Utah Statutes and Regulations

For Estate Planning

 

Utah Code Ann. § 78-25-7 (2006).

Certificate of acknowledgment as evidence of execution.

Every private writing, except last wills and testaments, may be acknowledged or proved, and certified in the manner provided for the acknowledgment or proof of conveyances of real property, and the certificate of such acknowledgment or proof is prima facie evidence of the execution of the writing in the same manner as if it were a conveyance of real property.

HISTORY: L. 1951, ch. 58, § 1; C. 1943, Supp., 104-25-7.

NOTES:
CROSS-REFERENCES. --Acknowledgment and proof of conveyances, § 57-2-10 et seq.; §§ 57-2a-1 to 57-2a-7.
Authentication of writings required, Rules of Evidence, Rule 901.
Best evidence rule, when secondary evidence admissible, Rules of Evidence, Rules 1001 to 1004.
Proof of instruments affecting real estate, § 78-25-13.

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