Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 23A > Chapter 9 > Part 3 - Prohibitions

• Aquatic wildlife: means species of fish, mollusks, crustaceans, aquatic insects, or amphibians. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Assessment: means for the purpose of taxation wherever appropriate. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• Certificate of registration: means a paper-based or electronic document issued under this title, or a rule or proclamation of the Wildlife Board granting authority to engage in activities not covered by a license, permit, or tag. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• conversion: means the removal of all or any part of any existing overhead electric or communications facilities and the replacement thereof with underground electric or communication facilities constructed at the same or different locations. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• 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.
• Corporation: includes an association and a joint stock company having any powers or privileges not possessed by individuals or partnerships. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Electric or communication facilities: means any works or improvements used or useful in providing electric or communication service, including poles, supports, tunnels, manholes, vaults, conduits, pipes, wires, conductors, guys, stubs, platforms, crossarms, braces, transformers, insulators, cut-outs, switches, capacitors, meters, communication circuits, appliances, attachments and appurtenances. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• Governing body: means the board of commissioners, city council, or board of trustees as may be appropriate depending on whether the improvement district is located in a county or within a city or town. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• 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
• Natural lake: means a perennial or intermittent body of water that collects on the surface of the earth exclusively through the forces of nature and without human assistance. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Overhead electric or communication facilities: means electric or communication facilities located, in whole or in part, above the surface of the ground. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• 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
• 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
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Protected aquatic wildlife: means aquatic wildlife except as provided in Subsection (42)(b). See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Public utility: means any electric corporation or communications corporation that provides electric or communication service to the general public by means of electric or communication facilities. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• 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
• Resolution: means ordinance when the governing body properly acts by ordinance rather than by resolution. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• Sell: means to offer or possess for sale, barter, exchange, or trade, or the act of selling, bartering, exchanging, or trading. 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
• 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
• 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