Looking up a sold price
How to find out how much a house sold for in Utah
Wondering how to find out how much a house sold for in Utah? The county records will not show it. Utah does not require a sale price to be reported, so it never reaches the public record. The deed shows who bought the home and when, not how much. A licensed agent can look up the real sold price in the MLS.
Scott BuehlerReplies within one business dayAsk your own questionTexts go to (435) 357-4345. I reply within one business day.A text thread. How do I find out what a house sold for? In Utah, not from the county records. The deed shows who and when, not how much. An agent can look up the price in the MLS.
Where the price lives
Public records, private papers
Where a Utah sale price shows up and where it does not, as of November 2026. Pick a column to see it on its own.
In the public records
- Who sold and who bought, from the deed
- The date the deed was recorded, and its entry number
- The legal description of the land
- On most loans, the amount borrowed, from the deed of trust
- The county's market value, as of January 1
- Not the price: the deed often lists a token sum
In the MLS, for agents
- The price the home sold for
- The date the sale closed
- Nearby homes that sold, for comparing
- Kept off public home search sites
With the people at closing
- The buyer and the seller
- The buyer's Closing Disclosure, which lists the Sale Price
- The settlement statement from the title company
- The agents and the lender on the sale
Utah is different
No law asks for the price
Utah does not require a home's sale price to be reported or recorded. Bills to require it have been filed since 2010, and none has passed, as of November 2026.
A licensed agent can share a sold price with you. UtahRealEstate.com, the Wasatch Front MLS, keeps sold prices off public websites. In Southern Utah, homes sell through the Iron County and Washington County MLSs.
The follow-up questions
Seven things people ask next
Each answer leads with the part you came for.
What the law says
Is a Utah sale price public record?
In shortNo. Utah does not require a sale price to be reported, so the county records leave it out. The deed is public, but the price is not on it.
People call Utah a non-disclosure state. That sounds like a law that hides prices, but it works the other way: no Utah law asks for the price at all. The state's rule on what a deed needs before the county will record it lists the buyer's name, a mailing address for tax notices and a description of the land. A price is not on that list.
Tax law goes one step further on a single form. When a county asks a new owner to confirm a home is a primary residence, that form may not ask for the sales price.
So who does know the price? The buyer and the seller, their agents, the lender and the title company that closed the sale. You can always ask a seller or a listing agent, but nothing in Utah law makes them answer.
The bills that did not pass. Lawmakers have filed bills to require price reporting since 2010, and none has passed. The 2026 bill did not pass either, and it would not have covered homes anyway: it left out single-family homes and buildings of two to four units.
Utah law as of November 2026.
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The county records
What does the county deed show, and what does it leave out?
In shortThe deed shows who sold, who bought, the land and the date it was recorded. Where you might expect the price, it often lists a token sum such as ten dollars.
When a home sells, a new deed is recorded with the county recorder, and anyone can look it up. It names the seller and the buyer, gives the buyer's mailing address for tax notices, and describes the land. The recorder adds the date and an entry number.
The price is the part people go looking for and do not find. Utah's warranty deed form has a blank for a sum of dollars, but most deeds fill it with a token amount. A common version reads "ten dollars and other good and valuable consideration." That wording is a habit of how deeds get written, not what the buyer paid.
The gold line leads to the one record where an agent can look up the real price. The dashed line is a question the state asks and keeps to itself.
The deeds also answer a second question: how many times a home has changed hands. Each one shows a single transfer and its date, so the chain of deeds is the home's sale history without the prices. Washington County's records even include an old abstract that starts in 1854.
- Washington County Recorder
111 East Tabernacle in St. George, (435) 301-7680. Its website has a property search and historical documents.
- Iron County Recorder
68 South 100 East in Parowan, (435) 477-8350. Its website has a search of property accounts and recorded plats.
- Every other county
Each Utah county has its own recorder. Find the recorder's page on the county website, or call the office and ask how to look up a deed.
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The one clue
Is there any clue to the price in the county records?
In shortSometimes. If the buyer used a loan, the recorded deed of trust usually shows how much was borrowed. That is the loan, not the price.
A deed of trust is the loan paper that ties a mortgage to the home, and it gets recorded along with the deed. The standard Utah form names the amount the buyer promised to pay back. That figure is public, and it is as close to a price as the county records come.
Read it with care, though. The amount borrowed tells you nothing about the down payment, so it cannot tell you the price. It says nothing about what is still owed today, either.
A cash sale leaves no clue. When a buyer pays cash, there is no loan and no deed of trust. The county records then hold the deed and nothing more about the money.
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Home search sites
Why is a website's sold price often off for a Utah home?
In shortUtah's main MLS does not send sold prices to public home search sites. So a site's sold figure may be an estimate or the last asking price.
Home search sites fill their pages from MLS feeds called IDX, the same feeds that show homes for sale on agent sites. UtahRealEstate.com, the Wasatch Front Regional MLS, keeps sold listings out of those feeds. Its own rules say sold data may not be shown to the public.
With no county record and no feed, a site has little to go on. The sold figure you see may be its own estimate, or the price the home was listed at before it sold.
Homes in Southern Utah are listed on local MLS boards. Wherever the home sits, the route that works is the same: a licensed agent looking it up in the local MLS.
Treat a website figure as a hint. It can tell you a home sold. Before you lean on the number, check it with an agent who can see the MLS.
The real price
How does an agent find what a house sold for?
In shortA licensed agent looks up the address in the MLS, which keeps the real sold price. The agent can share it with you, just not post it on a public website.
The MLS holds a record of each sale, with the price, the closing date and the details of the home. An agent can look up one home or a set of nearby sales. A set like that is the start of a comparative market analysis, or CMA, and appraisers lean on the same MLS sales.
Buying? Recent sales near a home you like help you judge its asking price before you write an offer. Selling? Your home's last sale and the sales around it are where a list price starts.
Ask me. In Iron, Washington, Kane, Garfield and Beaver counties, ask me for the recent sales near a home you like, and I will send what the MLS shows. Elsewhere in Utah, a partner agent I trust can look up the same sales for you.
Three numbers
Is the county's value the same as the sale price?
In shortNo. The assessor sets its own estimate of market value as of January 1 each year. It can land above or below what a buyer paid.
Utah law has each county assessor value every home at fair market value as of January 1. Washington County's assessor says it does not create that value. It studies sales to estimate it. The value is public, and you can search it by address or parcel on the county website.
Still, it is one estimate for the whole year, made for property tax. A home that sold last spring can sit well above or below it.
Only the gold tag is the price a buyer paid. The other two are an asking price and a tax estimate.
How the county learns prices anyway. The State Tax Commission mails questions about the sale to buyers named on recorded deeds, and it may use MLS sales too. It uses the answers in a yearly study that checks county values against sales, and it does not publish them.
Your own home
Where can I find what I paid for my home?
In shortCheck your Closing Disclosure for the line labeled Sale Price. If that paper is gone, ask the title company that closed the sale for your settlement statement.
If you bought with a loan, you received a Closing Disclosure from your lender. Federal rules have it show your contract price on a line labeled Sale Price.
Lost it? The title company that closed your sale also gave you a settlement statement. Call the office, ask for a copy, and ask whether there is a charge for one.
From the lending side. Besides real estate, I hold a mortgage lending license, and the Closing Disclosure is a loan form. If a line on yours is unclear, ask me and I'll walk through it with you.
Thinking of selling?
Your home's history, and the sales around it
Your own home's price starts with what nearby homes really sold for, and in Utah that record sits in the MLS. I'll look up your home's last sale and the recent sales near it, and we can talk through what they mean for you.
In Iron, Washington, Kane, Garfield and Beaver counties, I do this myself. In the rest of Utah, I put you in touch with a partner agent I trust to do it.
Selling soon? A seller net sheet estimates what you keep, and pricing your home covers how a list price gets set. Curious about tax? Try the property tax calculator. Buying? Search Utah homes.
Questions, answered
What people ask about Utah sold prices
No. Utah does not require a sale price to be reported to the county or printed on the deed, so it stays out of the public records. The deed itself is public, and so is the county's value for property tax.
Utah's main MLS keeps sold listings off the feeds that power public home search sites, and the county records carry no price. So a figure you see online may be an estimate or the last asking price. A licensed agent can look up the real one.
No. The recorded deed shows who sold, who bought, the land and the date. Most Utah deeds list a token sum, such as ten dollars, where a price might go. If the buyer used a loan, the deed of trust shows the amount borrowed, which is not the price.
Yes. A licensed agent can look up the sold price in the MLS and share it with you. Under the rules of UtahRealEstate.com, the Wasatch Front MLS, it just cannot be posted on a public website.
No. The county assessor sets its own estimate of market value as of January 1 each year, based on sales and other data. It can be higher or lower than what a buyer paid.
Search the county recorder's records by owner name or parcel. Each deed in the chain shows one transfer and the date it was recorded, but not the price.
If you bought with a loan, look at your Closing Disclosure, which lists the Sale Price. Or ask the title company that closed your sale for a copy of your settlement statement.
Keep exploring
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Utah guideUtah property taxes, explainedHow a Utah property tax bill is built: the primary residence exemption, how the county assessor sets value, Truth in Taxation, and when the bill is due.Read the guide
Utah guideThe average home price in UtahThe average home price in Utah, two ways: what homes sold for and what owners say they are worth, by county and city, plus the trend and why sources differ.Read the guide
Buyer guideHome title insurance in UtahHome title insurance in Utah: what the owner's and lender's policies cover, who pays under the state contract, and how to read your title commitment.Read the guide
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Want the real sold price?
I'm Scott Buehler, and I live in Cedar City. Send me the address of a home you're curious about, or your own. In Southern Utah, ask me for the recent sales near a home you like, and I will send what the MLS shows. No pressure, and no obligation.
Why work with me
- The MLS, not a guess.Sold prices in Utah sit in the MLS, and a licensed agent can look them up for you.
- The records, in plain words.What the deed, the loan papers and the county value each tell you, and what they leave out.
- One role per purchase.I am licensed in real estate and in lending, and on a single purchase I take just one of those roles.
- Anywhere in Utah.In the five southern counties I look up the sales myself. Elsewhere, a partner agent I trust does it for you.
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