State guide
Utah
Utah's probate creditor notice is permissive rather than mandatory: a personal representative may publish notice, and doing so starts a short nonclaim period. Utah also ties probate notices to both a county newspaper of general circulation and the state's public legal notice system.
Checked against official sources on October 4, 2026. Rules and links change; confirm with the office listed before you act.
- Publishing the notice
- A Utah personal representative may choose publication; if used, the representative publishes once a week for 3 successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county and also for 3 weeks under Utah's public legal notice system, with no official statewide list of qualifying probate newspapers found.
- Creditor claim deadline
- 3 months after first publication; mailed creditors get the later of 90 days from published notice or 60 days from mailing/delivery
- Outside deadline
- 1 year after death
- Law
- Utah Code §§ 75-3-801, 75-3-803; small estates: Utah Code § 75-3-1201
- Small-estate limit
- under $100,000, no real property, and at least 30 days after death
- Legal newspaper list
- Official page →
Official resources in Utah
Official Utah courts probate self-help landing page with informal probate and small-estate resources.
Official Utah courts page for opening an informal probate and using the creditor-notice forms.
Official Utah courts page explaining when a small-estate affidavit can avoid probate.
Official Utah courts public-notices portal that links court notices by county and to the Utah Public Notice Website.
Key facts for Utah
- A Utah personal representative may publish notice to creditors upon appointment. (Utah Code § 75-3-801(1))
- The notice must run once a week for 3 successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. (Utah Code § 75-3-801(1)(b)(i))
- The same notice must also be published in accordance with Utah Code § 45-1-101 for 3 weeks. (Utah Code § 75-3-801(1)(b)(ii))
- Published claims are barred unless presented within 3 months after first publication. (Utah Code § 75-3-801(1)(a))
- All pre-death claims are barred unless presented by the earlier of 1 year after death or the publication-based deadline. (Utah Code § 75-3-803)
- Utah small-estate affidavits can be used when the entire estate is under $100,000, with no real property and at least 30 days elapsed. (Utah Courts Small Estates)
What to do next
- Use the Utah courts 'Announcement of Appointment and Notice to Creditors' form if you want to start the short nonclaim period.
- Calendar both deadlines: 3 months from first publication and the separate 1-year-after-death outer bar.
- Check first whether the estate qualifies for Utah's small-estate affidavit, which is not filed with the court.
Helpful guides
- What is a notice to creditors in probate?
- How to publish a probate notice in a newspaper
- How much does it cost to publish a probate notice?
- What counts as a legal newspaper for probate notices
Creditor deadline calculator →