(1) A person has control of an electronic document of title if a system employed for evidencing the transfer of interests in the electronic document reliably establishes that person as the person to which the electronic document was issued or transferred.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 70A-7a-106

  • 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.
  • 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
(2) A system satisfies Subsection (1), and a person is considered to have control of an electronic document of title, if the document is created, stored, and assigned in such a manner that:

     (2)(a) a single authoritative copy of the document exists which is unique, identifiable, and, except as otherwise provided in Subsections (2)(d), (e), and (f), unalterable;
     (2)(b) the authoritative copy identifies the person asserting control as:

          (2)(b)(i) the person to which the document was issued; or
          (2)(b)(ii) if the authoritative copy indicates that the document has been transferred, the person to which the document was most recently transferred;
     (2)(c) the authoritative copy is communicated to and maintained by the person asserting control or its designated custodian;
     (2)(d) copies or amendments that add or change an identified assignee of the authoritative copy can be made only with the consent of the person asserting control;
     (2)(e) each copy of the authoritative copy and any copy of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy that is not the authoritative copy; and
     (2)(f) any amendment of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as authorized or unauthorized.