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Terms Used In Utah Code 57-3-104
Certified copy: means a copy of a document certified by its custodian to be a true and correct copy of the document or the copy of the document maintained by the custodian, where the document or copy is maintained under the authority of the United States, the state of Utah or any of its political subdivisions, another state, a court of record, a foreign government, or an Indian tribe. See Utah Code 57-1-1
Document: means every instrument in writing, including every conveyance, affecting, purporting to affect, describing, or otherwise concerning any right, title, or interest in real property, except wills and leases for a term not exceeding one year. See Utah Code 57-1-1
(a)
A document of record in a county recorder’s office that is certified by the county recorder may be recorded in the office of the county recorder of another county.
(b)
The recording of a certified copy in the office of the county recorder of another county has the same force and effect as if the original document had been recorded in the other county.
(2)
A certified copy of a document may not be submitted for recording under Subsection (1) in the office of the same county recorder that issued the certified copy.
