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SUMMARY JUDGMENT STANDARD A party is entitled to summary judgment as a matter of law if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show there is no genuine issue as to any material fact. Utah R. Civ.
All judgments and court records are filed in the County Clerk Office in the County where the lawsuit was filed. You can go in person to the County Clerk Office in the County where you live to ask if a judgment has been entered against you. Most counties also allow you to search online.
Judgments shall continue for eight years from the date of entry in a court unless previously satisfied or unless enforcement of the judgment is stayed in ance with law.
File the judgment or Abstract of Judgment in the office of the County Recorder in the county in which the debtor's real property is located. If the debtor has real property in more than one county, file in each county. Also file with the County Recorder a Judgment Information Statement.
You may obtain a login to PACER by registering with the PACER Service Center . The PACER Case Locator allows you to search for court records in all district, bankruptcy, and appellate courts.
You can look at your credit report at .annualcreditreport or you can go to the local clerk for the courts and search the county database. If there are judgments in other jurisdictions you would have to look there as well.
In Utah, the statute of limitations for any signed written contract, obligation, or liability is six years. For unwritten (verbal) contracts, obligations, or liabilities, the statute of limitation for an unpaid debt expires after four years.