48-2c-208 - Effective time and date of filed documents. - Utah Statutes

48-2c-208. Effective time and date of filed documents.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2) and in Subsection 48-2c-209(4), a documentsubmitted to the division for filing under this chapter shall be considered effective at the time offiling on the date it is filed with the division, as evidenced by the division's stamp or endorsementon the document as described in Subsection 48-2c-210(2).
(2) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, a document, other than an application toreserve the right to register a name, may specify conspicuously on its face a delayed effectivetime or date, or both an effective time and date, and if it does so, the document becomes effectiveas specified.
(a) If a delayed effective time but no date is specified, the document is effective on thedate it is filed with the division, as that date is specified in the division's time and date stamp orendorsement on the document, at the later of the time specified on the document as its effectivetime or the time specified in the time and date stamp or endorsement.
(b) If a delayed effective date but no time is specified, the document is effective at theclose of business on that date.
(c) A delayed effective date for a document may not be later than the 90th day after thedate it is filed with the division. If a document specifies a delayed effective date that is later thanthe 90th day after the document is filed with the division, the document is effective on the 90thday after it is filed with the division.
(3) If a document specified a delayed effective date pursuant to Subsection (2), thedocument may be prevented from becoming effective by delivering to the division, prior to thespecified effective date of the document, a certificate of withdrawal, signed in the same manneras the document being withdrawn, stating that the document has been revoked by appropriateaction and is void.

Enacted by Chapter 260, 2001 General Session