Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 46 > Chapter 4 > Part 4 - Automated Transactions, Sending and Receiving Electronic Records, and Transferable Records

• Agreement: means the bargain of the parties in fact, as found in their language or inferred from other circumstances and from rules, regulations, and procedures given the effect of agreements under laws otherwise applicable to a particular transaction. See Utah Code 46-4-102
• Automated transaction: means a transaction conducted or performed, in whole or in part, by electronic means or electronic records, in which the acts or records of one or both parties are not reviewed by an individual in the ordinary course in forming a contract, performing under an existing contract, or fulfilling an obligation required by the transaction. See Utah Code 46-4-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contract: means the total legal obligation resulting from the parties' agreement as affected by this chapter and other applicable law. See Utah Code 46-4-102
• Electronic: means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. See Utah Code 46-4-102
• Electronic agent: means a computer program or an electronic or other automated means used independently to initiate an action or respond to electronic records or performances in whole or in part, without review or action by an individual. See Utah Code 46-4-102
• Electronic record: means a record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means. See Utah Code 46-4-102
• Information: means data, text, images, sounds, codes, computer programs, software, databases, or the like. See Utah Code 46-4-102
• Information processing system: means an electronic system for creating, generating, sending, receiving, storing, displaying, or processing information. See Utah Code 46-4-102
• Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, governmental agency, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Utah Code 46-4-102
• 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 46-4-102
• Transaction: means an action or set of actions occurring between two or more persons relating to the conduct of business, commercial, or governmental affairs. See Utah Code 46-4-102
• Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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