Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 23A > Chapter 1 > Part 1 - General Provisions

• Aquaculture facility: means the same as that term is defined in Section 4-37-103. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Aquatic wildlife: means species of fish, mollusks, crustaceans, aquatic insects, or amphibians. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Armed forces: means the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Big game: means species of hoofed protected wildlife. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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.
• Department: means the Department of Natural Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Director: means the director of the division appointed under Section 23A-2-202. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Division: means the Division of Wildlife Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Division of Law Enforcement: means the division within the Department of Natural Resources created under Title 79, Chapter 2, Part 7, Division of Law Enforcement. See Utah Code 23A-1-101 v2
• domicile: means the place:
       (15)(a) where an individual has a fixed permanent home and principal establishment;
       (15)(b) to which the individual if absent, intends to return and has an actual plan, method, and means to return to the individual's domicile within six months;
       (15)(c) in which the individual, and the individual's family voluntarily reside, not for a special or temporary purpose, but with the intention of making a permanent home; and
       (15)(d) is a place where the individual resides for the majority of the individual's time. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Endangered: means wildlife designated as endangered according to Section 3 of the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Executive director: means the executive director of the Department of Natural Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Fee fishing facility: means the same as that term is defined in Section 4-37-103. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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
• Feral: means an animal that is normally domesticated but has reverted to the wild. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Fishing: means to take fish or crayfish by any means. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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
• Hunting: means to take or pursue a reptile, amphibian, bird, or mammal by any means. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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
• Male: means the characteristic of an individual whose biological reproductive system is of the general type that functions to fertilize the ova of a female. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Natural flowing stream: includes perennial or intermittent water flows in a:
            (26)(b)(i) realigned or modified channel that replaces the historic, natural flowing stream channel; and
            (26)(b)(ii) dredged natural flowing stream channel. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Nominating committee: means the Wildlife Board Nominating Committee created in Section 23A-2-302. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Nonresident: means a person who does not qualify as a resident. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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.
• Permit: means a paper-based or electronic document that grants authority to engage in specified activities under this title or a rule or proclamation of the Wildlife Board. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Person: means an individual, association, partnership, government agency, corporation, or an agent of the individual, association, partnership, government agency, or corporation. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Possession: means actual or constructive possession. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Private fish pond: means a pond, reservoir, or other body of water, including a fish culture system, located on privately owned land where privately owned fish:
            (38)(a)(i) are propagated or kept for a private noncommercial purpose; and
            (38)(a)(ii) may be taken without a fishing license. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Private stocking: means an authorized release of privately owned, live fish in the waters of the state not eligible as:
       (39)(a) a private fish pond under Section 23A-9-203; or
       (39)(b) an aquaculture facility or fee fishing facility under Title 4, Chapter 37, Aquaculture Act. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Proclamation: means the publication that is:
       (41)(a) used to convey a statute, rule, policy, or pertinent information related to wildlife; and
       (41)(b) issued in accordance with a rule made by the Wildlife Board under this title. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Protected wildlife: means wildlife, except as provided in Subsection (43)(b). See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• resident: means a person who:
       (47)(a) has been domiciled in the state for six consecutive months immediately preceding the purchase of a license; and
       (47)(b) does not claim residency for hunting, fishing, or trapping in another state or country. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Short-term fishing event: means an event when:
       (49)(a) privately acquired fish are held or confined for a period not to exceed 10 days for the purpose of providing fishing or recreational opportunity; and
       (49)(b) no fee is charged as a requirement to fish. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Tag: means a card, label, or other paper-based or electronic means of identification used to document harvest of protected wildlife. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Take: means to:
       (54)(a) hunt, pursue, harass, catch, capture, possess, gather, angle, seine, trap, or kill protected wildlife; or
       (54)(b) attempt an action referred to in Subsection (54)(a). See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Threatened: means wildlife designated as threatened pursuant to Section 3 of the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Trapping: means taking protected wildlife with a trapping device. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Wild: means the natural environment, including a private pond or private property. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Wildlife: means :
       (61)(a) crustaceans, including brine shrimp and crayfish;
       (61)(b) mollusks; and
       (61)(c) vertebrate animals living in nature, except feral animals. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Wildlife Board: means the board created in Section 23A-2-301. See Utah Code 23A-1-101