§ 7-2-1 Supervisory actions by commissioner — Grounds — Mergers or acquisitions authorized by commissioner — Possession of business and property taken by commissioner
§ 7-2-2 Action to review the commissioner’s actions — Supervision of actions of commissioner in possession — Authority of commissioner and court
§ 7-2-3 Action for injunction against commissioner in possession — Procedure — Appeal
§ 7-2-4 Consent required for institution to resume business
§ 7-2-5 Appointment of receiver or assignment for creditors — Notice required — Commissioner taking possession
§ 7-2-6 Possession by commissioner — Notice — Presentation, allowance, and disallowance of claims — Objections to claims
§ 7-2-7 Stay of proceedings against institution — Relief
§ 7-2-8 Special deputies or agents — Appointment — Bond
§ 7-2-9 Conservatorship, receivership, or liquidation of institution — Appointment of receiver — Review of actions
§ 7-2-10 Inventory of assets — Listings of claims — Report of proceedings — Filing — Inspection
§ 7-2-11 Special counsel — Employment by attorney general
§ 7-2-12 Powers of commissioner in possession — Sale of assets — Postpossession financing — New deposit instruments — Executory contracts — Transfer of property — Avoidance of transfers — Avoidable preferences — Setoff
§ 7-2-13 Collections in liquidation — Deposit — Preference
§ 7-2-14 Expenses during possession
§ 7-2-15 Priority of obligations, expenses, and claims — Distribution of balance of assets
§ 7-2-16 Interim ratable dividends
§ 7-2-17 Disposition of records after liquidation
§ 7-2-18 Plan for reorganization or liquidation of institution — Hearing — Procedure — Effect — Appeals
§ 7-2-19 Suspension of payments by institution — Order of commissioner — Approval of governor — Period effective — Exempt payments — Operation during suspension — Modification of orders — Adoption of rules and regulations
§ 7-2-21 Applicability of Utah Procurement Code
§ 7-2-22 Termination of authority to transact business
§ 7-2-23 Limitation of action — Tolling of period

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Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 7 > Chapter 2 - Possession of Depository Institution by Commissioner

  • Account holder: means a person for whom an account is held by a financial institution. See Utah Code 7-1-1001
  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Adjudicative proceeding: means :
         (2)(a) an action by a board, commission, department, officer, or other administrative unit of the state that determines the legal rights, duties, privileges, immunities, or other legal interests of one or more identifiable persons, including an action to grant, deny, revoke, suspend, modify, annul, withdraw, or amend an authority, right, or license; and
         (2)(b) judicial review of an action described in Subsection (2)(a). See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Advisory board: means :
         (1)(a) for an agriculture protection area, the agriculture protection area advisory board created as provided in Section 17-41-201;
         (1)(b) for an industrial protection area, the industrial protection area advisory board created as provided in Section 17-41-201; and
         (1)(c) for a critical infrastructure materials protection area, the critical infrastructure materials protection area advisory board created as provided in Section 17-41-201. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Agricultural land: means "land in agricultural use" as defined in Section 59-2-502. See Utah Code 17-41-601
  • Agriculture production: includes the processing or retail marketing of any crops, livestock, and livestock products when more than 50% of the processed or merchandised products are produced by the farm operator. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Agriculture protection area: means a geographic area created under the authority of this chapter that is granted the specific legal protections contained in this chapter. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Applicable legislative body: means :
         (4)(a) with respect to a proposed agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or critical infrastructure materials protection area:
              (4)(a)(i) the legislative body of the county in which the land proposed to be included in the relevant protection area is located, if the land is within the unincorporated part of the county; or
              (4)(a)(ii) the legislative body of the city or town in which the land proposed to be included in the relevant protection area is located; and
         (4)(b) with respect to an existing agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or critical infrastructure materials protection area:
              (4)(b)(i) the legislative body of the county in which the relevant protection area is located, if the relevant protection area is within the unincorporated part of the county; or
              (4)(b)(ii) the legislative body of the city or town in which the relevant protection area is located. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Automated teller machine: means an electronic information processing device that:
         (1)(a) is readily accessible to the general public; and
         (1)(b) on behalf of an issuer:
              (1)(b)(i) dispenses currency or coin; or
              (1)(b)(ii) accepts deposits or payments. See Utah Code 7-16a-102
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Bank: means a person authorized under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States to accept deposits from the public. See Utah Code 7-1-103
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Board: means the Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining created in Section 40-6-4. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Branch: means a place of business of a financial institution, other than its main office, at which deposits are received and paid. See Utah Code 7-1-103
  • Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
  • City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Commerce: means trade, traffic, commerce, transportation, or communication within the state. See Utah Code 34-20-2
  • Commission: means the Labor Commission. See Utah Code 34-28-2
  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Financial Institutions. See Utah Code 7-1-103
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • control: means the power, directly or indirectly, or through or in concert with one or more persons, to:
         (5)(a) direct or exercise a controlling influence over:
              (5)(a)(i) the management or policies of a financial institution; or
              (5)(a)(ii) the election of a majority of the directors or trustees of an institution; or
         (5)(b) vote 25% or more of any class of voting securities of a financial institution. See Utah Code 7-1-103
  • Corporate authorities: means the council, commission, or other governing body of any city, town, or county which fixes hours, wages, salaries, and other conditions of employment. See Utah Code 34-20a-2
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • County executive: means :
         (7)(a) the county commission, in the county commission or expanded county commission form of government established under Title 17, Chapter 52a, Changing Forms of County Government;
         (7)(b) the county executive, in the county executive-council optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-203; or
         (7)(c) the county manager, in the council-manager optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-204. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • County legislative body: means :
         (8)(a) the county commission, in the county commission or expanded county commission form of government established under Title 17, Chapter 52a, Changing Forms of County Government;
         (8)(b) the county council, in the county executive-council optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-203; and
         (8)(c) the county council, in the council-manager optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-204. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Credit union: means a cooperative, nonprofit association incorporated under:
         (6)(b) Utah Code 7-1-103
  • Critical infrastructure materials: means sand, gravel, or rock aggregate. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Critical infrastructure materials operations: means the extraction, excavation, processing, or reprocessing of critical infrastructure materials. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Critical infrastructure materials operator: means a natural person, corporation, association, partnership, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, fiduciary, agent, or other organization or representative, either public or private, including a successor, assign, affiliate, subsidiary, and related parent company, that:
         (8)(a) owns, controls, or manages a critical infrastructure materials operation; and
         (8)(b) has produced commercial quantities of critical infrastructure materials from the critical infrastructure materials operations. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Critical infrastructure materials protection area: means a geographic area created under the authority of this chapter on or after May 14, 2019, that is granted the specific legal protections contained in this chapter. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Customer: means a user of a device for access. See Utah Code 7-16a-102
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the Department of Financial Institutions. See Utah Code 7-1-103
  • Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services created in Section 26B-1-201. See Utah Code 17-43-102
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Depository institution: means a bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, industrial bank, credit union, or other institution that:
         (8)(a) holds or receives deposits, savings, or share accounts;
         (8)(b) issues certificates of deposit; or
         (8)(c) provides to its customers other depository accounts that are subject to withdrawal by checks, drafts, or other instruments or by electronic means to effect third party payments. See Utah Code 7-1-103
  • Depository institution holding company: means :
              (9)(a)(i) a person other than an individual that:
                   (9)(a)(i)(A) has control over a depository institution; or
                   (9)(a)(i)(B) becomes a holding company of a depository institution under Section 7-1-703; or
              (9)(a)(ii) a person other than an individual that the commissioner finds, after considering the specific circumstances, is exercising or is capable of exercising a controlling influence over a depository institution by means other than those specifically described in this section. See Utah Code 7-1-103
  • Device for access: means a card, code, or other means of access to a customer's account, or any combination of these, that may be used to deposit or withdraw cash through an automated teller machine. See Utah Code 7-16a-102
  • Division: means the Division of Antidiscrimination and Labor. See Utah Code 34-28-2
  • Division: means the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining created in Section 40-6-15. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Division: means the Division of Integrated Healthcare within the department. See Utah Code 17-43-102
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Electronic information processing device: means equipment activated by a device for access that transmits electronic impulses to a depository institution on a real-time or delayed-time basis. See Utah Code 7-16a-102
  • Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. Source: OCC
  • Employee: includes any employee unless this chapter explicitly states otherwise, and includes an individual whose work has ceased as a consequence of, or in connection with, any current labor dispute or because of any unfair labor practice, and who has not obtained any other regular and substantially equivalent employment. See Utah Code 34-20-2
  • Employer: includes a person acting in the interest of an employer, directly or indirectly, but does not include:
         (5)(a) the United States;
         (5)(b) a state or political subdivision of a state;
         (5)(c) a person subject to the federal Railway Labor Act;
         (5)(d) a labor organization, other than when acting as an employer;
         (5)(e) a corporation or association operating a hospital if no part of the net earnings inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual; or
         (5)(f) anyone acting in the capacity of officer or agent of a labor organization. See Utah Code 34-20-2
  • Employer: means the same as that term is defined in Utah Code 34-28-2
  • Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Executive: when used to describe the powers, duties, or functions of a person or body elected as the county executive or a person appointed as the county manager or administrative officer, refers to:
         (2)(a) the power and duty to carry laws and ordinances into effect and secure their due observance; and
         (2)(b) those powers, duties, and functions that, under constitutional and statutory provisions and through long usage and accepted practice and custom at the federal and state level, have come to be regarded as belonging to the executive branch of government. See Utah Code 17-50-101
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Executor: includes "administrator" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Federal executive agency: means an executive agency, as defined in 5 U. See Utah Code 34-20-2
  • Federal executive agency: means an executive agency, as defined in Utah Code 34-28-2
  • Female: means the characteristic of an individual whose biological reproductive system is of the general type that functions in a way that could produce ova. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Financial institution: means an institution subject to the jurisdiction of the department because of this title. See Utah Code 7-1-103
  • Fire fighters: means the full-time, salaried, members of any regularly constituted fire department in any city, town, or county. See Utah Code 34-20a-2
  • Franchise: means the same as that term is defined in Utah Code 34-20-2
  • Franchise: means the same as that term is defined in Utah Code 34-28-2
  • Franchisee: means the same as that term is defined in Utah Code 34-20-2
  • Franchisee: means the same as that term is defined in Utah Code 34-28-2
  • Franchisor: means the same as that term is defined in Utah Code 34-20-2
  • Franchisor: means the same as that term is defined in Utah Code 34-28-2
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Governmental entity: means :
              (1)(b)(i) the state, including:
                   (1)(b)(i)(A) a department;
                   (1)(b)(i)(B) an institution;
                   (1)(b)(i)(C) a board;
                   (1)(b)(i)(D) a division;
                   (1)(b)(i)(E) a bureau;
                   (1)(b)(i)(F) an office;
                   (1)(b)(i)(G) a commission;
                   (1)(b)(i)(H) a committee; or
                   (1)(b)(i)(I) an elected official; and
              (1)(b)(ii) a political subdivision of the state, including:
                   (1)(b)(ii)(A) a county;
                   (1)(b)(ii)(B) a city;
                   (1)(b)(ii)(C) a town;
                   (1)(b)(ii)(D) a school district;
                   (1)(b)(ii)(E) a public transit district;
                   (1)(b)(ii)(F) a redevelopment agency;
                   (1)(b)(ii)(G) a special improvement district; or
                   (1)(b)(ii)(H) a taxing district. See Utah Code 7-1-1001
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Guardian: includes a person who:
         (14)(a) qualifies as a guardian of a minor or incapacitated person pursuant to testamentary or court appointment; or
         (14)(b) is appointed by a court to manage the estate of a minor or incapacitated person. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Highway: includes :
         (15)(a) a public bridge;
         (15)(b) a county way;
         (15)(c) a county road;
         (15)(d) a common road; and
         (15)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Home state: means :
         (14)(a) for a state chartered depository institution, the state that charters the institution;
         (14)(b) for a federally chartered depository institution, the state where the institution's main office is located; and
         (14)(c) for a depository institution holding company, the state in which the total deposits of all depository institution subsidiaries are the largest. See Utah Code 7-1-103
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Industrial loan company: means the same as that term is defined in Section 7-8-21. See Utah Code 7-1-103
  • Industrial protection area: means a geographic area created under the authority of this chapter that is granted the specific legal protections contained in this chapter. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Insolvent: means the status of a financial institution that is unable to meet its obligations as they mature. See Utah Code 7-1-103
  • Institution: means :
         (19)(a) a corporation;
         (19)(b) a limited liability company;
         (19)(c) a partnership;
         (19)(d) a trust;
         (19)(e) an association;
         (19)(f) a joint venture;
         (19)(g) a pool;
         (19)(h) a syndicate;
         (19)(i) an unincorporated organization; or
         (19)(j) any form of business entity. See Utah Code 7-1-103
  • Issuer: means :
         (5)(a) a depository institution that issues a device for access, whether or not the depository institution is an operator; or
         (5)(b) a state or federal governmental agency that issues a device for access that allows a person to receive benefits from or through the state or federal governmental agency. See Utah Code 7-16a-102
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • labor dispute: as used in this chapter include any controversy concerning terms or conditions of employment, or concerning the association or representation of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of employment, or concerning employment relations, or any other controversy arising out of the respective interests of employer and employee, regardless of whether or not the disputants stand in the proximate relation of employer and employee. See Utah Code 34-19-11
  • Labor dispute: means any controversy between an employer and the majority of the employer's employees in a collective bargaining unit concerning the right or process or details of collective bargaining or the designation of representatives. See Utah Code 34-20-2
  • Labor organization: means an organization of any kind or any agency or employee representation committee or plan in which employees participate that exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work. See Utah Code 34-20-2
  • Land: includes :
         (18)(a) land;
         (18)(b) a tenement;
         (18)(c) a hereditament;
         (18)(d) a water right;
         (18)(e) a possessory right; and
         (18)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Legislative: when used to describe the powers, duties, or functions of a county commission or council, refers to:
         (3)(a) the power and duty to enact ordinances, levy taxes, and establish budgets; and
         (3)(b) those powers, duties, and functions that, under constitutional and statutory provisions and through long usage and accepted practice and custom at the federal and state level, have come to be regarded as belonging to the legislative branch of government. See Utah Code 17-50-101
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Liquidation: means the act or process of winding up the affairs of an institution subject to the jurisdiction of the department by realizing upon assets, paying liabilities, and appropriating profit or loss, as provided in Chapter 2, Possession of Depository Institution by Commissioner, and Chapter 19, Acquisition of Failing Depository Institutions or Holding Companies. See Utah Code 7-1-103
  • Liquidator: means a person, agency, or instrumentality of this state or the United States appointed to conduct a liquidation. See Utah Code 7-1-103
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Mine operator: means a natural person, corporation, association, partnership, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, fiduciary, agent, or other organization or representative, either public or private, including a successor, assign, affiliate, subsidiary, and related parent company, that, as of January 1, 2019:
         (13)(a) owns, controls, or manages a mining use under a large mine permit issued by the division or the board; and
         (13)(b) has produced commercial quantities of a mineral deposit from the mining use. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Mineral deposit: means the same as that term is defined in Section 40-8-4. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Mining protection area: means land where a vested mining use occurs, including each surface or subsurface land or mineral estate that a mine operator with a vested mining use owns or controls. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • Municipal: means of or relating to a city or town. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Municipality: means a city or town. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • National Credit Union Administration: The federal regulatory agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions. (NCUA also administers the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, which insures the deposits of federal credit unions.) Source: OCC
  • New land: means surface or subsurface land or mineral estate that a mine operator gains ownership or control of, whether that land or mineral estate is included in the mine operator's large mine permit. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Nonprotected record: means a record maintained by a financial institution to facilitate the conduct of the financial institution's business regarding a person or account, including:
              (1)(c)(i) the existence of an account;
              (1)(c)(ii) the opening and closing dates of an account;
              (1)(c)(iii) the name under which an account is held; and
              (1)(c)(iv) the name, address, and telephone number of an account holder. See Utah Code 7-1-1001
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Off-site: means the same as that term is defined in Section 40-8-4. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • On-site: means the same as that term is defined in Section 40-8-4. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Open land: includes land described in Subsection (2)(a) that contains facilities, including trails, waterways, and grassy areas, that, in the judgment of the county legislative body:
              (2)(b)(i) enhance the natural, scenic, or aesthetic qualities of the land; or
              (2)(b)(ii) facilitate the public's access to, or use of, the land for the enjoyment of the land's natural, scenic, or aesthetic qualities and for compatible recreational activities. See Utah Code 17-41-601
  • Operator: means an institution that:
         (7)(a)
              (7)(a)(i) is a depository institution;
              (7)(a)(ii) is a depository institution holding company; or
              (7)(a)(iii) is an institution directly or indirectly owned or controlled by one or more depository institutions or depository institution holding companies; and
         (7)(b) owns or contracts with an owner of an automated teller machine to operate the automated teller machine. See Utah Code 7-16a-102
  • Optional plan: means a plan establishing an alternate form of government for a county as provided in Section 17-52a-404. See Utah Code 17-52a-102
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: includes an individual, partnership, association, corporation, legal representative, trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, or receiver. See Utah Code 34-20-2
  • Person: means :
         (27)(a) an individual;
         (27)(b) a corporation;
         (27)(c) a limited liability company;
         (27)(d) a partnership;
         (27)(e) a trust;
         (27)(f) an association;
         (27)(g) a joint venture;
         (27)(h) a pool;
         (27)(i) a syndicate;
         (27)(j) a sole proprietorship;
         (27)(k) an unincorporated organization; or
         (27)(l) any form of business entity. See Utah Code 7-1-103
  • Person: means :
         (24)(a) an individual;
         (24)(b) an association;
         (24)(c) an institution;
         (24)(d) a corporation;
         (24)(e) a company;
         (24)(f) a trust;
         (24)(g) a limited liability company;
         (24)(h) a partnership;
         (24)(i) a political subdivision;
         (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
         (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes :
         (25)(a) money;
         (25)(b) goods;
         (25)(c) chattels;
         (25)(d) effects;
         (25)(e) evidences of a right in action;
         (25)(f) a written instrument by which a pecuniary obligation, right, or title to property is created, acknowledged, transferred, increased, defeated, discharged, or diminished; and
         (25)(g) a right or interest in an item described in Subsections (25)(a) through (f). See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Planning commission: means :
         (21)(a) a countywide planning commission if the land proposed to be included in the agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or critical infrastructure materials protection area is within the unincorporated part of the county and not within a planning advisory area;
         (21)(b) a planning advisory area planning commission if the land proposed to be included in the agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or critical infrastructure materials protection area is within a planning advisory area; or
         (21)(c) a planning commission of a city or town if the land proposed to be included in the agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or critical infrastructure materials protection area is within a city or town. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Political subdivision: means a county, city, town, school district, special district, or special service district. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Protected record: means a record that is not defined as a nonprotected record. See Utah Code 7-1-1001
  • Public land county: means a county in which over 50% of the land area is publicly owned. See Utah Code 17-41-601
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • real property: includes :
         (31)(a) land;
         (31)(b) a tenement;
         (31)(c) a hereditament;
         (31)(d) a water right;
         (31)(e) a possessory right; and
         (31)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Receiver: means a person, agency, or instrumentality of this state or the United States appointed to administer and manage an institution subject to the jurisdiction of the department in receivership, as provided in Chapter 2, Possession of Depository Institution by Commissioner, and Chapter 19, Acquisition of Failing Depository Institutions or Holding Companies. See Utah Code 7-1-103
  • Receivership: means the administration and management of the affairs of an institution subject to the jurisdiction of the department to conserve, preserve, and properly dispose of the assets, liabilities, and revenues of an institution in possession, as provided in Chapter 2, Possession of Depository Institution by Commissioner, and Chapter 19, Acquisition of Failing Depository Institutions or Holding Companies. See Utah Code 7-1-103
  • Record: means information that is:
              (1)(e)(i) prepared, owned, received, or retained by a financial institution;
              (1)(e)(ii)
                   (1)(e)(ii)(A) inscribed on a tangible medium; or
                   (1)(e)(ii)(B) stored in an electronic or other medium; and
              (1)(e)(iii) retrievable in perceivable form. See Utah Code 7-1-1001
  • Representative: includes an individual or labor organization. See Utah Code 34-20-2
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Road: includes :
         (33)(a) a public bridge;
         (33)(b) a county way;
         (33)(c) a county road;
         (33)(d) a common road; and
         (33)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Rollback tax funds: means the rollback taxes paid to a county in accordance with Sections 59-2-506, 59-2-511, 59-2-1705, and 59-2-1710. See Utah Code 17-41-601
  • Secondary boycott: includes combining or conspiring to cause or threaten to cause injury to one with whom no labor dispute exists, whether by:
         (14)(a) withholding patronage, labor, or other beneficial business intercourse;
         (14)(b) picketing;
         (14)(c) refusing to handle, install, use, or work on particular materials, equipment, or supplies; or
         (14)(d) by any other unlawful means, in order to bring him against his will into a concerted plan to coerce or inflict damage upon another. See Utah Code 34-20-2
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • State: means , unless the context demands otherwise:
         (33)(a) a state;
         (33)(b) the District of Columbia; or
         (33)(c) the territories of the United States. See Utah Code 7-1-103
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • State agency: means each department, commission, board, council, agency, institution, officer, corporation, fund, division, office, committee, authority, laboratory, library, unit, bureau, panel, or other administrative unit of the state. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • Study committee: means the committee that has five members appointed and charged with the duties as provided in Section 17-52a-403. See Utah Code 17-52a-102
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Subsidiary: means a business entity under the control of an institution. See Utah Code 7-1-103
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Technology service provider: means a person that provides a data processing service or activity that supports the financial services or Internet related services of a depository institution subject to the jurisdiction of the department, including supporting:
         (35)(a) lending;
         (35)(b) money transfers;
         (35)(c) fiduciary activities;
         (35)(d) trading activities;
         (35)(e) deposit taking;
         (35)(f) web services and electronic bill payments;
         (35)(g) mobile applications;
         (35)(h) system and software development and maintenance; and
         (35)(i) security monitoring. See Utah Code 7-1-103
  • Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testify: means to make an oral statement under oath or affirmation. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trust company: means a person authorized to conduct a trust business, as provided in Chapter 5, Trust Business. See Utah Code 7-1-103
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Unfair labor practice: means any unfair labor practice listed in Section 34-20-8. See Utah Code 34-20-2
  • Unincorporated: means not within a city or town. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Unincorporated entity: means an entity organized or doing business in the state that is not:
              (1)(h)(i) an individual;
              (1)(h)(ii) a corporation; or
              (1)(h)(iii) publicly traded. See Utah Code 34-28-2
  • United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Vested mining use: means a mining use:
         (26)(a) by a mine operator; and
         (26)(b) that existed or was conducted or otherwise engaged in before a political subdivision prohibits, restricts, or otherwise limits a mining use. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.
  • wages: shall mean all amounts due the employee for labor or services, whether the amount is fixed or ascertained on a time, task, piece, commission basis or other method of calculating such amount. See Utah Code 34-26-4
  • Wages: means the amounts due the employee for labor or services, whether the amount is fixed or ascertained on a time, task, piece, commission basis or other method of calculating such amount. See Utah Code 34-28-2
  • Woman: means an adult human female. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Writing: includes :
         (48)(a) printing;
         (48)(b) handwriting; and
         (48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5