Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 78B > Chapter 6 > Part 8a - Expungement of Eviction Records

• Agency: means a state, county, or local government entity that generates or maintains records relating to an unlawful detainer action. See Utah Code 78B-6-850
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Eviction: means a cause of action for unlawful detainer under Part 8, Forcible Entry and Detainer. See Utah Code 78B-6-850
• Expunge: means to seal or otherwise restrict access to records held by a court or an agency. See Utah Code 78B-6-850
• 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
• 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.
• 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
• Tenant screening agency: means a person that, for a fee, dues, or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating information for the purpose of furnishing a tenant screening report. See Utah Code 78B-6-850
• Tenant screening report: means any written, oral, or other communication prepared by a tenant screening agency that includes information about an individual's rental history for the purpose of serving as a factor in establishing the individual's eligibility for housing. See Utah Code 78B-6-850
• Unlawful detainer: means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-6-801. See Utah Code 78B-6-850