# Utah Code § 57-9-4: Filing of notice of claim of interest authorized -- Effect of possession of land by record owner of possessory interest

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_9_4

## Section

- **Citation:** Utah Code § 57-9-4
- **Heading:** Filing of notice of claim of interest authorized -- Effect of possession of land by record owner of possessory interest
- **Jurisdiction:** Utah
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Utah Code / Title 57 / Chapter 57-9 / § 57-9-4

## Text

(1) Any person claiming an interest in land may preserve and keep effective such interest by filing for record during the forty-year period immediately following the effective date of the root of title of the person whose record title would otherwise be marketable, a notice in writing, duly verified by oath, setting forth the nature of the claim. No disability or lack of knowledge of any kind on the part of anyone shall suspend the running of the forty-year period. The notice may be filed for record by the claimant or by any other person acting in behalf of any claimant who is: (a) under a disability; (b) unable to assert a claim on the claimant's own behalf; or (c) one of a class, but whose identity cannot be established or is uncertain at the time of filing the notice of claim for record. (2) If the same record owner of any possessory interest in land has been in possession of such land continuously for a period of 40 years or more, during which period no title transaction with respect to such interest appears of record in the record owner's chain of title, and no notice has been filed by the record owner or on the record owner's behalf as provided in Subsection (1), and such possession continues to the time when marketability is being determined, such period of possession shall be deemed equivalent to the filing of the notice immediately preceding the termination of the forty-year period described in Subsection (1).

## Nearby sections

- [Utah Code § 57-9-1 § 57-9-1. What constitutes marketable record title.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_9_1.md)
- [Utah Code § 57-9-2 § 57-9-2. Rights and interests to which marketable record title is subject.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_9_2.md)
- [Utah Code § 57-9-3 § 57-9-3. Marketable record title held free and clear of interests, claims, and charges.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_9_3.md)
- [Utah Code § 57-9-4 § 57-9-4. Filing of notice of claim of interest authorized -- Effect of possession of land by record owner of possessory interest.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_9_4.md)
- [Utah Code § 57-9-5 § 57-9-5. Notice of claim of interest -- Contents -- Filing for record.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_9_5.md)
- [Utah Code § 57-9-6 § 57-9-6. Applicability of provisions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_9_6.md)
- [Utah Code § 57-9-7 § 57-9-7. Existing statutes of limitations and recording statutes not affected.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_9_7.md)
- [Utah Code § 57-9-8 § 57-9-8. Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_9_8.md)
- [Utah Code § 57-9-9 § 57-9-9. Legislative purpose and construction.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_9_9.md)
- [Utah Code § 57-9-10 § 57-9-10. Extension of limitation period.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T57_S57_9_10.md)

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