How to Find Your Utah Legal Description
One field on the Utah quitclaim deed form trips people up more than any other: the legal description. It's not your street address — it's the surveyed, official description the county uses to pin down exactly which parcel is being transferred, and copying it wrong is a fast way to get your deed rejected.
Check your own paperwork first. Closing documents, a prior deed, or your property tax statement usually have it printed word-for-word, ready to copy over.
Nothing on hand? You don't need to make a trip to the county seat to track it down — every option below works from home.
Utah county Recorder offices generally run their own online records search, and many county assessors separately maintain an interactive parcel map you can click through. Pick your county below for that office's contact info and official website, then look around for a "property search," "records search," or "parcel map" link once you're there.
Find Your County's Property Search
Every county in our directory links out to that office's real website, and several of our county pages link straight to the search tool itself. Pick yours to get started:
FAQs About Legal Descriptions
What exactly counts as a legal description?
It's the surveyed, official way a parcel gets identified on recorded paperwork — a lot/block/subdivision reference or a metes-and-bounds description, not your mailing address. Two properties can share a street address format and still need entirely different legal descriptions, which is why the recorder's office relies on it instead.
Can I look mine up online instead of digging through paperwork?
Usually, yes — most Utah county Recorder or assessor websites let you search by owner name, address, or parcel number and pull up the recorded legal description directly.
What if my county doesn't have online records?
Fall back on paperwork you already have — a closing packet or settlement statement almost always has it printed somewhere. If that comes up empty, a phone call or in-person visit to the recorder's or assessor's office will get it looked up for you.