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You can use an Affidavit in Utah for estates with less than $100,000, not counting liens or encumbrances (like a mortgage). You can also transfer up to four boats, motor vehicles, trailers or semi-trailers, if the value of estate subject to probate, excluding the value of the vehicles, is $100,000. There is a 30-day waiting period.
Utah Code Ann. 75-3-1201 and following.
You can use a summary probate procedure for estates in which the value of the estate, less liens or encumbrances, doesn't exceed the homestead allowance, exempt property, family allowance, and costs of administration, funeral expenses, and last illness expenses.
Utah, like most states, does not impose an estate or inheritance tax. Only a few states do.
No. Utah Code Ann. § 78B-5-513
Real property, mobile home, or water rights to $48,700 if primary residence; $5,800 if not primary residence (joint owners may double)
Motor vehicle to $3,000
All of Utah comprises just one federal district the Utah District Bankruptcy Court, with courthouses in Salt Lake City, for those in the north, and in St. George for those in the south.
In Utah, you can receive unemployment benefits for a maximum of 26 weeks under state law.
Utah has a minimum wage law. The minimum wage in Utah is $7.25 per hour, which is the same as the federal minimum wage. This rate has not changed since 2008
In Utah, your employer may pay you a minimum wage of $2.13 an hour, as long as you earn enough in tips to bring your total hourly pay up to the full minimum wage, $7.25 an hour. If you don’t earn enough in tips to bring your compensation to the full minimum wage, your employer must make up the difference.