§ 75-3-101 Devolution of estate at death — Restrictions
§ 75-3-102 Necessity of order of probate for will
§ 75-3-103 Necessity of appointment for administration
§ 75-3-104 Claims against decedent — Necessity of administration
§ 75-3-104.5 Notice to the Office of Recovery Services
§ 75-3-105 Proceedings affecting devolution and administration — Jurisdiction of subject matter
§ 75-3-106 Scope of proceedings — Proceedings independent — Exception
§ 75-3-107 Probate and testacy proceedings — Ultimate time limit — Presumption and order of intestacy
§ 75-3-108 Statutes of limitation on decedent’s cause of action
§ 75-3-109 Letters upon several estates jointly
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Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 75 > Chapter 3 > Part 1 - General Provisions

  • Application: means a written request to the registrar for an order of informal probate or appointment under Chapter 3, Part 3, Informal Probate and Appointment Proceedings. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Conservator: means a person who is appointed by a court to manage the estate of a protected person. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Court: means any of the courts of record in this state having jurisdiction in matters relating to the affairs of decedents. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Devisee: means any person designated in a will to receive a devise. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Estate: includes the property of the decedent, trust, or other person whose affairs are subject to this title as originally constituted and as it exists from time to time during administration. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • 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.
  • Exempt property: means that property of a decedent's estate which is described in Section 75-2-403. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Formal proceedings: means proceedings conducted before a judge with notice to interested persons. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • 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.
  • Letters: includes letters testamentary, letters of guardianship, letters of administration, and letters of conservatorship. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Person: means an individual or an organization. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Personal representative: includes executor, administrator, successor personal representative, special administrator, and persons who perform substantially the same function under the law governing their status. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Petition: means a written request to the court for an order after notice. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Proceeding: includes action at law and suit in equity. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Property: includes both real and personal property or any interest therein and means anything that may be the subject of ownership. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Protected person: means a person for whom a conservator has been appointed. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Registrar: means the official of the court designated to perform the functions of registrar as provided in Section 75-1-307. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Security: includes any note, stock, treasury stock, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest, or participation in an oil, gas, or mining title or lease or in payments out of production under such a title or lease, collateral trust certificate, transferable share, voting trust certificate, and, in general, any interest or instrument commonly known as a security, or any certificate of interest or participation, any temporary or interim certificate, receipt, or certificate of deposit for, or any warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the foregoing. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Special administrator: means a personal representative as described in Sections 75-3-614 through 75-3-618. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Successors: means persons, other than creditors, who are entitled to property of a decedent under the decedent's will or this title. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Supervised administration: means the proceedings described in Chapter 3, Part 5, Supervised Administration. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Testacy proceeding: means a proceeding to establish a will or determine intestacy. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Testate: To die leaving a will.