A conveyance made by an owner of an estate for life or years, purporting to convey a greater estate than the owner could lawfully transfer, does not work a forfeiture of the estate, but passes to the grantee all the estate which the grantor could lawfully transfer.
Utah Code § 57-1-4
Attempted conveyance of more than grantor owns -- Effect
Amended by Chapter 365, 2024 General Session
Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.