Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 77 > Chapter 20 > Part 5 - Bail Surety

• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
• Bail: means pretrial release. See Utah Code 77-20-102
• Bail bond: means the same as that term is defined in Section 31A-35-102. See Utah Code 77-20-102
• Bail bond agency: means the same as that term is defined in Section 31A-35-102. See Utah Code 77-20-102
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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.
• Exonerate: means to release and discharge a surety, or a surety's bail bond producer, from liability for a bail bond. See Utah Code 77-20-102
• Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.
• Forfeiture: means :
       (8)(a) to divest an individual or surety from a right to the repayment of monetary bail; or
       (8)(b) to enforce a pledge of assets or real or personal property from an individual or surety used to secure an individual's pretrial release. See Utah Code 77-20-102
• 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.
• Monetary bail: means a financial condition. See Utah Code 77-20-102
• Own recognizance: means the release of an individual without any condition of release other than the individual's promise to:
       (12)(a) appear for all required court proceedings; and
       (12)(b) not commit any criminal offense. See Utah Code 77-20-102
• 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
• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• Principal: means the same as that term is defined in Section 31A-35-102. See Utah Code 77-20-102
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• 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
• Surety: means a surety insurer or a bail bond agency. See Utah Code 77-20-102
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. 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