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Statutes > Utah > Title-57 > Chapter-01 > 57-1-4057-1-40. Reconveyance of trust deed or release of mortgage -- Procedures -- Forms.
(1) A title insurer or title agent may reconvey a trust deed or release a mortgage inaccordance with the provisions of Subsections (2) through (6) if:
(a) the obligation secured by the trust deed or mortgage has been fully paid by the titleinsurer or title agent; or
(b) the title insurer or title agent possesses satisfactory evidence of the full payment ofthe obligation secured by a trust deed or mortgage.
(2) A title insurer or title agent may reconvey a trust deed or release a mortgage underSubsection (1) regardless of whether the title insurer or title agent is named as a trustee under atrust deed or has the authority to release a mortgage.
(3) At the time the obligation secured by the trust deed or mortgage is paid in full, or atany time thereafter, the title insurer or title agent shall deliver a notice of intent to release orreconvey, as described in Subsection (4), to the beneficiary, mortgagee, or servicer at:
(a) the address specified in the trust deed or mortgage;
(b) any address for the beneficiary or mortgagee specified in the last recorded assignmentof the trust deed or mortgage;
(c) any address for the beneficiary, mortgagee, or servicer specified in a request fornotice recorded under Section 57-1-26; or
(d) the address shown on any payoff statement received by the title insurer or agent fromthe beneficiary, mortgagee, or servicer.
(4) The notice of intent to release or reconvey shall contain the name of the beneficiaryor mortgagee and the servicer if loan payments on the trust deed or mortgage are collected by aservicer, the name of the title insurer or title agent, the date, and be substantially in the followingform:
Notice is hereby given to you as follows:
1. This notice concerns the (trust deed or mortgage) described as follows:
(Trustor or Mortgagor): ___________________________________________
(Beneficiary or Mortgagee): _______________________________________
Recording information: ___________________________________________
Entry Number: __________________________________________________
Book Number: __________________________________________________
Page Number: ___________________________________________________
2. The undersigned claims to have paid in full or possesses satisfactory evidence of thefull payment of the obligation secured by the trust deed or mortgage described above.
3. The undersigned will fully release the mortgage or reconvey the trust deed described inthis notice unless, within 60 days from the date stated on this notice, the undersigned hasreceived by certified mail a notice stating that the obligation secured by the trust deed ormortgage has not been paid in full or that you otherwise object to the release of the mortgage orthe reconveyance of the trust deed. Notice shall be mailed to the address stated on this form.
(Signature of title insurer or title agent)
(Address of title insurer or title agent)
(5) (a) If, within 60 days from the day on which the title insurer or title agent deliveredthe notice of intent to release or reconvey in accordance with Subsections (3) and (4), areconveyance of trust deed or release of mortgage is not recorded, and the beneficiary,
mortgagee, or servicer does not send by certified mail to the title insurer or title agent a noticethat the obligation secured by the trust deed or mortgage has not been paid in full or that thebeneficiary, mortgagee, or servicer objects to the release of the mortgage or reconveyance of thetrust deed, the title insurer or title agent may execute, acknowledge, and record a reconveyance ofa trust deed or release of a mortgage.
(b) A reconveyance of a trust deed under Subsection (5)(a) shall be in substantially thefollowing form:
(Name of title insurer or title agent), a (title insurer or title agent) authorized to conductbusiness in the state does hereby reconvey, without warranty, the following trust property locatedin (name of county) County, state of Utah, that is covered by a trust deed naming (name oftrustor) as trustor, and (name of beneficiary) as beneficiary and was recorded on (date) in Book________ at Page _________ as Entry Number _________: (insert a description of the trustproperty.)
The undersigned title insurer or title agent certifies as follows:
1. The undersigned title insurer or title agent has fully paid the obligation secured by thetrust deed or possesses satisfactory evidence of the full payment of the obligation secured by thetrust deed.
2. In accordance with the requirements of Utah Code Annotated Subsections 57-1-40(3)and (4), the title insurer or title agent delivered to the beneficiary or servicer, a notice of intent torelease or reconvey and a copy of the reconveyance.
3. The trust deed has not been reconveyed and the title insurer or title agent did notreceive, within 60 days from the day on which the title insurer or title agent delivered the noticeof intent to release or reconvey, a notice from the beneficiary or servicer sent by certified mailthat the obligation secured by the trust deed has not been paid in full or that the beneficiary orservicer objects to the reconveyance of the trust deed.
___________________________________ __________________________________
(Notarization)
(Signature of title insurer or title agent)
(c) A release of a mortgage under Subsection (5)(a) shall be in substantially thefollowing form:
(Name of title insurer or title agent), a (title insurer or title agent) authorized to conductbusiness in the state does hereby release the mortgage on the following property located in (nameof county) County, state of Utah, that is covered by a mortgage naming (name of mortgagor) asmortgagor, and (name of mortgagee) as mortgagee and was recorded on (date) in Book ________at Page _________ as Entry Number _________: (insert a description of the trust property.)
The undersigned title insurer or title agent certifies as follows:
1. The undersigned title insurer or title agent has fully paid the obligation secured by themortgage or possesses satisfactory evidence of the full payment of the obligation secured by themortgage.
2. In accordance with the requirements of Utah Code Annotated Subsections 57-1-40(3)and (4), the title insurer or title agent delivered to the mortgagee or servicer a notice of intent torelease or reconvey.
3. The mortgage has not been released and the title insurer or title agent did not receive,within 60 days from the day on which the title insurer or title agent delivered the notice of intent
to release or reconvey, a notice from the mortgagee or servicer sent by certified mail that theobligation secured by the mortgage has not been paid in full or that the mortgagee or servicerobjects to the release of the mortgage.
___________________________________ __________________________________
(Notarization)
(Signature of title insurer or title agent)
(d) (i) A release of mortgage or reconveyance of trust deed that is executed and notarizedin accordance with Subsection (5)(b) or (c) is entitled to recordation.
(ii) (A) Except as provided in Subsection (5)(d)(ii)(B), a reconveyance of a trust deed orrelease of a mortgage that is recorded under Subsection (5)(d)(i) is valid regardless of anydeficiency in the release or reconveyance procedure not disclosed in the release of mortgage orreconveyance of trust deed.
(B) If the title insurer's or title agent's signature on a release of mortgage or reconveyanceof trust deed recorded under Subsection (5)(d)(ii)(A) is forged, the release of mortgage orreconveyance of trust deed is void.
(6) A release of mortgage or reconveyance of trust deed under this section does not, byitself, discharge any promissory note or other obligation that was secured by the trust deed ormortgage at the time the trust deed was reconveyed or the mortgage was released.
Amended by Chapter 250, 2006 General Session
