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.

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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.