Terms Used In Utah Code 58-9-701

• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Beneficiary: means the individual who, at the time of the individual's death, is to receive the benefit of the property and services purchased under a preneed funeral arrangement. See Utah Code 58-9-102
• Buyer: means a person who purchases a preneed funeral arrangement. See Utah Code 58-9-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Division: means the Division of Professional Licensing created in Section 58-1-103. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• 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.
• Funeral service: means a service, rite, or ceremony performed:
       (19)(a) with respect to the death of a human; and
       (19)(b) with the body of the deceased present. See Utah Code 58-9-102
• Funeral service establishment: includes :
            (21)(b)(i) all portions of the business premises and all tools, instruments, and supplies used in the preparation and embalming of dead human bodies for burial, cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, and final disposition as defined by division rule; and
            (21)(b)(ii) a facility used by the business in which funeral services may be conducted. See Utah Code 58-9-102
• Person: means :
       (24)(a) an individual;
       (24)(b) an association;
       (24)(c) an institution;
       (24)(d) a corporation;
       (24)(e) a company;
       (24)(f) a trust;
       (24)(g) a limited liability company;
       (24)(h) a partnership;
       (24)(i) a political subdivision;
       (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
       (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Preneed funeral arrangement: means a written or oral agreement sold in advance of the death of the beneficiary under which a person agrees with a buyer to provide at the death of the beneficiary any of the following as are typically provided in connection with a disposition:
            (26)(a)(i) goods;
            (26)(a)(ii) services, including:

                 (26)(a)(ii)(A) embalming services; and

                 (26)(a)(ii)(B) funeral directing services;
            (26)(a)(iii) real property; or
            (26)(a)(iv) personal property, including:

                 (26)(a)(iv)(A) a casket;

                 (26)(a)(iv)(B) another primary container;

                 (26)(a)(iv)(C) a cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, or transportation container;

                 (26)(a)(iv)(D) an outer burial container;

                 (26)(a)(iv)(E) a vault;

                 (26)(a)(iv)(F) a grave liner;

                 (26)(a)(iv)(G) funeral clothing and accessories;

                 (26)(a)(iv)(H) a monument;

                 (26)(a)(iv)(I) a grave marker; and

                 (26)(a)(iv)(J) a cremation or alkaline hydrolysis urn. See Utah Code 58-9-102
• Sales agent: means an individual licensed under this chapter as a preneed funeral arrangement sales agent. See Utah Code 58-9-102