Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 57 > Chapter 31 - Fraudulent Deeds Act

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Certified copy: means a copy of a document certified by its custodian to be a true and correct copy of the document or the copy of the document maintained by the custodian, where the document or copy is maintained under the authority of the United States, the state of Utah or any of its political subdivisions, another state, a court of record, a foreign government, or an Indian tribe. See Utah Code 57-1-1
• 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.
• Deed: means an instrument in writing, including any conveyance that affects, purports to affect, describes, or otherwise concerns any right, title, or interest in real property. See Utah Code 57-31-101
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Division: means the Division of Integrated Healthcare created in Section 26B-1-1202. See Utah Code 26B-5-101
• Document: means every instrument in writing, including every conveyance, affecting, purporting to affect, describing, or otherwise concerning any right, title, or interest in real property, except wills and leases for a term not exceeding one year. See Utah Code 57-1-1
• Fraudulent deed: means a deed that is not executed or authorized to be executed by the record interest holder. See Utah Code 57-31-101
• Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
• Interest holder: means a person who holds or possesses a present, lawful property interest in real property. See Utah Code 57-31-101
• Mental health crisis: means :
       (6)(a) a mental health condition that manifests in an individual by symptoms of sufficient severity that a prudent layperson who possesses an average knowledge of mental health issues could reasonably expect the absence of immediate attention or intervention to result in:

            (6)(a)(i) serious danger to the individual's health or well-being; or

            (6)(a)(ii) a danger to the health or well-being of others; or
       (6)(b) a mental health condition that, in the opinion of a mental health therapist or the therapist's designee, requires direct professional observation or intervention. See Utah Code 26B-5-101
• Mental health crisis services: means an array of services provided to an individual who experiences a mental health crisis, which may include:
       (8)(a) direct mental health services;
       (8)(b) on-site intervention provided by a mobile crisis outreach team;
       (8)(c) the provision of safety and care plans;
       (8)(d) prolonged mental health services for up to 90 days after the day on which an individual experiences a mental health crisis;
       (8)(e) referrals to other community resources;
       (8)(f) local mental health crisis lines; and
       (8)(g) the statewide mental health crisis line. See Utah Code 26B-5-101
• 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
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Purported grantee: means a person who is identified as the grantee on a fraudulent deed. See Utah Code 57-31-101
• Purported grantor: means a person who executes or causes to be executed a fraudulent deed. See Utah Code 57-31-101
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• real property: includes :
       (31)(a) land;
       (31)(b) a tenement;
       (31)(c) a hereditament;
       (31)(d) a water right;
       (31)(e) a possessory right; and
       (31)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Record interest holder: means a person:
       (6)(a) who holds or possesses a present, lawful property interest in real property; and
       (6)(b) whose name and interest in the real property appears in the county recorder's records for the county in which the property is located. See Utah Code 57-31-101
• 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
• 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