Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 23A > Chapter 6 > Part 4 - Use of Land

• Certificate of registration: means a paper-based or electronic document issued under this title, or a rule or proclamation of the Wildlife Board granting authority to engage in activities not covered by a license, permit, or tag. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Commissioner: means a member of the commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Department: means the Department of Natural Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Director: means the director of the division appointed under Section 23A-2-202. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Division: means the Division of Wildlife Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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.
• Fishing: means to take fish or crayfish by any means. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Highway: includes :
       (15)(a) a public bridge;
       (15)(b) a county way;
       (15)(c) a county road;
       (15)(d) a common road; and
       (15)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Hunting: means to take or pursue a reptile, amphibian, bird, or mammal by any means. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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}
• Management plan: means a document prepared in accordance with this chapter that describes how one or more tracts of land owned or managed by the division are to be used. See Utah Code 23A-6-101
• Permit: means a paper-based or electronic document that grants authority to engage in specified activities under this title or a rule or proclamation of the Wildlife Board. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Person: means an individual, association, partnership, government agency, corporation, or an agent of the individual, association, partnership, government agency, or corporation. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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
• 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
• Public utility: includes every railroad corporation, gas corporation, electrical corporation, distribution electrical cooperative, wholesale electrical cooperative, telephone corporation, telegraph corporation, water corporation, sewerage corporation, heat corporation, and independent energy producer not described in Section 54-2-201 where the service is performed for, or the commodity delivered to, the public generally, or in the case of a gas corporation or electrical corporation where the gas or electricity is sold or furnished to any member or consumers within the state for domestic, commercial, or industrial use. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Road: includes :
       (33)(a) a public bridge;
       (33)(b) a county way;
       (33)(c) a county road;
       (33)(d) a common road; and
       (33)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Sell: means to offer or possess for sale, barter, exchange, or trade, or the act of selling, bartering, exchanging, or trading. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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.
• Trapping: means taking protected wildlife with a trapping device. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Wildlife: means :
       (61)(a) crustaceans, including brine shrimp and crayfish;
       (61)(b) mollusks; and
       (61)(c) vertebrate animals living in nature, except feral animals. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Wildlife Board: means the board created in Section 23A-2-301. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Wildlife management area: means :
       (3)(a) a single tract of land owned or managed by the division; or
       (3)(b) two or more tracts of land owned or managed by the division that are within close proximity of each other and managed as a single unit. See Utah Code 23A-6-101
• 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