Utah Lien Release
The Lien You Are Releasing
Pull your stamped copy of the lien — everything on this page is on it. If the details here do not match the instrument on record, the release does not release it, and no one at the counter will catch that for you.
This instrument says the debt is paid.
Utah Code § 38-1a-803 discharges the lien on satisfaction of the debt. Signing it while money is still owed puts a false statement on the public record and gives away the security you filed to protect. If you have been paid part of it, this is not the document you want — talk to a construction attorney about what is.
Where this gets filed: County Recorder. EACH APPLICABLE COUNTY RECORDER — § 38-1a-803(2) says "each," so cancel in every county where the lien was recorded. The State Construction Registry does NOT take the cancellation: the registry handles notices of commencement, preliminary notices and completion, while the lien and its cancellation are county-recorder instruments.
Ten days after RECEIVING A REQUEST, once the full amount owing — including costs and cancellation fees — has been paid (§ 38-1a-803(1)-(2)). The statute says only "request": IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE IN WRITING, so a phone call or an email starts the ten days. Failure costs $100 for each day, or actual damages, whichever is greater (§ 38-1a-803(3)).