§ 20-101 Department of insurance and financial institutions; definition
§ 20-101.01 Deputy director
§ 20-102 Definition of director
§ 20-103 Definition of insurance; exceptions
§ 20-104 “Insurer” defined
§ 20-105 “Person” defined
§ 20-106 Acts constituting the transaction of business; definition
§ 20-107 Limitation on transaction of insurance; exception
§ 20-108 Types of insurers excepted
§ 20-108.01 Extended warranty insurers; deposit with state treasurer; powers and duties; definition
§ 20-109 Existing licenses
§ 20-110 Secondary sources
§ 20-112 Existing actions or violations
§ 20-113 Construction of particular and general provisions
§ 20-114 Violations; classification
§ 20-115 Department jurisdiction over certain health care providers; exception; examination; disclosure
§ 20-116 Surety bonds; cash deposit as alternative
§ 20-117 Definitions
§ 20-118 Prohibition; definitions
§ 20-119 Charitable gift annuities; audited financial statements; disclosure statement; commissions prohibited; definitions
§ 20-120 Payment bonds for third party intermediary entities; contract provisions; definitions
§ 20-121 Health care exchange; abortion coverage; prohibition; exceptions
§ 20-122 Health care sharing ministries; exemption from regulation; definition
§ 20-124 Adoption of rules
§ 20-125 Sending notices and correspondence
§ 20-126 Annual dental loss ratio report; posting; definitions
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Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 20 > Chapter 1 > Article 1 - Scope of Title

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Balanced budget: A budget in which receipts equal outlays.
  • Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • 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.
  • department: means the department of insurance and financial institutions. See Arizona Laws 20-101
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • 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.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • 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.
  • Month: means a calendar month unless otherwise expressed. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • 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.
  • 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 a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • sent: means to deliver by United States mail, personal delivery or fax or by electronic means consistent with the requirements of section 20-239. See Arizona Laws 20-117
  • subscription: includes a mark, if a person cannot write, with the person's name written near it and witnessed by a person who writes the person's own name as witness. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Volunteer work: means work performed without compensation other than reimbursement of actual expenses incurred, or disbursement of meals or other incidental benefits. See Arizona Laws 20-117
  • Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215