Terms Used In Utah Code 70D-2-401

• 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.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Department: means the Department of Financial Institutions. See Utah Code 70D-1-102
• Depose: means to make a written statement made under oath or affirmation. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Manufactured home: means a transportable factory built housing unit that:
       (4)(a) is constructed:

            (4)(a)(i) on or after June 15, 1976, according to the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974; and

            (4)(a)(ii) in one or more sections, which:

                 (4)(a)(ii)(A) in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length; or

                 (4)(a)(ii)(B) when erected on site, is 400 or more square feet;
       (4)(b) is built on a permanent chassis;
       (4)(c) is designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities; and
       (4)(d) includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems. See Utah Code 70D-2-102
• Mobile home: means a transportable factory built housing unit built before June 15, 1976, in accordance with a state mobile home code that existed before the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974. See Utah Code 70D-2-102
• Modular home: means a modular unit as defined in Section 15A-1-302. See Utah Code 70D-2-102
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Mortgage: means a mortgage or deed of trust affecting real property located in this state. See Utah Code 70D-1-102
• Permanently affixed: means anchored to, and supported by, a permanent foundation or installed in accordance with the manufactured housing installation standard code referred to in Section 15A-1-202. See Utah Code 70D-2-102
• 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
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Personal property: includes :
       (25)(a) money;
       (25)(b) goods;
       (25)(c) chattels;
       (25)(d) effects;
       (25)(e) evidences of a right in action;
       (25)(f) a written instrument by which a pecuniary obligation, right, or title to property is created, acknowledged, transferred, increased, defeated, discharged, or diminished; and
       (25)(g) a right or interest in an item described in Subsections (25)(a) through (f). See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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: means information that is:
       (8)(a) inscribed on a tangible medium; or
       (8)(b) stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Utah Code 70D-1-102
• State: means :
       (10)(a) a state, territory, or possession of the United States;
       (10)(b) the District of Columbia; or
       (10)(c) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Utah Code 70D-1-102
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Utah Code: means the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code, as amended, unless the text expressly references a portion of the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code as it existed:
       (42)(a) on the day on which the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code was enacted; or
       (42)(b)

            (42)(b)(i) after the day described in Subsection (42)(a); and

            (42)(b)(ii) before the most recent amendment to the referenced portion of the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5