Where an occupant of real estate has color of title to the real estate, and in good faith has made valuable improvements on the real estate, and is afterwards in a proper action found not to be the owner, no execution shall issue to put the owner in possession of the real estate after the filing of a complaint as hereinafter provided, until the provisions of this chapter have been complied with.
Utah Code § 57-6-1
Stay of execution of judgment of possession
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Jeffs v. Stubbs (1998)
Most recently applied in Allen v. Hall (November 2006)
Amended by Chapter 299, 1995 General Session
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Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.