Terms Used In Utah Code 61-1-13

• Agent: means an individual other than a broker-dealer who represents a broker-dealer or issuer in effecting or attempting to effect purchases or sales of securities. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• 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.
• Broker-dealer: means a person engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities for the account of others or for the person's own account. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• Commission: means the Securities Commission created in Section Utah Code 61-1-13
• Commodity: means , except as otherwise specified by the division by rule:
            (1)(f)(i) an agricultural, grain, or livestock product or byproduct, except real property or a timber, agricultural, or livestock product grown or raised on real property and offered or sold by the owner or lessee of the real property;
            (1)(f)(ii) a metal or mineral, including a precious metal, except a numismatic coin whose fair market value is at least 15% greater than the value of the metal it contains;
            (1)(f)(iii) a gem or gemstone, whether characterized as precious, semi-precious, or otherwise;
            (1)(f)(iv) a fuel, whether liquid, gaseous, or otherwise;
            (1)(f)(v) a foreign currency; and
            (1)(f)(vi) all other goods, articles, products, or items of any kind, except a work of art offered or sold by art dealers, at public auction or offered or sold through a private sale by the owner of the work. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• Commodity contract: means an account, agreement, or contract for the purchase or sale, primarily for speculation or investment purposes and not for use or consumption by the offeree or purchaser, of one or more commodities, whether for immediate or subsequent delivery or whether delivery is intended by the parties, and whether characterized as a cash contract, deferred shipment or deferred delivery contract, forward contract, futures contract, installment or margin contract, leverage contract, or otherwise. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• Commodity option: means an account, agreement, or contract giving a party to the option the right but not the obligation to purchase or sell one or more commodities or one or more commodity contracts, or both whether characterized as an option, privilege, indemnity, bid, offer, put, call, advance guaranty, decline guaranty, or otherwise. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• 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.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Depository institution: means the same as that term is defined in Section 7-1-103. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• Director: means the director of the division appointed in accordance with Section 61-1-18. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• Division: means the Division of Securities established by Section 61-1-18. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• 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 director: means the executive director of the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Federal covered adviser: means a person who:
            (1)(m)(i) is registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940; or
            (1)(m)(ii) is excluded from the definition of "investment adviser" under Section 202(a)(11) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Guaranteed: means guaranteed as to payment of principal or interest as to debt securities, or dividends as to equity securities. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• Investment adviser: includes a financial planner or other person who:
                 (1)(q)(ii)(A) as an integral component of other financially related services, provides the investment advisory services described in Subsection (1)(q)(i) to others as part of a business;
                 (1)(q)(ii)(B) holds the person out as providing the investment advisory services described in Subsection (1)(q)(i) to others; or
                 (1)(q)(ii)(C) holds the person out as a financial adviser, financial consultant, or any other similar title as the division may specify in rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, in any way as to imply that the person is generally engaged in an investment advisory business, including a person who does not hold a securities license and uses a title described in this Subsection (1)(q)(ii)(C) in any advertising or marketing material. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• Investment adviser representative: means a partner, officer, director of, or a person occupying a similar status or performing similar functions, or other individual, except clerical or ministerial personnel, who:
                 (1)(r)(i)(A)

                      (1)(r)(i)(A)(I) is employed by or associated with an investment adviser who is licensed or required to be licensed under this chapter; or

                      (1)(r)(i)(A)(II) has a place of business located in this state and is employed by or associated with a federal covered adviser; and
                 (1)(r)(i)(B) does any of the following:

                      (1)(r)(i)(B)(I) makes a recommendation or otherwise renders advice regarding securities;

                      (1)(r)(i)(B)(II) manages accounts or portfolios of clients;

                      (1)(r)(i)(B)(III) determines which recommendation or advice regarding securities should be given;

                      (1)(r)(i)(B)(IV) solicits, offers, or negotiates for the sale of or sells investment advisory services; or

                      (1)(r)(i)(B)(V) supervises employees who perform any of the acts described in this Subsection (1)(r)(i)(B). See Utah Code 61-1-13
• Investment contract: includes :
            (1)(s)(i) an investment in a common enterprise with the expectation of profit to be derived through the essential managerial efforts of someone other than the investor; or
            (1)(s)(ii) an investment by which:

                 (1)(s)(ii)(A) an offeree furnishes initial value to an offerer;

                 (1)(s)(ii)(B) a portion of the initial value is subjected to the risks of the enterprise;

                 (1)(s)(ii)(C) the furnishing of the initial value is induced by the offerer's promises or representations that give rise to a reasonable understanding that a valuable benefit of some kind over and above the initial value will accrue to the offeree as a result of the operation of the enterprise; and

                 (1)(s)(ii)(D) the offeree does not receive the right to exercise practical and actual control over the managerial decisions of the enterprise. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• Issuer: means a person who issues or proposes to issue a security or has outstanding a security that it has issued. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Life settlement interest: means the entire interest or a fractional interest in any of the following that is the subject of a life settlement:
                 (1)(v)(i)(A) a policy; or
                 (1)(v)(i)(B) the death benefit under a policy. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• 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: means :
            (1)(x)(i) an individual;
            (1)(x)(ii) a corporation;
            (1)(x)(iii) a partnership;
            (1)(x)(iv) a limited liability company;
            (1)(x)(v) an association;
            (1)(x)(vi) a joint-stock company;
            (1)(x)(vii) a joint venture;
            (1)(x)(viii) a trust where the interests of the beneficiaries are evidenced by a security;
            (1)(x)(ix) an unincorporated organization;
            (1)(x)(x) a government; or
            (1)(x)(xi) a political subdivision of a government. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• Precious metal: means the following, whether in coin, bullion, or other form:
            (1)(y)(i) silver;
            (1)(y)(ii) gold;
            (1)(y)(iii) platinum;
            (1)(y)(iv) palladium;
            (1)(y)(v) copper; and
            (1)(y)(vi) such other substances as the division may specify by rule. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• purchase: means a contract for purchase of, contract to buy, or acquisition of a security or interest in a security for value. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• 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
• record: means information that is:
                 (1)(aa)(i)(A) inscribed in a tangible medium; or
                 (1)(aa)(i)(B)

                      (1)(aa)(i)(B)(I) stored in an electronic or other medium; and

                      (1)(aa)(i)(B)(II) retrievable in perceivable form. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• Securities Exchange Commission: means the United States Securities Exchange Commission created by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• Security: means a:
                 (1)(ee)(i)(A) note;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(B) stock;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(C) treasury stock;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(D) bond;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(E) debenture;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(F) evidence of indebtedness;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(G) certificate of interest or participation in a profit-sharing agreement;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(H) collateral-trust certificate;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(I) preorganization certificate or subscription;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(J) transferable share;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(K) investment contract;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(L) burial certificate or burial contract;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(M) voting-trust certificate;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(N) certificate of deposit for a security;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(O) certificate of interest or participation in an oil, gas, or mining title or lease or in payments out of production under such a title or lease;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(P) commodity contract or commodity option;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(Q) interest in a limited liability company;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(R) life settlement interest; or
                 (1)(ee)(i)(S) in general, an interest or instrument commonly known as a "security" or a certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase an item listed in Subsections (1)(ee)(i)(A) through (R). See Utah Code 61-1-13
• sell: includes a contract for sale of, contract to sell, or disposition of, a security or interest in a security for value. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• 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.
• State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Undivided fractionalized long-term estate: means the same as that term is defined in Section 57-29-102. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Whole long-term estate: means a person owns or persons through joint tenancy own real property through a fee estate. See Utah Code 61-1-13