Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 31A > Chapter 35 > Part 6 - Conduct of Bail Bond Business

• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• Agency: means :
       (6)(a) a person other than an individual, including a sole proprietorship by which an individual does business under an assumed name; and
       (6)(b) an insurance organization licensed or required to be licensed under Section 31A-23a-301, 31A-25-207, or 31A-26-209. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Application: means a document:
       (10)(a)

            (10)(a)(i) completed by an applicant to provide information about the risk to be insured; and

            (10)(a)(ii) that contains information that is used by the insurer to evaluate risk and decide whether to:

                 (10)(a)(ii)(A) insure the risk under:

                      (10)(a)(ii)(A)(I) the coverage as originally offered; or

                      (10)(a)(ii)(A)(II) a modification of the coverage as originally offered; or

                 (10)(a)(ii)(B) decline to insure the risk; or
       (10)(b) used by the insurer to gather information from the applicant before issuance of an annuity contract. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• 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.
• 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.
• Bail bond: means a bail bond insurance product for a specified monetary amount that is:
       (1)(a) executed by a bail bond producer licensed in accordance with Section 31A-35-401; and
       (1)(b) issued to a court, magistrate, or authorized officer to secure:

            (1)(b)(i) the release of a person from incarceration; and

            (1)(b)(ii) the appearance of the released person at court hearings the person is required to attend. See Utah Code 31A-35-102
• Bail bond agency: means any sole proprietor or entity that:
       (2)(a) is licensed under Subsection 31A-35-404(1) or (2);
       (2)(b)

            (2)(b)(i) is the agent of a surety insurer that sells a bail bond in connection with judicial proceedings;

            (2)(b)(ii) pledges the assets of a letter of credit from a Utah depository institution for a bail bond in connection with judicial proceedings; or

            (2)(b)(iii) pledges personal or real property, or both, as security for a bail bond in connection with judicial proceedings; and
       (2)(c) receives or is promised money or other things of value for a service described in Subsection (2)(b). See Utah Code 31A-35-102
• Bail bond producer: means an individual who:
       (3)(a) is appointed by:

            (3)(a)(i) a surety insurer that sells bail bonds; or

            (3)(a)(ii) a bail bond agency licensed under this chapter;
       (3)(b) is appointed to execute or countersign undertakings of bail in connection with judicial proceedings; and
       (3)(c) receives or is promised money or other things of value for engaging in an act described in Subsection (3)(b). See Utah Code 31A-35-102
• Bail enforcement agent: means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-11-102. See Utah Code 31A-35-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• 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}
• Escheat: Reversion of real or personal property to the state when 1) a person dies without leaving a will and has no heirs, or 2) when the property (such as a bank account) has been inactive for a certain period of time. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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.
• Executive branch: means :
            (2)(a)(i) the governor, the governor's staff, and the governor's appointed advisors;
            (2)(a)(ii) the lieutenant governor and lieutenant governor's staff;
            (2)(a)(iii) cabinet level officials;
            (2)(a)(iv) except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), an agency, board, department, division, committee, commission, council, office, or other administrative subunit of the executive branch of state government;
            (2)(a)(v) except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), a cabinet officer, elected official, executive director, or board or commission vested with:

                 (2)(a)(v)(A) policy making and oversight responsibility for a state executive branch agency; or

                 (2)(a)(v)(B) authority to appoint and remove the director of a state executive branch agency;
            (2)(a)(vi) executive ministerial officers;
            (2)(a)(vii) each gubernatorial appointee to a state board, committee, commission, council, or authority;
            (2)(a)(viii) each executive branch management position, as defined in Section Utah Code 67-1b-102
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Filed: means that a filing is:
            (69)(a)(i) submitted to the department as required by and in accordance with applicable statute, rule, or filing order;
            (69)(a)(ii) received by the department within the time period provided in applicable statute, rule, or filing order; and
            (69)(a)(iii) accompanied by the appropriate fee in accordance with:

                 (69)(a)(iii)(A) Section 31A-3-103; or

                 (69)(a)(iii)(B) rule. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Filing: when used as a noun, means an item required to be filed with the department including:
       (70)(a) a policy;
       (70)(b) a rate;
       (70)(c) a form;
       (70)(d) a document;
       (70)(e) a plan;
       (70)(f) a manual;
       (70)(g) an application;
       (70)(h) a report;
       (70)(i) a certificate;
       (70)(j) an endorsement;
       (70)(k) an actuarial certification;
       (70)(l) a licensee annual statement;
       (70)(m) a licensee renewal application;
       (70)(n) an advertisement;
       (70)(o) a binder; or
       (70)(p) an outline of coverage. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Form: means one of the following prepared for general use:
            (74)(a)(i) a policy;
            (74)(a)(ii) a certificate;
            (74)(a)(iii) an application;
            (74)(a)(iv) an outline of coverage; or
            (74)(a)(v) an endorsement. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Governor-elect: means , during a transition period, an individual whom the board of canvassers determines to be the successful candidate for governor after a general election for the office of governor, if that successful candidate is an individual other than the incumbent governor. See Utah Code 67-1b-102
• Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Incoming gubernatorial administration: means a governor-elect, a governor-elect's staff, a lieutenant governor-elect, and a lieutenant governor-elect's staff. See Utah Code 67-1b-102
• Indemnitor: means an entity or natural person that enters into an agreement with a bail bond agency to hold the bail bond agency harmless from loss incurred as a result of executing a bail bond. See Utah Code 31A-35-102
• Insurance: includes :
            (96)(b)(i) a risk distributing arrangement providing for compensation or replacement for damages or loss through the provision of a service or a benefit in kind;
            (96)(b)(ii) a contract of guaranty or suretyship entered into by the guarantor or surety as a business and not as merely incidental to a business transaction; and
            (96)(b)(iii) a plan in which the risk does not rest upon the person who makes an arrangement, but with a class of persons who have agreed to share the risk. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• 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.
• Legal tender: coins, dollar bills, or other currency issued by a government as official money. ^{Source: U.S. Mint}
• License: includes a certificate of authority issued to an insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• 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.
• Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst: means the office created in Section 36-12-13. See Utah Code 67-1b-102
• Order: means an order of the commissioner. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Person: includes :
       (146)(a) an individual;
       (146)(b) a partnership;
       (146)(c) a corporation;
       (146)(d) an incorporated or unincorporated association;
       (146)(e) a joint stock company;
       (146)(f) a trust;
       (146)(g) a limited liability company;
       (146)(h) a reciprocal;
       (146)(i) a syndicate; or
       (146)(j) another similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• 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
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Premium: means the specified monetary amount used to purchase a bail bond. See Utah Code 31A-35-102
• Principal: means a person that:
       (10)(a) guarantees the performance of a bail bond; or
       (10)(b) owns not less than 10% of the bail bond agency. See Utah Code 31A-35-102
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• producer: means a person licensed or required to be licensed under the laws of this state to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Security: means a:
            (176)(a)(i) note;
            (176)(a)(ii) stock;
            (176)(a)(iii) bond;
            (176)(a)(iv) debenture;
            (176)(a)(v) evidence of indebtedness;
            (176)(a)(vi) certificate of interest or participation in a profit-sharing agreement;
            (176)(a)(vii) collateral-trust certificate;
            (176)(a)(viii) preorganization certificate or subscription;
            (176)(a)(ix) transferable share;
            (176)(a)(x) investment contract;
            (176)(a)(xi) voting trust certificate;
            (176)(a)(xii) certificate of deposit for a security;
            (176)(a)(xiii) certificate of interest of participation in an oil, gas, or mining title or lease or in payments out of production under such a title or lease;
            (176)(a)(xiv) commodity contract or commodity option;
            (176)(a)(xv) certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase any of the items listed in Subsections (176)(a)(i) through (xiv); or
            (176)(a)(xvi) another interest or instrument commonly known as a security. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• 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.
• Sex: means , in relation to an individual, the individual's biological sex, either male or female, at birth, according to distinct reproductive roles as manifested by:
       (34)(a) sex and reproductive organ anatomy;
       (34)(b) chromosomal makeup; and
       (34)(c) endogenous hormone profiles. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Surety insurer: means an insurer that:
       (11)(a) is licensed under Chapter 4, Insurers in General, Chapter 5, Domestic Stock and Mutual Insurance Corporations, or Chapter 14, Foreign Insurers;
       (11)(b) receives a certificate under this title; and
       (11)(c) sells bail bonds in connection with judicial proceedings. See Utah Code 31A-35-102
• Transition period: means the period of time beginning the day after the meeting of the board of canvassers under Section 20A-4-306 in a year in which the board of canvassers determines that the successful candidate for governor is an individual other than the incumbent governor, and ending on the first Monday of the next January. See Utah Code 67-1b-102
• Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. ^{Source: OCC}
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. 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