HB0486 • 2026

Fraudulent Deeds Amendments

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Rep. Walter, R. Neil
Last action: 2026-03-06
Official status: House/ filed
Effective date: Not listed

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Fraudulent Deeds Amendments

This bill amends provisions relating to fraudulent deeds.

What This Bill Does

This bill amends provisions relating to fraudulent deeds.

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Bill History

2026-03-06 House file for bills not passed
House/ filed
2026-03-06 Clerk of the House
House/ received from Senate
2026-03-06 Senate Secretary
Senate/ strike enacting clause
2026-03-06 Clerk of the House
Senate/ to House
2026-03-05 Senate Rules Committee
Senate/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules
2026-03-04 Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee
Senate Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules
2026-02-19 Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee
Senate/ to standing committee
2026-02-17 House Consent Calendar
House/ 3rd reading
2026-02-17 Senate Secretary
House/ passed 3rd reading
2026-02-17 Senate Secretary
House/ to Senate
2026-02-17 Senate Rules Committee
Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2026-02-17 Waiting for Introduction in the Senate
Senate/ received from House
2026-02-12 House Political Subdivisions Committee
House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
2026-02-12 House Political Subdivisions Committee
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
2026-02-12 House Consent Calendar
House/ 2nd reading
2026-02-12 House Political Subdivisions Committee
House/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar
2026-02-10 House Political Subdivisions Committee
House/ to standing committee
2026-02-05 House Rules Committee
House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
2026-02-05 Released
LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0486
2026-02-05 Version Sponsor
LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0486
2026-02-04 Legislative Research and General Counsel
Bill Numbered but not Distributed
2026-02-04 House Rules Committee
House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2026-02-04 Clerk of the House
House/ received bill from Legislative Research
2026-02-04 Legislative Fiscal Analyst
LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0486
2026-02-04 Legislative Fiscal Agency
LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0486
2026-02-04 Legislative Research and General Counsel
Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

Official Summary Text

This bill amends provisions relating to fraudulent deeds.

Current Bill Text

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57-31-101
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Fraudulent Deeds Amendments
2026 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: R. Neil Walter
Senate Sponsor: Don L. Ipson
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill amends provisions relating to fraudulent deeds.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
amends definitions relating to fraudulent deeds; and
makes technical changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
57-31-101
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 20
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section
57-31-101
is amended to read:
57-31-101
. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1)
(a)
"Deed" means an instrument in writing, including
any
a
conveyance that affects,
purports to affect, describes, or otherwise concerns
any
a
right,
a
title, or
an
interest
in real property.
(b)
"Deed" does not include
:
(i)

governing documents as defined in Section
57-8-3
or
57-8a-102
;
or
(ii)

a reinvestment fee covenant recorded in accordance with Section
57-1-46
.
(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
the
present, lawful property
interest in real property
that the deed purports to convey or affect
.
(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:
(a)
who holds or possesses
a
the
present, lawful property interest in real property
that
the deed purports to convey or affect
; and
(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.
Section 2.
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect on
May 6, 2026
.
2-4-26 10:17 AM