1. (1) A document or a certified copy of a document may be recorded without acknowledgment if the document:

   1. (a) was executed under law existing at the time of execution;
   2. (b) evidences or affects title to real property; and

   3. (c) was issued under the authority of:

      1. (i) the United States, another state, a court of record, a foreign government, or an Indian tribe; or

      2. (ii) the state or a political subdivision of the state and the document:

         1. (A) was executed on or before July 1, 1988; or
         2. (B) has affixed the Great Seal in accordance with Subsection 67-1a-2(1)(f).
2. (2) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(c)(ii), a document or a certified copy of a document executed under the authority of the state or a political subdivision of the state may not be recorded unless it includes a certificate of acknowledgment or jurat.

Amended by Chapter 77, 2026 General Session