Please present documents for recording prior to 5:15 p.m. Monday – Thursday and 11:45 a.m. Fridays. Documents presented after 5:15 p.m. Monday – Thursday and 11:45 a.m. Fridays, will be accepted at discretion of recording staff based on daily recording volume and office conditions.
In order to be recordable in the Recorders Office, a document must meet the following requirements:
● It must be an original document (UCA §57-3-106).
● It must contain a brief caption stating the nature of the document (UCA §57-3-106).
● It must contain a legal description (UCA §57-3-105).
● It must contain the names and mailing addresses of the grantees (UCA §57-3-105).
● It must be sufficiently legible for the recorder to make certified copies (UCA §57-3-106).
● It must contain a certificate of acknowledgement, proof of execution, or a jurat, or other notarial certificate containing the words “subscribed and sworn” or their substantial equivalent, that is signed and certified by the officer taking the acknowledgement, proof, or jurat (UCA §57-3-101).
● The names of all persons whose signatures appear on the instrument must be typed or printed on the instrument (UCA §17-21-25).
● When title to real property is granted to a person as trustee, the following terms of the trust must be included: the name of the trustee; the address of the trustee; and the name and date of the trust (UCA §75-7-816).
● A court judgment or an abstract of a court judgment must be an original or certified copy and include the information identifying the judgment debtor as referred to in Subsection (UCA §78B-5-201) (UCA §57-3-106).
● Judgments, abstracts of judgments, and separate information statements of the judgment creditor do not require an acknowledgment or a legal description to be recorded (UCA §57-3-106).
● A foreign judgment or an abstract of a foreign judgment recorded in the office of a county recorder must include the affidavit as required in Section (UCA §78B-5-303) (UCA §57-3-106).
● Any document recorded in the office of the county recorder to release or assign a judgment lien must include the name of any judgment creditor, debtor, assignor, or assignee; the date of recording; and the entry number of the instrument creating the judgment lien (UCA §57-3-106).
● The tax serial number of each parcel affected by the instrument should appear on each instrument, though it is not considered part of the legal description (UCA §17-21-20).
● It should provide adequate room (preferably in the top right corner) to affix recording data.
After July 1, 2007 each document that is submitted for recording in the Millard County Recorder’s Office shall:
(a) Be an original or certified copy of the document unless otherwise provided by law;
(b) Be in English or be accompanied by an accurate English translation of the document;
(c) Contain a brief title, heading, or caption on the first page stating the nature of the document;
(d) Contain the legal description of the property that is the subject of the document;
(e) Comply with the requirement of Section (UCA §17-21-25) and Subsections (UCA §57-3-105) (1) and (2);
(f) Be notarized with the notary stamp with the seal legible; and
(g) Have original signatures
After August 1, 2007 our office will also require the following:
(a) Have a margin of one inch on the left and right sides and at the bottom of each page;
(b) Have a space of 2-1/2 inches down and 4-1/2 inches across the upper right corner of the first page and a margin of one inch at the top of each succeeding page;
(c) Not be on sheets of paper that are continuously bound together at the side, top or bottom;
(d) Be printed in black ink and not have text smaller than seven lines of text per vertical inch;
(e) Be sufficiently legible to make certified copies.
The tax serial number will not apply to:
(a) A Map
(b) Certificate or Affidavit of Death
(c) Military Discharge
(d) Document regarding taxes that is issued by the Internal Revenue Service of the United States Department of the Treasury
(e) Document submitted for recording that has been filed with a court and conforms to the formatting requirements established by the court;