# Utah Code § 57-1-10: After-acquired title passes

> Utah · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_1_10

## Section

- **Citation:** Utah Code § 57-1-10
- **Heading:** After-acquired title passes
- **Jurisdiction:** Utah
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Utah Code / Title 57 / Chapter 57-1 / § 57-1-10

## Text

(1) If any person conveys any real estate by conveyance purporting to convey the real estate in fee simple absolute, and at the time of the conveyance the person does not have the legal estate in the real estate, but afterwards acquires the legal estate: (a) the legal estate subsequently acquired immediately passes to the grantee, the grantee's heirs, successors, or assigns; and (b) the conveyance is as valid as if the legal estate had been in the grantor at the time of the conveyance. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a conveyance by quitclaim deed.

## Nearby sections

- [Utah Code § 57-1-1 § 57-1-1. Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_1_1.md)
- [Utah Code § 57-1-2 § 57-1-2. Words of inheritance not required to pass fee.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_1_2.md)
- [Utah Code § 57-1-3 § 57-1-3. Grant of fee simple presumed.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_1_3.md)
- [Utah Code § 57-1-4 § 57-1-4. Attempted conveyance of more than grantor owns -- Effect.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_1_4.md)
- [Utah Code § 57-1-5 § 57-1-5. Creation of joint tenancy presumed -- Tenancy in common -- Severance of joint tenancy -- Tenants by the entirety -- Tenants holding as community property.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_1_5.md)
- [Utah Code § 57-1-5.1 § 57-1-5.1. Termination of an interest in real estate -- Affidavit.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_1_5.1.md)
- [Utah Code § 57-1-10 § 57-1-10. After-acquired title passes.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_1_10.md)
- [Utah Code § 57-1-11 § 57-1-11. Claimant out of possession may convey.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_1_11.md)
- [Utah Code § 57-1-12 § 57-1-12. Form of warranty deed -- Effect.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_1_12.md)
- [Utah Code § 57-1-12.5 § 57-1-12.5. Form of special warranty deed -- Effect.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_1_12.5.md)
- [Utah Code § 57-1-13 § 57-1-13. Form of quitclaim deed.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_1_13.md)
- [Utah Code § 57-1-14 § 57-1-14. Form of mortgage -- Effect.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_1_14.md)
- [Utah Code § 57-1-15 § 57-1-15. Effect of recording assignment of mortgage.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_1_15.md)
- [Utah Code § 57-1-19 § 57-1-19. Trust deeds -- Definitions of terms.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_1_19.md)

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