Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 15 > Chapter 8 - Utah Rental Purchase Agreement Act

• Animal: means a cat or dog. See Utah Code 11-46-102
• Animal control officer: means any person employed or appointed by a county or a municipality who is authorized to investigate violations of laws and ordinances concerning animals, to issue citations in accordance with Utah law, and to take custody of animals as appropriate in the enforcement of laws and ordinances concerning animals. See Utah Code 11-46-102
• Animal shelter: includes a private humane society or private animal welfare organization. See Utah Code 11-46-102
• Annual financial report: means a comprehensive annual financial report or similar financial report required by Section 51-2a-201. See Utah Code 11-50-102
• Cash price: means the price at which the lessor would have sold the property to the consumer for cash on the date of the rental purchase agreement. See Utah Code 15-8-3
• Catastrophic public nuisance: means a condition on state or federal land where natural resources and biota have been managed or neglected to such an extent as to cause:
       (1)(a) the threat of a catastrophic wildfire demonstrated by:

            (1)(a)(i) stand density, basal area, or ground fuel load greater than 150% of land health standards; or

            (1)(a)(ii) an insect or disease infestation severe enough to threaten the mortality of at least 20% of the trees in the area; or
       (1)(b) a condition in the area that threatens the:

            (1)(b)(i) quantity or quality of the public water supply of a political subdivision;

            (1)(b)(ii) health, safety, or welfare of the citizens of a political subdivision;

            (1)(b)(iii) air quality of a nonattainment area; or

            (1)(b)(iv) vegetative resources required to support land health and authorized livestock grazing. See Utah Code 11-51a-102
• Chief administrative officer: means the chief administrative officer designated in accordance with Section 11-50-202. See Utah Code 11-50-102
• Chief executive officer: means :
       (2)(a) for a municipality:

            (2)(a)(i) the mayor, if the municipality is operating under a form of municipal government other than the council-manager form of government; or

            (2)(a)(ii) the city manager, if the municipality is operating under the council-manager form of government;
       (2)(b) for a county:

            (2)(b)(i) the chair of the county commission, if the county is operating under the county commission or expanded county commission form of government;

            (2)(b)(ii) the county executive officer, if the county is operating under the county-executive form of government; or

            (2)(b)(iii) the county manager, if the county is operating under the council-manager form of government. See Utah Code 11-51a-102
• Chief financial officer: means the chief financial officer designated in accordance with Section 11-50-202. See Utah Code 11-50-102
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Community cat: means a feral or free-roaming cat that is without visibly discernable or microchip owner identification of any kind, and has been sterilized, vaccinated, and ear-tipped. See Utah Code 11-46-302
• Consumer: means a natural person who rents personal property under a rental purchase agreement to be used primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. See Utah Code 15-8-3
• Consummation: means the time at which a consumer becomes contractually obligated on a rental purchase agreement. See Utah Code 15-8-3
• 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.
• Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
• County executive: means :
       (7)(a) the county commission, in the county commission or expanded county commission form of government established under Title 17, Chapter 52a, Changing Forms of County Government;
       (7)(b) the county executive, in the county executive-council optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-203; or
       (7)(c) the county manager, in the council-manager optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-204. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• County sheriff: means an individual:
       (3)(a) elected to the office of county sheriff; and
       (3)(b) who fulfills the duties described in Subsection 17-22-1. See Utah Code 11-51a-102
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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.
• 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 agency: means the:
       (4)(a) United States Bureau of Land Management;
       (4)(b) United States Forest Service;
       (4)(c) United States Fish and Wildlife Service; or
       (4)(d) National Park Service. See Utah Code 11-51a-102
• Federally managed land: means land that is managed by a federal agency. See Utah Code 11-51a-102
• Governing body: means :
       (4)(a) for a county, city, or town, the legislative body of the county, city, or town;
       (4)(b) for a special district, the board of trustees of the special district;
       (4)(c) for a school district, the local board of education; or
       (4)(d) for a special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act:

            (4)(d)(i) the governing body of the county or municipality that created the special service district, if no administrative control board has been established under Section 17D-1-301; or

            (4)(d)(ii) the administrative control board, if one has been established under Section 17D-1-301. See Utah Code 11-50-102
• 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.
• Land: includes :
       (18)(a) land;
       (18)(b) a tenement;
       (18)(c) a hereditament;
       (18)(d) a water right;
       (18)(e) a possessory right; and
       (18)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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}
• Lessor: means a person who regularly provides the use of property through rental purchase agreements and to whom rental payments are initially payable on the face of a rental purchase agreement. See Utah Code 15-8-3
• 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.
• Person: means an individual, an entity, or a representative of an entity. See Utah Code 11-46-102
• 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
• Personal property: includes :
       (25)(a) money;
       (25)(b) goods;
       (25)(c) chattels;
       (25)(d) effects;
       (25)(e) evidences of a right in action;
       (25)(f) a written instrument by which a pecuniary obligation, right, or title to property is created, acknowledged, transferred, increased, defeated, discharged, or diminished; and
       (25)(g) a right or interest in an item described in Subsections (25)(a) through (f). See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Political subdivision: means any county, city, town, school district, community reinvestment agency, special improvement or taxing district, special district, special service district, an entity created by an interlocal agreement adopted under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, or other governmental subdivision or public corporation. See Utah Code 11-50-102
• Political subdivision: means a municipality or county. See Utah Code 11-51a-102
• 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. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Rental purchase agreement: means an agreement for the use of personal property by a natural person primarily for personal, family, or household purposes for an initial period of four months or less that is automatically renewable with each payment after the initial period, but which does not obligate or require the consumer to continue renting or using the property beyond the initial period, and that permits the consumer to become the owner of the property. See Utah Code 15-8-3
• Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Writing: includes :
       (48)(a) printing;
       (48)(b) handwriting; and
       (48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5