Utah law allows treble damages from the date the 3 day notice to pay or vacate is served. In my case I also have daily late fees assessed. My argument is his payments only offset daily late fees and not rent. In Utah, a judge has authority to exercise discretion and think they could make any ruling they feel like in my case so I'll just not be surprised by anything.

To answer your questions.

They only made a partial payment. The order only lists regular damages. I don't have a judgment yet to get treble.

If they don't pay within the 3 day period damages can be trebled and he clearly paid outside the three day period. That is what I will argue in court. I will argue that as I received a payment outside of the 3 day period, treble damages were already in effect. We'll see how a judge feels.