Any agency acquiring real property for its use shall as soon as practicable after the date of payment of the purchase price or the date of deposit into court of funds to satisfy the award of compensation in a condemnation proceeding to acquire real property, whichever is the earlier, reimburse the owner for expenses the owner necessarily incurred for:

(1)  recording fees, transfer taxes, and similar expenses incidental to conveying the real property to the agency;

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Terms Used In Utah Code 57-12-5

  • Agency: means :
(a) a department, division, agency, commission, board, council, committee, authority, political subdivision, or other instrumentality of the state or of a political subdivision of the state whether one or more; and
(b) any other person whose use of the power of eminent domain results in a person becoming a displaced person. See Utah Code 57-12-3
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • real property: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • (2)  penalty costs for prepayment for any preexisting recorded mortgage entered into in good faith encumbering the real property;

    (3)  the pro rata portion of real property taxes paid which are allocable to a period subsequent to the date of vesting title in the agency, or the effective date of possession of such real property by the agency, whichever is the earlier; and

    (4)  relocation costs.

    Amended by Chapter 321, 1998 General Session