
How to Avoid Probate in Utah
How to avoid probate in Utah: the recorded transfer on death deed, the 2024 joint tenancy presumption, POD and TOD accounts, and living trusts.
In Utah, an asset skips probate when its title or its beneficiary form decides who takes it. That covers real estate under a recorded transfer on death deed, property held in joint tenancy with right of survivorship, payable on death bank accounts, securities registered in beneficiary form, retirement plans and life insurance with a living beneficiary named, and anything already titled to a living trust.
Everything else goes to the district court. Utah Code 75-1-302 gives the court subject matter jurisdiction over estates of decedents, Utah Code 78A-5-102(1) puts original jurisdiction in all civil matters in the district court, and Utah Code 78A-5-101 places a district court in the county seat of every county. Utah has no separate probate court, so the same court hears every estate in the state, and Title 75 is the Utah Uniform Probate Code.
Use this page as a planning map. Each tool below names the Utah section that creates it, the step that makes it work, and the catch most national pages leave out. If someone has already died and you are settling the estate now, start with the Utah probate guide instead.
Start With What Utah Probate Actually Costs
National pages sell a living trust as the escape from a ruinous probate bill. Utah does not have that bill.
The court filing fee for a probate petition is a flat $375 statewide under Utah Code 78A-2-301(1)(a), and the Utah Courts fee schedule prints the same figure for an original complaint or petition not governed by another subsection. There is no percentage fee. Personal representatives and attorneys take reasonable compensation under Utah Code 75-3-718(1), and where a petition seeks approval and no interested person objects, the compensation sought in the petition is the reasonable compensation. Utah also collects no inheritance tax and no estate tax. The Utah State Tax Commission states that Utah inheritance tax returns do not need to be filed and that no inheritance tax waiver is required, and the old Inheritance Tax Act at Title 59, Chapter 11 now shows as repealed in the code.
So avoiding probate in Utah buys time, privacy, and a simpler handoff. It does not buy you out of a large fee, because the large fee is not there. Plan with that in mind and the tools below get much easier to choose between.
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Take the 2-minute assessmentThe Transfer On Death Deed For The House
The house is the asset that pushes most Utah families into probate, and Utah has a real answer for it. The Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act sits at Title 75, Chapter 6, Part 4, sections 75-6-401 through 75-6-419, enacted by Chapter 26 of the 2018 General Session. Section 75-6-405(1) lets an individual transfer property to one or more named beneficiaries effective at death by a transfer on death deed, and the part prints optional statutory forms at 75-6-416 and 75-6-417.
The mechanics, read off the statute:
- Record it before you die. Section 75-6-409 requires the deed to carry the elements and formalities of a properly recordable inter vivos deed, to state that the transfer happens at the transferor's death, and to be recorded before the transferor's death with the recorder of the county where the property is located. A signed deed sitting in a drawer does nothing.
- No notice to anyone. Under 75-6-410 the deed works without notice, delivery, acceptance, or consideration. The beneficiary does not need to know.
- It changes nothing while you live. Section 75-6-412 says the deed does not affect your rights, your ability to sell or mortgage, your creditors' rights, or your eligibility for public assistance, and it creates no interest in the beneficiary.
- Revoke it on paper, not by tearing it up. Section 75-6-411(1) makes a revocation effective only through a later transfer on death deed, an express instrument of revocation, or an inter vivos deed, acknowledged after the deed being revoked and recorded before death. Section 75-6-411(3) is blunt: after a transfer on death deed is recorded, it may not be revoked by a revocatory act on the deed.
- A class gift is not allowed. Section 75-6-405(2). Name people, not "my children."
- The beneficiary has to survive you. Section 75-6-413(1)(b) makes the interest contingent on survival, and a beneficiary who dies first lapses, with Utah's anti-lapse rule at 75-2-706 switched off. Name a backup in the deed.
- Two beneficiaries take as tenants in common. Section 75-6-413(1)(c) passes concurrent interests in equal undivided shares with no right of survivorship unless the deed says otherwise, and 75-6-413(1)(d) sends a lapsed share to the others.
- A joint owner comes second in line. Under 75-6-413(3), if you are a joint owner and other joint owners survive you, the property goes to them. Your transfer on death deed is effective only if you are the last surviving joint owner.
- The beneficiary takes the debt with the house. Section 75-6-413(2) passes the property subject to every mortgage, lien, contract, and other interest attached at your death.
- Someone records an affidavit afterward. Section 75-6-413(5) requires an affidavit substantially in the form at 57-1-5.1, recorded in the county where the property sits, carrying the legal description, the entry number and book and page of the recorded deed, and a copy of the death certificate.
Every mechanic on that list gets a full walkthrough on Utah's transfer on death deed page.
Joint Tenancy Changed In Utah On May 1, 2024
Most states presume a tenancy in common when a deed goes to two people and stays silent. Utah used to work that way for anyone who was not a married couple. It flipped.
Utah Code 57-1-5(1)(a)(i)(C), amended by Chapter 100 of the 2024 General Session, presumes that an ownership interest granted on or after May 1, 2024 to two or more persons in their own right is a joint tenancy with rights of survivorship, unless the interest is severed, converted, or expressly declared otherwise in the grant. The two earlier bands were narrower:
| Grant recorded | Joint tenancy presumed for |
|---|---|
| May 5, 1997 through May 3, 2022 | two persons designated husband and wife |
| May 4, 2022 through April 30, 2024 | two persons designated spouses |
| On or after May 1, 2024 | two or more persons in their own right |
Anything that falls outside those bands is presumed a tenancy in common under 57-1-5(1)(b) unless the grant expressly declares otherwise. So the date on the deed decides which presumption applies, and a Utah family reading a deed from 2015 cannot borrow the 2024 rule. Pull the recorded deed and read the wording before you treat any transfer as automatic.
Two more pieces of 57-1-5 do real work:
- Wording still wins. Subsection (2)(a) treats "joint tenancy," "with rights of survivorship," "and to the survivor of them," or words of similar import as a joint tenancy. Subsection (2)(b) treats "tenancy in common," "with no rights of survivorship," or "undivided interest" as a tenancy in common, and it declares that "and/or" creates a tenancy in common unless joint tenancy language sits beside it.
- You cannot hold joint tenancy with an entity. Subsection (1)(a)(iii) blocks joint tenancy between a person and an entity or organization, and it names a corporation, a trustee of a trust, and a partnership. That single line kills a plan people try often: putting the house half in your own name and half in your trust as joint tenants.
A joint tenant can also break the arrangement alone. Under 57-1-5(5)(a), a bona fide conveyance by a joint tenant of that interest severs the joint tenancy and converts it into a tenancy in common, and 57-1-5(5)(b) keeps the remaining joint tenants in joint tenancy where more than one is left. When a joint tenant dies, 57-1-5.1(1) terminates the interest and lets a recorded affidavit disclose it, using the same form the transfer on death deed uses.
Joint tenancy costs nothing to create. It also hands a living co-owner present ownership, exposes the property to that person's creditors and divorce, and cuts out anybody you did not name. Use it on purpose.
Payable On Death Bank Accounts
A P.O.D. designation at a bank or credit union names who receives the balance at death. Utah's multiple-party account rules run from Utah Code 75-6-101 through 75-6-115.
While you are alive, the account is yours. Section 75-6-103 says a P.O.D. account belongs to the original payee during that person's lifetime and not to the P.O.D. payee. At death, 75-6-104(2)(b) hands the remaining funds to the P.O.D. payee who survives. Section 75-6-106 makes those transfers nontestamentary, so they never enter the probate estate.
Three details worth knowing:
- A will cannot touch it. Section 75-6-104(5) says a right of survivorship, a trust account beneficiary designation, or a P.O.D. payee designation cannot be changed by will.
- Joint accounts follow the same path. Under 75-6-104(1)(a), sums on deposit at the death of a party to a joint account belong to the surviving party unless there is clear and convincing evidence of a different intention.
- Two surviving P.O.D. payees do not inherit from each other. Section 75-6-104(2)(b) gives them no right of survivorship between themselves after the fact unless the account terms expressly provide for it.
Adding a P.O.D. form to a solely owned account is free and takes a few minutes. It is the cheapest single step in this guide.
Securities Registered In Beneficiary Form
Utah adopted the Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act at Utah Code 75-6-301 through 75-6-313. A brokerage account, mutual fund, or individual security registered in beneficiary form passes at death to the beneficiary who survives all owners, under 75-6-308, and the registering firm reregisters it on proof of death.
Section 75-6-303 sets the entry requirement: only registrations showing sole ownership by one individual, or multiple ownership by two or more with right of survivorship, may be registered in beneficiary form. Owners holding as tenants in common are shut out. Section 75-6-307 keeps you in control, giving the designation no effect on ownership until death and letting the sole owner or all surviving owners cancel or change it at any time without the beneficiary's consent.
The fallback matters. Where no beneficiary survives all owners, 75-6-308 sends the security to the estate of the last owner to die, which puts it straight back into probate. Name a contingent beneficiary wherever the broker's form allows one.
Retirement Accounts And Life Insurance
A 401(k), IRA, pension, or life insurance policy pays the beneficiary named on the form the plan or insurer holds. Utah Code 75-6-201(1) treats a provision in an insurance policy, an employment contract, a deposit agreement, a pension plan, a trust agreement, or any other written instrument effective as a contract, gift, conveyance, or trust as nontestamentary, so the will does not reach it.
This is where probate happens by accident in Utah. A blank form, a stale form, or a beneficiary who died first drops the money into the estate and into court. Review every designation after a marriage, a divorce, a birth, or a death, and name a contingent beneficiary on each one. Section 75-6-201(2) leaves creditor rights under other Utah law untouched.
One Utah quirk sits in the same section. Under 75-6-201(3), a safe deposit box lease that gives two people access, or that purports to create a joint tenancy in the contents, is ineffective to create joint ownership of the contents or to pass them at death. Ownership of what is inside the box is decided by ordinary rules of law, whatever the lease says.
Vehicles And Boats
Utah has no transfer on death designation for a vehicle title. Title 41, Chapter 1a, the Motor Vehicle Act, contains no beneficiary or transfer on death provision, so a Utah owner cannot file a DMV beneficiary form the way a Colorado owner can.
Two rules cover vehicles instead. First, Utah Code 75-6-201(4): a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or boat registration in the names of two or more individuals is deemed to be held in joint tenancy with right of survivorship unless otherwise indicated. Adding a second name to the registration is the Utah planning move here, and it works automatically.
Second, after a death, Utah Code 75-3-1201(3) directs the Motor Vehicle Division to transfer title to not more than four boats, motor vehicles, trailers, or semitrailers on an affidavit, and for that affidavit the estate is measured excluding those vehicles. Utah Courts points people to the Division's survivorship affidavit for that route.
The Revocable Living Trust
A revocable living trust holds assets while you live and passes them to your beneficiaries at death with no court case. Utah trust law moved recently, and the citation you find online is probably stale: the Utah Uniform Trust Code is now Title 75B, Chapter 2, renumbered and amended by Chapter 310 of the 2025 General Session. Title 75 no longer has a Chapter 7 at all.
Under Utah Code 75B-2-602(1)(a), the settlor may revoke or amend the trust unless its terms expressly say it is irrevocable, which is the reverse of the pre-2004 default preserved at 75B-2-602(1)(b). Section 75B-2-602(3) lets you revoke or amend by substantially complying with a method the trust names, or, where the trust names no exclusive method, by a later will or codicil that expressly refers to the trust, or by any other method showing clear and convincing evidence of your intent. Section 75B-2-602(5) is worth reading before you sign a financial power of attorney: an agent may exercise the settlor's revocation, amendment, or distribution powers only where the trust terms or the power expressly authorize it.
Creating the trust is 75B-2-401 and 75B-2-402. Capacity to create a trust is the same standard as capacity to make a will, under 75B-2-402(1)(a), and the same person cannot be sole trustee and sole beneficiary, under 75B-2-402(1)(e).
A trust avoids probate only for assets you actually retitle into it, which planners call funding. An unfunded trust avoids nothing. Remember the joint tenancy block above: 57-1-5(1)(a)(iii) forbids a joint tenancy between a person and a trustee, so funding the house means deeding it to the trust rather than adding the trust as a co-owner.
Utah also puts a clock on trust challenges. Section 75B-2-604(1) requires a contest to the validity of a trust that was revocable at the settlor's death to start within the earlier of three years after the death, or 90 days after the trustee sends the person a copy of the trust instrument with notice of the trust, the trustee's name and address, and the time allowed. That notice is what buys a Utah successor trustee an early, short deadline.
A trust earns its place in Utah for privacy, for real estate in more than one state, for incapacity planning, and for control over how and when beneficiaries receive money. The weaker argument is pure cost, since Utah probate is flat-fee and mostly informal. Read a Utah revocable living trust for the setup and the funding checklist, and Utah estate planning basics for how the trust fits beside the will and the incapacity documents.
What Does Not Avoid Probate
Two beliefs cost Utah families the most.
The first is that a will keeps you out of court. It does the opposite. Utah Code 75-3-102 says that, except as provided in Section 75-3-1201, a will must be declared valid by an order of informal probate by the registrar or by an adjudication of probate by the court to be effective to prove the transfer of any property or to nominate a personal representative. The will is the instruction sheet for probate. Read Utah will requirements for what makes one valid, and Utah intestate succession for who inherits when there is no will at all.
The second is that the small estate affidavit is a planning tool. It is a post-death shortcut with its own limits. Utah Code 75-3-1201(1) lets a successor collect personal property by sworn affidavit where the value of the entire estate subject to administration, wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed $100,000, 30 days have passed, and no personal representative has been appointed anywhere. That figure is fixed: Utah Code 75-1-110 indexes several probate dollar amounts to inflation by the year of death, and 75-3-1201 is not on its list.
Two limits on that route are worth flagging here. The affidavit reaches personal property, and Utah Courts says on its own small estates page that the affidavit cannot be used to transfer title to real property and lists "there is no real property" among the requirements, which reads more strictly than the statute's value test. Shares of stock in a water company transferred under Section 73-1-10 or Title 70A, Chapter 8 are excluded outright by 75-3-1201(4), and that is a live Utah asset class. Utah's second route, the summary administrative procedure at 75-3-1203, carries no dollar figure at all: it turns on whether the inventory shows the estate is worth less than the allowances, administration costs, funeral costs, and last-illness medical bills combined. Both routes are worked through on the $100,000 affidavit after a death.
Probate avoidance is also not the whole of planning. Incapacity while you live needs a Utah power of attorney for money and a Utah advance health care directive for medical decisions, and those two documents are what stand between a family and Utah guardianship. Online accounts follow their own statute, covered on online accounts and digital assets.
Where Utah Pulls Nonprobate Property Back
No Utah tool on this page is absolute, and three claw-backs are written into the law.
Transfer on death deeds, 12 months. Utah Code 75-6-415(1) lets the estate, and only the estate, enforce liability against transfer on death property where the probate estate cannot satisfy an allowed claim or a statutory allowance to a surviving spouse or child. Section 75-6-415(3) requires the proceeding within 12 months of the death, and 75-6-415(2) spreads the liability across several properties by net value.
Bank accounts, two years. Utah Code 75-6-107 says no multiple-party account is effective against the estate to move sums needed for debts, taxes, and administration expenses, including statutory allowances to a surviving spouse and to minor and dependent children, where other assets fall short. A surviving party or P.O.D. payee is liable to account to the personal representative, no proceeding starts without a written demand from a surviving spouse, a creditor, or someone acting for a minor or dependent child, and none starts later than two years after the death.
Medicaid, everything. Utah runs an expanded estate recovery program. Utah Code 26B-3-1001(12)(c) defines the recovery estate to include property in which the person had a legal interest at death "including assets conveyed to a survivor, heir, or assign of the decedent through joint tenancy, tenancy in common, survivorship, life estate, living trust, or other arrangement." Joint tenancy, a living trust, and a life estate are all named in the statute. Anyone who has received or may need Medicaid long-term care should talk with a Utah elder law attorney before retitling anything.
A Utah Checklist
- Record a transfer on death deed for the house with the county recorder, naming individuals and a backup, and confirm it is recorded while you are alive. (75-6-405, 75-6-409.)
- Pull the recorded deed on any co-owned property and read the wording against the date bands in 57-1-5 before assuming survivorship.
- Add or refresh P.O.D. beneficiaries on every bank and credit union account. (75-6-104.)
- Register brokerage accounts in beneficiary form and name a contingent beneficiary. (75-6-303, 75-6-308.)
- Review beneficiary designations on retirement plans and life insurance after every family change. (75-6-201.)
- Put a second name on a vehicle or boat registration where survivorship is what you want. (75-6-201(4).)
- Sign the incapacity documents, then fund a revocable living trust where privacy, out-of-state property, or control over distributions justifies the setup. (75B-2-401, 75B-2-602.)
- Keep the will consistent with every form, remembering that in Utah the form beats the will. (75-6-104(5).)
When To Call A Utah Attorney
Most of this list is paperwork you can handle with the bank, the broker, and the county recorder. Call a licensed Utah attorney when:
- Medicaid long-term care is on the table, because 26B-3-1001(12)(c) reaches almost every tool here
- the property sits in more than one state, or in a state whose recorder will not take a Utah deed
- a blended family means the survivorship default and the will point at different people
- a co-owner is not the person you want to inherit, and the deed predates May 1, 2024
- a trust already exists and nobody can say which assets were ever retitled into it
- someone has already died, and you are deciding between the affidavit, summary administration, and a full case
Confirm anything that affects a particular property with the county recorder where it sits, the district court handling the estate, or a licensed Utah attorney before you sign or record.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Utah have a transfer on death deed?
Yes. Utah adopted the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act as Title 75, Chapter 6, Part 4, enacted by Chapter 26 of the 2018 General Session. Section 75-6-405(1) lets an individual transfer real property to one or more named beneficiaries effective at the transferor's death. Section 75-6-409 sets three requirements: the deed must carry the elements and formalities of a properly recordable inter vivos deed, it must say the transfer happens at the transferor's death, and it must be recorded before the transferor's death with the recorder of the county where the property sits. The part also prints optional statutory forms at 75-6-416 and 75-6-417.
Is Utah real estate held by two people automatically joint tenancy?
For grants made on or after May 1, 2024, yes by presumption. Utah Code 57-1-5(1)(a)(i)(C), amended by Chapter 100 of the 2024 General Session, presumes that an ownership interest granted to two or more persons in their own right is a joint tenancy with rights of survivorship unless it is severed, converted, or expressly declared otherwise in the grant. Grants between May 5, 1997 and May 3, 2022 carried the presumption only where the grant designated the two people as husband and wife, and grants between May 4, 2022 and April 30, 2024 only where it designated them as spouses. Anything outside those bands is presumed a tenancy in common under 57-1-5(1)(b).
Can a Utah will change a payable on death account?
No. Utah Code 75-6-104(5) says a right of survivorship arising from the express terms of the account or under that section, a beneficiary designation in a trust account, or a P.O.D. payee designation cannot be changed by will. The form on file at the bank controls. Section 75-6-106 makes those transfers nontestamentary, so they pass outside the probate estate.
Does a Utah will avoid probate?
No. Utah Code 75-3-102 says that, except as provided in Section 75-3-1201, a will must be declared valid by an order of informal probate by the registrar or by an adjudication of probate by the court to be effective to prove the transfer of any property or to nominate a personal representative. A will is the instruction sheet for a probate case rather than a way around one.
Can Utah creditors reach property that passed by a transfer on death deed?
Yes, within a window. Under Utah Code 75-6-415(1), where the transferor's probate estate cannot satisfy an allowed claim or a statutory allowance to a surviving spouse or child, only the estate may enforce that liability against property transferred by a transfer on death deed. Section 75-6-415(3) requires the proceeding to start no later than 12 months after the transferor's death, and 75-6-415(2) apportions the liability among several properties by their net values.
How long do Utah bank account beneficiaries stay exposed to estate claims?
Two years. Utah Code 75-6-107 says no multiple-party account is effective against the estate to transfer sums needed to pay debts, taxes, and expenses of administration, including statutory allowances to the surviving spouse and to minor and dependent children, where other estate assets fall short. A surviving party or P.O.D. payee who took the money is liable to account to the personal representative. No proceeding may start unless the personal representative has received a written demand from a surviving spouse, a creditor, or someone acting for a minor or dependent child, and none may start later than two years after the death.
Where is the Utah Uniform Trust Code now?
Title 75B, Chapter 2. The trust code was renumbered and amended by Chapter 310 of the 2025 General Session, and Title 75 no longer carries a Chapter 7. Older summaries that cite Utah Code 75-7-602 for revocation are pointing at a chapter that no longer exists. The current revocation rule is 75B-2-602.
This guide is general information about Utah estates. Confirm anything that affects your situation with the district court for your county, the county recorder where the property sits, or a licensed Utah attorney.
Sources:
- Title: Utah Code Section 75-6-409, Requirements. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Effective 2018-05-08, Enacted by Chapter 26, 2018 General Session, accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter6/C75-6-S409_2018050820180508.html
- Title: Utah Code Section 75-6-411, Revocation by instrument authorized, Revocation by act not permitted. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Effective 2018-05-08, Enacted by Chapter 26, 2018 General Session, accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter6/C75-6-S411_2018050820180508.html
- Title: Utah Code Section 75-6-413, Effect of transfer on death deed at transferor's death. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Effective 2021-05-05, Amended by Chapter 225, 2021 General Session, accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter6/C75-6-S413_2021050520210505.html
- Title: Utah Code Section 75-6-415, Liability for creditor claims and statutory allowances. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Effective 2018-05-08, Enacted by Chapter 26, 2018 General Session, accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter6/C75-6-S415_2018050820180508.html
- Title: Utah Code Section 57-1-5, Creation of joint tenancy presumed, Tenancy in common, Severance of joint tenancy, Tenants by the entirety, Tenants holding as community property. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Effective 2024-05-01, Amended by Chapter 100, 2024 General Session, accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title57/Chapter1/C57-1-S5_2024050120240501.html
- Title: Utah Code Section 75-6-104, Right of survivorship. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Effective 2021-05-05, Amended by Chapter 170, 2021 General Session, accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter6/C75-6-S104_2021050520210505.html
- Title: Utah Code Section 75-6-107, Rights of creditors. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Enacted by Chapter 150, 1975 General Session, accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter6/C75-6-S107_1800010118000101.html
- Title: Utah Code Section 75-6-201, Provisions for payment or transfer at death. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Effective 2025-05-07, Amended by Chapter 310, 2025 General Session, accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter6/C75-6-S201_2025050720250507.html
- Title: Utah Code Section 75-6-308, Ownership on death of owner. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Enacted by Chapter 9, 1995 General Session, accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter6/C75-6-S308_1800010118000101.html
- Title: Utah Code Section 75B-2-602, Revocation or amendment of revocable trust. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Effective 2025-05-07, Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 310, 2025 General Session, accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75B/Chapter2/C75B-2-S602_2025050720250507.html
- Title: Utah Code Section 75-3-1201, Collection of personal property by affidavit, Vehicles, Water shares excluded. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Effective 2025-05-07, Amended by Chapter 123, 2025 General Session, accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter3/C75-3-S1201_2025050720250507.html
- Title: Utah Code Section 26B-3-1001, Definitions. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Effective 2023-05-03, Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 306, 2023 General Session, accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title26B/Chapter3/C26B-3-S1001_2023050320230503.html
- Title: Small Estates. Publisher: Utah State Courts, Self-Help Center. Publication Date: Not listed, accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://www.utcourts.gov/en/self-help/case-categories/probate/small-estates.html
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- Title: Inheritance Tax. Publisher: Utah State Tax Commission. Publication Date: Not listed, accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://tax.utah.gov/business/other-taxes/inheritance-tax/
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