Utah Code § 70A-9a-628

Nonliability and limitation on liability of secured party -- Liability of secondary
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obligor.
(1) Subject to Subsection (6), unless a secured party knows that a person is a debtor or obligor,
knows the identity of the person, and knows how to communicate with the person:
(a) the secured party is not liable to the person, or to a secured party or lienholder that has filed a
financing statement against the person, for failure to comply with this chapter; and
(b) the secured party's failure to comply with this chapter does not affect the liability of the person
for a deficiency.
(2) Subject to Subsection (6), a secured party is not liable because of its status as secured party:
(a) to a person that is a debtor or obligor, unless the secured party knows:
(i) that the person is a debtor or obligor;
(ii) the identity of the person; and
(iii) how to communicate with the person; or
(b) to a secured party or lienholder that has filed a financing statement against a person, unless
the secured party knows:
(i) that the person is a debtor; and
(ii) the identity of the person.
(3) A secured party is not liable to any person, and a person's liability for a deficiency is not
affected, because of any act or omission arising out of the secured party's reasonable belief
that a transaction is not a consumer-goods transaction or a consumer transaction or that goods
are not consumer goods, if the secured party's belief is based on its reasonable reliance on:
(a) a debtor's representation concerning the purpose for which collateral was to be used,
acquired, or held; or
(b) an obligor's representation concerning the purpose for which a secured obligation was
incurred.

(4) A secured party is not liable to any person under Subsection 70A-9a-625(3)(b) for its failure to
comply with Section 70A-9a-616.
(5) A secured party is not liable under Section 70A-9a-625(3)(b) more than once with respect to
any one secured obligation.
(6) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to limit the liability of a secured party to a person if, at the
time the secured party obtains control of collateral that is a controllable account, controllable
electronic record, or controllable payment intangible or at the time the security interest attaches
to the collateral, whichever is later:
(a) the person is a debtor or obligor; and
(b) the secured party knows that the information in Subsection (2)(a)(i), (ii), or (iii) relating to the
person is not provided by the collateral, a record attached to or logically associated with the
collateral, or the system in which the collateral is recorded.

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