Utah Code 57-31-101. Definitions
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As used in this chapter:
(1) “Deed” means an instrument in writing, including any conveyance that affects, purports to affect, describes, or otherwise concerns any right, title, or interest in real property.
Terms Used In Utah Code 57-31-101
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Deed: means an instrument in writing, including any conveyance that affects, purports to affect, describes, or otherwise concerns any right, title, or interest in real property. See Utah Code 57-31-101
- Fraudulent deed: means a deed that is not executed or authorized to be executed by the record interest holder. See Utah Code 57-31-101
- Interest holder: means a person who holds or possesses a present, lawful property interest in real property. See Utah Code 57-31-101
- 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
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- real property: includes :
(31)(a) land;(31)(b) a tenement;(31)(c) a hereditament;(31)(d) a water right;(31)(e) a possessory right; and(31)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5- Writing: includes :
(48)(a) printing;(48)(b) handwriting; and(48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5(2) “Fraudulent deed” means a deed that is not executed or authorized to be executed by the record interest holder.(3) “Interest holder” means a person who holds or possesses a present, lawful property interest in real property.(4) “Purported grantee” means a person who is identified as the grantee on a fraudulent deed.(5) “Purported grantor” means a person who executes or causes to be executed a fraudulent deed.(6) “Record interest holder” means a person:(6)(a) who holds or possesses a present, lawful property interest in real property; and(6)(b) whose name and interest in the real property appears in the county recorder’s records for the county in which the property is located.