Recording Plats and Conveyances

Utah Code tit. 8, ch. 8-3

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Utah Code § 8-3-1 Plats of cemeteries shall be recorded.

8-3-1. Plats of cemeteries shall be recorded. (1) An executive officer of an organization in control of a cemetery, including a municipality or a cemetery maintenance district, or an individual owner in control of a cemetery, offering burial lots for sale in any county, shall file and cause to be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county within which the respective cemetery is situated an accurate plat of the cemetery. (2) The plat required under Subsection (1) shall clearly show: (a) the sections of burial lots which have been disposed of and the names of the persons owning or holding each burial lot; and (b) the sections of burial lots held for disposal. (3) An executive officer or owner shall file additional plats of any addition to a cemetery before offering for sale any burial lots located in the cemetery. (4) A county recorder may not collect any fee for filing and recording an original plat required under this section. Amended by Chapter 194, 2014 General Session

Utah Code § 8-3-2 Burial rights -- Certificates.

8-3-2. Burial rights -- Certificates. An executive officer of an organization in control of a cemetery, including a municipality or a cemetery maintenance district, or an individual owner in control of a cemetery, shall provide each purchaser of a lot or burial right located in the cemetery with a certificate of burial rights, properly executed. Amended by Chapter 194, 2014 General Session

Utah Code § 8-3-3 Transcripts to be filed for record.

8-3-3. Transcripts to be filed for record. (1) No later than January 1 and July 1 of each year, the executive officer of an organization in control of a cemetery, including a municipality or cemetery maintenance district, or an individual owner in control of a cemetery with burial lots for sale, shall file with the county recorder of the county within which the cemetery is situated a transcript, duly certified by the executive officer or individual owner, of a deed, certificate of sale, or evidence of burial rights issued by the executive officer, individual owner, or the officer's or owner's designee during the preceding six months. (2) The county recorder shall file the transcript described in Subsection (1) without charge. Amended by Chapter 194, 2014 General Session

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