Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 17 > Chapter 21a - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act

• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• Commission: means the Utah Electronic Recording Commission established in Section 17-21a-302. See Utah Code 17-21a-102
• 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.
• Department: means the Department of Health created in Section 26-1-4. See Utah Code 26-1-2
• Department: means the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 13-47-102
• Document: means information that is:

  (a)	inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form; and

  (b)

  eligible to be recorded in the land records maintained by the county recorder. See Utah Code 17-21a-102 Electronic: means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. See Utah Code 17-21a-102 Electronic document: means a document that is received by the county recorder in an electronic form. See Utah Code 17-21a-102 Electronic signature: means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document. See Utah Code 17-21a-102 Employee: means an individual: (a)  who is hired to perform services in Utah; and (b)  to whom a private employer provides a federal form required for federal taxation purposes to report income paid to the individual for the services performed. See Utah Code 13-47-102 Executive director: means the executive director of the department appointed pursuant to Section 26-1-8. See Utah Code 26-1-2 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. Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses. Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Utah Code 17-21a-102 Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way. private employer: means a person who for federal taxation purposes is required to provide a federal form: (i)  to an individual who performs services for the person in Utah; and (ii)  to report income paid to the individual who performs the services. See Utah Code 13-47-102 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Utah Code 17-21a-102 Status verification system: includes : (i)  the electronic verification of the work authorization program of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, 8 U. See Utah Code 13-47-102