Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
QUIST SCOTT M
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SECURITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORP [SNFCA] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chairman of Board;Pres.;CEO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
7 WANDERWOOD WAY		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
07/02/2014
(Street)

SANDY, UT 84092		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Class A Common Stock 02/07/2014   J(1) V 5,998 A $ 4.35 125,953 (2) D  
Class A Common Stock 02/07/2014   J(1) V 20,346 A $ 4.35 427,267 (3) D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) $ 2.25 (4) 03/25/2005   A   108,593 (4)   03/25/2005 03/25/2015 Class C Common Stock 108,593 (4) $ 2.25 (4) 108,593 (4) D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) $ 1.63 (5) 12/03/2010   A   121,551 (5)   03/03/2011 12/03/2015 Classs C Common Stock 121,551 (5) $ 1.63 (5) 121,551 (5) D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) $ 1.24 (6) 12/02/2011   A   115,763 (6)   03/02/2012 12/02/2016 Class C Common Stock 115,763 (6) $ 1.24 (6) 115,763 (6) D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) $ 1.53 (7) 04/13/2012   A   110,250 (7)   07/13/2012 04/13/2017 Class C Common Stock 110,250 (7) $ 1.53 (7) 110,250 (7) D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) $ 5.04 (8) 12/06/2013   A   52,500 (8)   03/06/2014 12/06/2018 Class C Common Stock 52,500 (8) $ 5.04 (8) 52,500 (8) D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) $ 4.72 (9) 07/02/2014   A   50,000 (9)   10/02/2014 07/02/2019 Class C Common Stock 50,000 (9) $ 4.72 (9) 50,000 (9) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
QUIST SCOTT M
7 WANDERWOOD WAY
SANDY, UT 84092		   X   X   Chairman of Board;Pres.;CEO  

Signatures

 /s/ Scott M. Quist   08/29/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Received pursuant to a stock option paid on February 7, 2014.
(2) Owned jointly by the reporting person and his wife. Does not include a total of 252,136 shares of Class A Common Stock and 66,110 shares of Class C Common Stock owned indirectly by the reporting person in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, the Deferred Compensation Plan, and Associated Investors.
(3) Owned jointly by the reporting person and his wife.
(4) This option was originally granted on March 25, 2005 as an option for either 50,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $4.24 per share or 50,000 shares of Class C Common Stock at an exercise price of $4.24 per share, or any combination thereof. This option reflects the reporting person's election to have an option for 50,000 shares of Class C Common Stock at an exercise price of $4.24 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2003 Stock Option Plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on February 6, 2009, February 5, 2010, February 4, 2011, February 3, 2012, February 1, 2013 and February 7, 2014.
(5) This option was originally granted on December 3, 2010 as an option for either 100,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $2.01 per share or 100,000 shares of Class C Common Stock at an exercise price of $2.01 per share, or any combination thereof. This option reflects the reporting person's election to have an option for 100,000 shares of Class C Common Stock at an exercise price of $2.01 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2003 Stock Option Plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on February 4, 2011, February 3, 2012, February 1, 2013 and February 7, 2014.
(6) This option was granted on December 2, 2011 as an option for either 100,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.43 per share or 100,000 shares of Class C Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.43 per share, or any combination thereof. This option reflects the reporting person's election to have an option for 100,000 shares of Class C Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.43 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2003 Stock Option Plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on February 3, 2012, February 1, 2013 and February 7, 2014.
(7) This option was granted on April 13, 2012 as an option for either 100,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.34 per share or 100,000 shares of Class C Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.34 per share, or any combination thereof. This option reflects the reporting person's election to have an option for 100,000 shares of Class C Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.34 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2003 Stock Option Plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on February 1, 2013 and February 7, 2014.
(8) This option was granted on December 6, 2013 as an option for either 50,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $5.34 per share or 50,000 shares of Class C Common Stock at an exercise price of $5.34 per share, or any combination thereof, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2003 Stock Option Plan to reflect a 5% stock dividend paid on February 7, 2014. This option reflects the reporting person's election to have an option for 50,000 shares of Class C Common Stock at an exercise price of $5.34 per share. The option vests in four quarterly installments of Class C Common Stock, beginning on March 6, 2014, until such shares are fully vested.
(9) This option was granted on July 2, 2014 as an option for either 50,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $4.72 per share or 50,000 shares of Class C Common Stock at an exercise price of $4.72 per share, or any combination thereof. This option reflects the reporting person's election to have an option for 50,000 shares of Class C Common Stock at an exercise price of $4.72 per share. The option vests in four quarterly installments of Class C Common Stock, beginning on October 2, 2014, until such shares are fully vested.

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