Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 4 > Chapter 24 > Part 5 - Unlawful Acts and Penalties

• Apiary: means any place where one or more colonies of bees are located. See Utah Code 4-11-102
• Apiary equipment: means hives, supers, frames, veils, gloves, or other equipment used to handle or manipulate bees, honey, wax, or hives. See Utah Code 4-11-102
• Appliance: means any apparatus, tool, machine, or other device used to handle or manipulate bees, wax, honey, or hives. See Utah Code 4-11-102
• Bee: means the common honey bee, Apis mellifera, at any stage of development. See Utah Code 4-11-102
• Brand: means an identifiable mark, including a tattoo or cutting and shaping of the ears or brisket area, applied to livestock that is intended to show ownership and the mark's location. See Utah Code 4-24-102
• Carcass: means any part of the body of an animal, including entrails and edible meats. See Utah Code 4-24-102
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Colony: means an aggregation of bees in any type of hive that includes queens, workers, drones, or brood. See Utah Code 4-11-102
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture and food. See Utah Code 4-1-109
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• 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
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Food created in Chapter 2, Administration. See Utah Code 4-1-109
• Disease: means any infectious or contagious disease affecting bees, as specified by the department, including American foulbrood. See Utah Code 4-11-102
• Domesticated elk: means the same as that term is defined in Section 4-39-102. See Utah Code 4-24-102
• 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.
• Hide: means any skins or wool removed from livestock. See Utah Code 4-24-102
• Hive: means a frame hive, box hive, box, barrel, log, gum skep, or other artificial or natural receptacle that may be used to house bees. See Utah Code 4-11-102
• 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.
• Livestock: means cattle, calves, horses, mules, or sheep. See Utah Code 4-24-102
• Open range: means land upon which cattle, sheep, or other domestic animals are grazed or permitted to roam by custom, license, lease, or permit. See Utah Code 4-24-102
• Person: means a natural person or individual, corporation, organization, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 4-1-109
• 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
• Raise: means :
       (13)(a) to hold a colony of bees in a hive for the purpose of pollination, honey production, or study, or a similar purpose; and
       (13)(b) when the person holding a colony holds the colony or a package of bees in the state for a period of time exceeding 30 days. See Utah Code 4-11-102
• 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
• Terminal disease: means a pest, parasite, or pathogen that will kill an occupant colony or subsequent colony on the same equipment. See Utah Code 4-11-102
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5