsection (6) if:
(a) 60% of the cash price has been paid in the case of a purchase-money security interest in
consumer goods; or
(b) 60% of the principal amount of the obligation secured has been paid in the case of a non-
purchase-money security interest in consumer goods.
(6) To comply with Subsection (5), the secured party shall dispose of the collateral:
(a) within 90 days after taking possession; or
(b) within any longer period to which the debtor and all secondary obligors have agreed in an
agreement to that effect entered into and signed after default.

(7) In a consumer transaction, a secured party may not accept collateral in partial satisfaction of
the obligation it secures.

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