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Utah Code § 46-1-7

Disqualifications

Amended by Chapter 1, 2020 Special Session 6

A notary may not perform a notarial act if the notary:

(1) is a signer of the document that is to be notarized, except for:

(a) a self-proved will as provided in Section 75-2-504; or

(b) a self-proved electronic will as provided in Section 75-2-1408;

(2) is named in the document that is to be notarized except for:

(a) a self-proved will as provided in Section 75-2-504;

(b) a self-proved electronic will as provided in Section 75-2-1408;

(c) a licensed attorney that is listed in the document only as representing a signer or another person named in the document; or

(d) a licensed escrow agent, as defined in Section 31A-1-301, that:

(i) acts as the title insurance producer in signing closing documents; and

(ii) is not named individually in the closing documents as a grantor, grantee, mortgagor, mortgagee, trustor, trustee, vendor, vendee, lessor, lessee, buyer, or seller;

(3) will receive direct compensation from a transaction connected with a financial transaction in which the notary is named individually as a principal; or

(4) will receive direct compensation from a real property transaction in which the notary is named individually as a grantor, grantee, mortgagor, mortgagee, trustor, trustee, beneficiary, vendor, vendee, lessor, lessee, buyer, or seller.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.