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Utah Code § 8-3-1

Cemetery operators or owners who sell burial lots must file and record an accurate cemetery plat with the county recorder, and any added cemetery section must be platted before more burial lots are offered for sale.…

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“Cemetery operators or owners who sell burial lots must file and record an accurate cemetery plat with the county recorder, and any added cemetery section must be platted before more burial lots are offered for sale. The county recorder may not charge a fee for recording the original required plat.”

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Plats of cemeteries shall be recorded.

Cemetery operators or owners who sell burial lots must file and record an accurate cemetery plat with the county recorder, and any added cemetery section must be platted before more burial lots are offered for sale. The county recorder…

Section 8-3-1

Subsection 8-3-1(2)

A plat required under Subsection (1) must clearly show disposed burial-lot sections, the names of each lot’s owner or holder, and burial-lot sections held for disposal.

Section 8-3-1(2)

Subsection 8-3-1(2)(a)

the sections of burial lots which have been disposed of and the names of the persons owning or holding each burial lot; and

Section 8-3-1(2)(a)

Subsection 8-3-1(3)

An executive officer or owner shall file additional plats of any addition to a cemetery before offering for sale any burial lots located in the cemetery.

Section 8-3-1(3)

Subsection 8-3-1(4)

A county recorder may not charge a fee for filing and recording an original plat required under this section.

Section 8-3-1(4)

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§ 8-3-1Plats of cemeteries shall be recorded.Provision

Cemetery operators or owners who sell burial lots must file and record an accurate cemetery plat with the county recorder, and any added cemetery section must be platted before more burial lots are offered for sale. The county recorder may not charge a fee for recording the original required plat.

Plats of cemeteries shall be recorded. An executive officer of an organization in control of a cemetery, including a municipality or a cemetery maintenance district, or an individual owner in control of a cemetery, offering burial lots for sale in any county, shall file and cause to be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county within which the respective cemetery is situated an accurate plat of the cemetery. The plat required under Subsection (1) shall clearly show: the sections of burial lots which have been disposed of and the names of the persons owning or holding each burial lot; and the sections of burial lots held for disposal. An executive officer or owner shall file additional plats of any addition to a cemetery before offering for sale any burial lots located in the cemetery. A county recorder may not collect any fee for filing and recording an original plat required under this section.
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§ 8-3-1(1)Subsection 8-3-1(1)Provision

Certain cemetery operators and owners selling burial lots must file and record an accurate plat of the cemetery with the county recorder where the cemetery is located.

An executive officer of an organization in control of a cemetery, including a municipality or a cemetery maintenance district, or an individual owner in control of a cemetery, offering burial lots for sale in any county, shall file and cause to be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county within which the respective cemetery is situated an accurate plat of the cemetery.
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§ 8-3-1(2)Subsection 8-3-1(2)Provision

A plat required under Subsection (1) must clearly show disposed burial-lot sections, the names of each lot’s owner or holder, and burial-lot sections held for disposal.

The plat required under Subsection (1) shall clearly show: the sections of burial lots which have been disposed of and the names of the persons owning or holding each burial lot; and the sections of burial lots held for disposal.
Section 8-3-1(2)Verify source
§ 8-3-1(2)(a)Subsection 8-3-1(2)(a)Provision

the sections of burial lots which have been disposed of and the names of the persons owning or holding each burial lot; and

the sections of burial lots which have been disposed of and the names of the persons owning or holding each burial lot; and
Section 8-3-1(2)(a)Verify source
§ 8-3-1(2)(b)Subsection 8-3-1(2)(b)Provision

the sections of burial lots held for disposal.

the sections of burial lots held for disposal.
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§ 8-3-1(3)Subsection 8-3-1(3)Provision

An executive officer or owner shall file additional plats of any addition to a cemetery before offering for sale any burial lots located in the cemetery.

An executive officer or owner shall file additional plats of any addition to a cemetery before offering for sale any burial lots located in the cemetery.
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§ 8-3-1(4)Subsection 8-3-1(4)Provision

A county recorder may not charge a fee for filing and recording an original plat required under this section.

A county recorder may not collect any fee for filing and recording an original plat required under this section.
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