Utah Code 46-1-7. Disqualifications
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A notary may not perform a notarial act if the notary:
(1) is a signer of the document that is to be notarized, except for:
Terms Used In Utah Code 46-1-7
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
- Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
- Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
- Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
- Notary: includes a remote notary. See Utah Code 46-1-2
- Person: means :(24)(a) an individual;(24)(b) an association;(24)(c) an institution;(24)(d) a corporation;(24)(e) a company;(24)(f) a trust;(24)(g) a limited liability company;(24)(h) a partnership;(24)(i) a political subdivision;(24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and(24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
- Trustor: The person who makes or creates a trust. Also known as the grantor or settlor.
(1)(a) a self-proved will as provided in Section 75-2-504; or(1)(b) a self-proved electronic will as provided in Section 75-2-1408;
(2) is named in the document that is to be notarized except for:
(2)(a) a self-proved will as provided in Section 75-2-504;
(2)(b) a self-proved electronic will as provided in Section 75-2-1408;
(2)(c) a licensed attorney that is listed in the document only as representing a signer or another person named in the document; or
(2)(d) a licensed escrow agent, as defined in Section 31A-1-301, that:
(2)(d)(i) acts as the title insurance producer in signing closing documents; and
(2)(d)(ii) is not named individually in the closing documents as a grantor, grantee, mortgagor, mortgagee, trustor, trustee, vendor, vendee, lessor, lessee, buyer, or seller;
(3) will receive direct compensation from a transaction connected with a financial transaction in which the notary is named individually as a principal; or
(4) will receive direct compensation from a real property transaction in which the notary is named individually as a grantor, grantee, mortgagor, mortgagee, trustor, trustee, beneficiary, vendor, vendee, lessor, lessee, buyer, or seller.