Utah legislation · 2025 General Session
Utah HB538: Judgment Information Amendments
Status: Chaptered, March 25, 2026
This bill addresses information necessary to file a judgment lien against real property.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
Judgment Information Amendments 2025 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Matt MacPherson Senate Sponsor: Calvin R. Musselman LONG TITLE General Description: This bill addresses information necessary to file a judgment lien against real property. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - provides that to record a judgment, a person shall include a copy of the judgment that contains, if known, the last four digits of the judgment debtor's social security number, the month and year of the judgment debtor's birth, and the judgment debtor's driver license number if a natural person. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 78B-5-201 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 401 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1, Section 78B-5-201 is amended to read: 78B-5-201. Definitions -- Judgment recorded in Registry of Judgments. (1) As used in this part, "Registry of Judgments" means the index where a judgment is filed and searchable by the name of the judgment debtor through electronic means or by tangible document. (2) On or after July 1, 1997, a judgment entered by a court of this state does not create a lien upon or affect the title to real property unless the judgment is filed in the Registry of Judgments of the office …
Sponsors
- MacPherson, Matt (R, 26) · primary sponsor
- Calvin Musselman (R, 4)
Latest actions
- : Governor Signed
- : House/ to Governor
- : House/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- : House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- : Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- : Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- : Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- : House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
- : House/ received from Senate
- : Senate/ to House
Votes
- House/ passed 3rd reading (March 3, 2025): 67 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 27, 2025): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation (February 27, 2025): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Courts, Judicial Operations, Real Property, Political Subdivisions (Local Issues), Liens
Common questions
- What is HB538?
- HB538 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2025 General Session): Judgment Information Amendments.
- What does HB538 do?
- This bill addresses information necessary to file a judgment lien against real property.
- What is the status of HB538?
- Chaptered as of March 25, 2026. Latest action: Governor Signed (March 25, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB538?
- MacPherson, Matt (R, 26), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB538?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0538.html
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