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Senate passes House Bill 305 after amending effective date for judgment-lien indexing
Summary
The Utah Senate passed third substitute House Bill 305, shifting judgment-lien indexing to county recorder offices; senators pressed for protections for small lienholders and title-insurance implications and adopted an amendment delaying the bill's effective date to give courts and recorders time to prepare.
The Utah Senate passed third substitute House Bill 305 on Feb. 28, 2001, sending the bill back to the House after floor amendments. The bill requires counties to maintain a specialized judgment index so judgment liens are recorded and searchable in county recorder offices rather than only in disparate court dockets.
Sponsor and purpose: Senator Holden, the Senate floor sponsor, said title insurance companies are struggling to find judgment liens kept in courthouse judgments departments and that transferring recordkeeping to county recorder offices would create centralized, searchable indices for…
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