Utah Code 75-2-1402. Definitions
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As used in this part:
(1) “Electronic” means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.
Terms Used In Utah Code 75-2-1402
- Codicil: An addition, change, or supplement to a will executed with the same formalities required for the will itself.
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Electronic: means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. See Utah Code 75-2-1402
- Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
- 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.
- Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Property: includes both real and personal property or any interest therein and means anything that may be the subject of ownership. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
- Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Utah Code 75-2-1402
- State: includes a federally recognized Indian tribe. See Utah Code 75-2-1402
- United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2) “Electronic presence” means the relationship of two or more individuals in different locations communicating in real time to the same extent as if the individuals were physically present in the same location.
(3) “Electronic will” means a will executed electronically in compliance with Subsection 75-2-1405(1).
(4) “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(5) “Sign” means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:
(5)(a) to execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or
(5)(b) to affix to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol or process.
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(6)(a) “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
(6)(b) “State” includes a federally recognized Indian tribe.
(7) “Will” includes a codicil and any testamentary instrument that merely appoints an executor, revokes or revises another will, nominates a guardian, or expressly excludes or limits the right of an individual or class to succeed to property of the decedent passing by intestate succession.