Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 20A > Chapter 9 > Part 5 - Candidates not Affiliated with a Party

• Ballot: means the storage medium, including a paper, mechanical, or electronic storage medium, that records an individual voter's vote. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Board: means the Utah Board of Higher Education described in Section 53B-1-402. See Utah Code 53B-1-101.5
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Constitutional office: means the state offices of governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state auditor, and state treasurer. See Utah Code 20A-9-101
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• County office: means an elective office where the officeholder is selected by voters entirely within one county. See Utah Code 20A-9-101
• Election: means a regular general election, a municipal general election, a statewide special election, a local special election, a regular primary election, a municipal primary election, and a special district election. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Federal office: means an elective office for United States Senator and United States Representative. See Utah Code 20A-9-101
• Filing officer: means :

  (a)	the lieutenant governor, for: (i)  the office of United States Senator and United States Representative; and (ii)  all constitutional offices;

  (b)	for the office of a state senator, state representative, or the state school board, the lieutenant governor or the applicable clerk described in Subsection (7)(c) or (d);

  (c)	the county clerk, for county offices and local school district offices;

  (d)	the county clerk in the filer's county of residence, for multicounty offices;

  (e)	the city or town clerk, for municipal offices; or

  (f)

  the special district clerk, for special district offices. See Utah Code 20A-9-101 Highway: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC Legacy: A gift of property made by will. 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 Political party: means an organization of registered voters that has qualified to participate in an election by meeting the requirements of Chapter 8, Political Party Formation and Procedures. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 Position: means a square, circle, rectangle, or other geometric shape on a ballot in which the voter marks the voter's choice. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Regular general election: means the election held throughout the state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year for the purposes established in Section 20A-1-201. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 Road: includes :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 Special district: means a local government entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts, and includes a special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 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 Swear: includes "affirm. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5