Utah Code 10-7-70. Corporate violation — Summons — Forms
Terms Used In Utah Code 10-7-70
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- City: means a municipality that is classified by population as a city of the first class, a city of the second class, a city of the third class, a city of the fourth class, or a city of the fifth class, under Section
10-2-301 . See Utah Code 10-1-104 - Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- 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.
- 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
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
- Town: means a municipality classified by population as a town under Section
10-2-301 . See Utah Code 10-1-104
Whenever complaint is made against a corporation for violation of a city or town ordinance summons shall be issued thereon substantially in the following form:
County of __________
In the __________ court, in and for the city (or town) of __________, county of __________ __________ city, (or town) __________
vs. __________
The state of Utah, to (naming the corporation):
You are hereby summoned to be and appear before the above entitled court at the courtroom thereof on the __________ day of __________ at the hour of __________ o’clock __m., then and there to answer a charge made against you upon the complaint of __________ for (designating the offense in general terms), a copy of which complaint is hereto attached.
__________(month\day\year).
Witness:
The Honorable
Judge of said court.
By
In courts having a clerk the summons, with a copy of the complaint attached, shall be signed by the clerk thereof, and in courts having no clerk the summons shall be signed by the judge or justice thereof.