Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 17 > Chapter 25 - Powers and Duties of Constables

• 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.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Consumer: means an individual who is not a protected consumer. See Utah Code 13-45-102
• Consumer reporting agency: means a person who, for fees, dues, or on a cooperative basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating information concerning a consumer's credit or other information for the purpose of furnishing a credit report to another person. See Utah Code 13-45-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Credit report: A detailed report of an individual's credit history prepared by a credit bureau and used by a lender in determining a loan applicant's creditworthiness. ^{Source: OCC}
• Credit report: means a consumer report, as defined in 15 U. See Utah Code 13-45-102
• Credit Score: A number, roughly between 300 and 800, that measures an individual's credit worthiness. The most well-known type of credit score is the FICO score. This score represents the answer from a mathematical formula that assigns numerical values to various pieces of information in your credit report. ^{Source: OCC}
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• File: is a s defined in 15 U. See Utah Code 13-45-102
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• Legislative: when used to describe the powers, duties, or functions of a county commission or council, refers to:

  (a)	the power and duty to enact ordinances, levy taxes, and establish budgets; and

  (b)

  those powers, duties, and functions that, under constitutional and statutory provisions and through long usage and accepted practice and custom at the federal and state level, have come to be regarded as belonging to the legislative branch of government. See Utah Code 17-50-101 Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants. Normal business hours: means Sunday through Saturday, between the hours of 6:00 a. See Utah Code 13-45-102 Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period. Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 personal information: includes any list, description, or other grouping of consumers, and publicly available information pertaining to the consumers, that is derived using any nonpublic personal information other than publicly available information. See Utah Code 13-45-102 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Security freeze: means a prohibition, consistent with the provisions of this section, on a consumer reporting agency's furnishing of a consumer's credit report to a third party intending to use the credit report to determine the consumer's eligibility for credit. See Utah Code 13-45-201 Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party. Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony. Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system. Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries. Unique personal identifier: means a personal identification number, password, or other secure form of identity verification accepted by a consumer reporting agency and intended for use by a consumer to place, remove, or temporarily remove a security freeze in accordance with this chapter. See Utah Code 13-45-201 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5