Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 53 > Chapter 3 > Part 7 - Nonresident Violator Compact

• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• CDIP: means a commercial learner permit:
       (4)(a) issued under Section 53-3-408; or
       (4)(b) issued by a state or other jurisdiction of domicile in compliance with the standards contained in Utah Code 53-3-102
• CDL: means a license:
       (5)(a) issued substantially in accordance with the requirements of Title XII, Pub. See Utah Code 53-3-102
• Citation: means a summons, ticket, or other official document issued by a peace officer for a traffic violation, containing an order that requires the motorist to respond. See Utah Code 53-3-702
• Collateral: means cash or other security deposited to secure an appearance for trial, following the issuance by a peace officer of a citation for a traffic violation. See Utah Code 53-3-702
• Court: means a court of law or traffic tribunal. See Utah Code 53-3-702
• Director: means the division director appointed under Section 53-3-103. See Utah Code 53-3-102
• Division: means the Driver License Division of the department created in Section 53-3-103. See Utah Code 53-3-102
• Drive: means :
       (14)(a) to operate or be in physical control of a motor vehicle upon a highway; and
       (14)(b) in Subsections 53-3-414(1) through (3), Subsection 53-3-414(5), and Sections 53-3-417 and 53-3-418, the operation or physical control of a motor vehicle at any place within the state. See Utah Code 53-3-102
• driver: includes any person who is required to hold a CDL under Part 4, Uniform Commercial Driver License Act, or federal law. See Utah Code 53-3-102
• 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.
• Highway: means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of any nature when any part of it is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for traffic. See Utah Code 53-3-102
• Home jurisdiction: means the jurisdiction that issued the driver's license of the traffic violator. See Utah Code 53-3-702
• Issuing jurisdiction: means the jurisdiction in which the traffic citation was issued to the motorist. See Utah Code 53-3-702
• 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.
• Jurisdiction: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Utah Code 53-3-702
• License: means the privilege to drive a motor vehicle. See Utah Code 53-3-102
• Motor vehicle: means the same as that term is defined in Section 41-1a-102. See Utah Code 53-3-102
• Motorist: means a driver of a motor vehicle operating in a party jurisdiction other than the home jurisdiction. See Utah Code 53-3-702
• Operate: means the same as that term is defined in Section 41-1a-102. See Utah Code 53-3-102
• Peace officer: means any officer certified in accordance with Title 53, Chapter 13, Peace Officer Classifications. See Utah Code 53-1-102
• 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 recognizance: means an agreement by a motorist made at the time of issuance of the traffic citation that he will comply with the terms of that traffic citation. See Utah Code 53-3-702
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. 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
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Suspension: means the temporary withdrawal by action of the division of a licensee's privilege to drive a motor vehicle. See Utah Code 53-3-102
• Terms of the citation: means those options expressly stated upon the citation. See Utah Code 53-3-702
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Vehicle: means every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Utah Code 53-1-102