§ 61-1-1 Fraud unlawful
§ 61-1-2 Investment adviser — Unlawful acts
§ 61-1-3 Licensing of broker-dealers, agents, investment advisers, and investment adviser representatives
§ 61-1-4 Licensing and notice filing procedure
§ 61-1-5 Postlicensing provisions
§ 61-1-6 Sanctions
§ 61-1-6.5 Court-ordered discipline
§ 61-1-7 Registration before sale
§ 61-1-9 Registration by coordination
§ 61-1-10 Registration by qualification
§ 61-1-11 Provisions applicable to registration generally
§ 61-1-11.1 Hearings for certain exchanges of securities
§ 61-1-12 Denial, suspension, and revocation of registration
§ 61-1-13 Definitions
§ 61-1-14 Exemptions
§ 61-1-14.5 Burden of proving exemption
§ 61-1-15 Filing of sales literature
§ 61-1-15.5 Federal covered securities
§ 61-1-16 False statements unlawful
§ 61-1-17 No finding by division on merits — Contrary representation unlawful
§ 61-1-18 Division of Securities established — Director — Investigators
§ 61-1-18.1 Technical experts and specialists — Employment — Contracts
§ 61-1-18.2 Budget — Annual report
§ 61-1-18.3 Information obtained by division or commission — Use for personal benefit prohibited — Disclosure
§ 61-1-18.4 Fees collected by division
§ 61-1-18.5 Securities Commission — Transition
§ 61-1-18.6 Procedures — Adjudicative proceedings
§ 61-1-18.7 Funding of securities investor education, training, and enforcement
§ 61-1-18.8 Concurrence under this chapter
§ 61-1-19 Investigations authorized
§ 61-1-20 Enforcement
§ 61-1-20 v2 Enforcement
§ 61-1-21 Penalties for violations
§ 61-1-21.1 Limitation of prosecutions
§ 61-1-21.5 Legal counsel — Prosecutions
§ 61-1-22 Sales and purchases in violation — Remedies — Limitation of actions
§ 61-1-23 Review of orders
§ 61-1-24 Rules, forms, and orders
§ 61-1-25 Record of registrations
§ 61-1-26 Scope of the act — Service of process
§ 61-1-27 Construction of chapter
§ 61-1-28 Citation of chapter
§ 61-1-29 Savings clause
§ 61-1-31 Determining amount of fine
§ 61-1-32 Exemptions from licensure
Part 1 Securities Fraud Reporting Program Act 61-1-101 – 61-1-108
Part 2 Protection of Vulnerable Adults from Financial Exploitation Act 61-1-201 – 61-1-206

Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 61 > Chapter 1 - Utah Uniform Securities Act

  • Accident and health insurance: means insurance to provide protection against economic losses resulting from:
    (i) a medical condition including:
    (A) a medical care expense; or
    (B) the risk of disability;
    (ii) accident; or
    (iii) sickness. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Actuary: is a s defined by the commissioner by rule, made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Adjudicative proceeding: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Adult Protective Services: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-6-201. See Utah Code 61-1-201
  • Adverse action: means to:
    (a) discharge, threaten, or directly or indirectly harass an employee; or
    (b) otherwise discriminate against an employee in any manner that affects the employee's employment, including:
    (i) compensation;
    (ii) terms;
    (iii) conditions;
    (iv) location;
    (v) rights;
    (vi) immunities;
    (vii) promotions; or
    (viii) privileges. See Utah Code 61-1-102
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Affiliate: means a person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with a person specified. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Agency: means :
    (a) a person other than an individual, including a sole proprietorship by which an individual does business under an assumed name; and
    (b) an insurance organization licensed or required to be licensed under Section 31A-23a-301, 31A-25-207, or 31A-26-209. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Agent: means an individual other than a broker-dealer who represents a broker-dealer or issuer in effecting or attempting to effect purchases or sales of securities. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Alien insurer: means an insurer domiciled outside the United States. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • 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.
  • Amendment: means an endorsement to an insurance policy or certificate. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Annuity: means an agreement to make periodical payments for a period certain or over the lifetime of one or more individuals if the making or continuance of all or some of the series of the payments, or the amount of the payment, is dependent upon the continuance of human life. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Application: means a document:
    (a) 
    (i) completed by an applicant to provide information about the risk to be insured; and
    (ii) that contains information that is used by the insurer to evaluate risk and decide whether to:
    (A) insure the risk under:
    (I) the coverage as originally offered; or
    (II) a modification of the coverage as originally offered; or
    (B) decline to insure the risk; or
    (b) used by the insurer to gather information from the applicant before issuance of an annuity contract. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Armed forces: means the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • articles of incorporation: means :
    (a) the original articles;
    (b) a special law;
    (c) a charter;
    (d) an amendment;
    (e) restated articles;
    (f) articles of merger or consolidation;
    (g) a trust instrument;
    (h) another constitutive document for a trust or other entity that is not a corporation; and
    (i) an amendment to an item listed in Subsections (11)(a) through (h). See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
  • authorized insurer: means an insurer:
    (i) holding a valid certificate of authority to do an insurance business in this state; and
    (ii) transacting business as authorized by a valid certificate. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • 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 of directors: means the group of persons with responsibility over, or management of, a corporation, however designated. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Bona fide office: means a physical office in this state:
    (a) that is open to the public;
    (b) that is staffed during regular business hours on regular business days; and
    (c) at which the public may appear in person to obtain services. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Broker-dealer: means a person engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities for the account of others or for the person's own account. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • business of insurance: includes :
    (a) providing health care insurance by an organization that is or is required to be licensed under this title;
    (b) providing a benefit to an employee in the event of a contingency not within the control of the employee, in which the employee is entitled to the benefit as a right, which benefit may be provided either:
    (i) by a single employer or by multiple employer groups; or
    (ii) through one or more trusts, associations, or other entities;
    (c) providing an annuity:
    (i) including an annuity issued in return for a gift; and
    (ii) except an annuity provided by a person specified in Subsections 31A-22-1305(2) and (3);
    (d) providing the characteristic services of a motor club;
    (e) providing another person with insurance;
    (f) making as insurer, guarantor, or surety, or proposing to make as insurer, guarantor, or surety, a contract or policy offering title insurance;
    (g) transacting or proposing to transact any phase of title insurance, including:
    (i) solicitation;
    (ii) negotiation preliminary to execution;
    (iii) execution of a contract of title insurance;
    (iv) insuring; and
    (v) transacting matters subsequent to the execution of the contract and arising out of the contract, including reinsurance;
    (h) transacting or proposing a life settlement; and
    (i) doing, or proposing to do, any business in substance equivalent to Subsections (95)(a) through (h) in a manner designed to evade this title. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Business plan: means the information required to be supplied to the commissioner under Subsections 31A-5-204(2)(i) and (j), including the information required when these subsections apply by reference under:
    (a) Section 31A-8-205; or
    (b) Subsection 31A-9-205(2). See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Casualty insurance: means liability insurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Certificate: means evidence of insurance given to:
    (a) an insured under a group insurance policy; or
    (b) a third party. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Commission: means the Securities Commission created in Section 61-1-18. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • commissioner: means the insurance commissioner of Utah or the commissioner, director, or superintendent of insurance in another state. See Utah Code 31A-15-202
  • Commodity: means , except as otherwise specified by the division by rule:
    (i) an agricultural, grain, or livestock product or byproduct, except real property or a timber, agricultural, or livestock product grown or raised on real property and offered or sold by the owner or lessee of the real property;
    (ii) a metal or mineral, including a precious metal, except a numismatic coin whose fair market value is at least 15% greater than the value of the metal it contains;
    (iii) a gem or gemstone, whether characterized as precious, semi-precious, or otherwise;
    (iv) a fuel, whether liquid, gaseous, or otherwise;
    (v) a foreign currency; and
    (vi) all other goods, articles, products, or items of any kind, except a work of art offered or sold by art dealers, at public auction or offered or sold through a private sale by the owner of the work. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Commodity contract: means an account, agreement, or contract for the purchase or sale, primarily for speculation or investment purposes and not for use or consumption by the offeree or purchaser, of one or more commodities, whether for immediate or subsequent delivery or whether delivery is intended by the parties, and whether characterized as a cash contract, deferred shipment or deferred delivery contract, forward contract, futures contract, installment or margin contract, leverage contract, or otherwise. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Commodity option: means an account, agreement, or contract giving a party to the option the right but not the obligation to purchase or sell one or more commodities or one or more commodity contracts, or both whether characterized as an option, privilege, indemnity, bid, offer, put, call, advance guaranty, decline guaranty, or otherwise. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Completed operations liability: includes liability for an activity that is completed or abandoned before the date of the occurrence giving rise to the liability. See Utah Code 31A-15-202
  • consultant: means a person who:
    (a) advises another person about insurance needs and coverages;
    (b) is compensated by the person advised on a basis not directly related to the insurance placed; and
    (c) except as provided in Section 31A-23a-501, is not compensated directly or indirectly by an insurer or producer for advice given. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: means an insurance corporation, except when referring to:
    (i) a corporation doing business:
    (A) as:
    (I) an insurance producer;
    (II) a surplus lines producer;
    (III) a limited line producer;
    (IV) a consultant;
    (V) a managing general agent;
    (VI) a reinsurance intermediary;
    (VII) a third party administrator; or
    (VIII) an adjuster; and
    (B) under:
    (I) Chapter 23a, Insurance Marketing - Licensing Producers, Consultants, and Reinsurance Intermediaries;
    (II) Chapter 25, Third Party Administrators; or
    (III) Chapter 26, Insurance Adjusters; or
    (ii) a noninsurer that is part of a holding company system under Chapter 16, Insurance Holding Companies. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Covered judicial or administrative action: means a judicial or administrative action brought under this chapter that results in a monetary sanction exceeding $50,000. See Utah Code 61-1-102
  • Creditor: means a person, including an insured, having a claim, whether:
    (a) matured;
    (b) unmatured;
    (c) liquidated;
    (d) unliquidated;
    (e) secured;
    (f) unsecured;
    (g) absolute;
    (h) fixed; or
    (i) contingent. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the Insurance Department. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Depository institution: means the same as that term is defined in Section 7-1-103. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Director: means the director of the division appointed in accordance with Section 61-1-18. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Director: means a member of the board of directors of a corporation. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Division: means the Division of Securities established by Section 61-1-18. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Domestic insurer: means an insurer organized under the laws of this state. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Domiciliary state: means the state in which an insurer:
    (a) is incorporated;
    (b) is organized; or
    (c) in the case of an alien insurer, enters into the United States. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Eligible adult: means :
    (a) an individual who is 65 years old or older; or
    (b) a vulnerable adult as defined in Section 26B-6-201. See Utah Code 61-1-201
  • Employee: means an individual who performs a service for wages or other remuneration under a contract of hire, written or oral, express or implied. See Utah Code 61-1-102
  • Employee: means :
    (a) an individual employed by an employer; or
    (b) an individual who meets the requirements of Subsection (53)(b). See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Excess surplus: means :
    (i) for a life insurer, accident and health insurer, health organization, or property and casualty insurer as defined in Section 31A-17-601, the lesser of:
    (A) that amount of an insurer's or health organization's total adjusted capital that exceeds the product of:
    (I) 2. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Executive director: means the executive director of the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Executor: includes "administrator" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • feasibility study: means an analysis that presents the expected activities and results of a risk retention group, including at a minimum:
    (a) information sufficient to verify that its members are engaged in businesses or activities similar or related with respect to the liability to which the members are exposed by virtue of any related, similar or common business, trade, product, services, premises or operations;
    (b) for each state in which it intends to operate, the coverages, deductibles, coverage limits, rates, and rating classification systems for each line of insurance the group intends to offer;
    (c) historical and expected loss experience of the proposed members and national experience of similar exposures to the extent that this experience is reasonably available;
    (d) pro forma financial statements and projections;
    (e) appropriate opinions by a qualified, independent casualty actuary, including a determination of minimum premium or participation levels required to commence operations and to prevent a hazardous financial condition;
    (f) identification of management, underwriting and claims procedures, marketing methods, managerial oversight methods, investment policies, and reinsurance agreements;
    (g) identification of each state in which the risk retention group has obtained, or sought to obtain, a charter and license, and a description of its status in each such state; and
    (h) any other matters required by the commissioner of the state in which the risk retention group is chartered for liability insurance companies authorized by the insurance laws of that state. See Utah Code 31A-15-202
  • Federal covered adviser: means a person who:
    (i) is registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940; or
    (ii) is excluded from the definition of "investment adviser" under Section 202(a)(11) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Federal covered security: means a security that is a covered security under Section 18(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 or rules or regulations promulgated under Section 18(b) of the Securities Act of 1933. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Filed: means that a filing is:
    (i) submitted to the department as required by and in accordance with applicable statute, rule, or filing order;
    (ii) received by the department within the time period provided in applicable statute, rule, or filing order; and
    (iii) accompanied by the appropriate fee in accordance with:
    (A) Section 31A-3-103; or
    (B) rule. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Filing: when used as a noun, means an item required to be filed with the department including:
    (a) a policy;
    (b) a rate;
    (c) a form;
    (d) a document;
    (e) a plan;
    (f) a manual;
    (g) an application;
    (h) a report;
    (i) a certificate;
    (j) an endorsement;
    (k) an actuarial certification;
    (l) a licensee annual statement;
    (m) a licensee renewal application;
    (n) an advertisement;
    (o) a binder; or
    (p) an outline of coverage. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Financial exploitation of an eligible adult: means :
    (a) the wrongful or unauthorized taking, withholding, appropriation, or use of money, assets, or other property of an eligible adult; or
    (b) an act or omission, including through a power of attorney, guardianship, or conservatorship of an eligible adult, to:
    (i) obtain control, through deception, intimidation, or undue influence, over an eligible adult's money, assets, or other property to deprive the eligible adult of the ownership, use, benefit, or possession of the eligible adult's money, assets, or other property; or
    (ii) convert an eligible adult's money, assets, or other property to deprive the eligible adult of the ownership, use, benefit, or possession of the eligible adult's money, assets, or other property. See Utah Code 61-1-201
  • Foreign insurer: means an insurer domiciled outside of this state, including an alien insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Form: means one of the following prepared for general use:
    (i) a policy;
    (ii) a certificate;
    (iii) an application;
    (iv) an outline of coverage; or
    (v) an endorsement. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Fund: means the Securities Investor Education, Training, and Enforcement Fund created in Section 61-1-18. See Utah Code 61-1-102
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Guaranteed: means guaranteed as to payment of principal or interest as to debt securities, or dividends as to equity securities. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • Hazardous financial condition: means that a risk retention group, based on its present or reasonably anticipated financial condition, although not yet financially impaired or insolvent, is unlikely to be able:
    (a) to meet obligations to policyholders with respect to known claims and reasonably anticipated claims; or
    (b) to pay other obligations in the normal course of business. See Utah Code 31A-15-202
  • health insurance: means insurance providing:
    (i) a health care benefit; or
    (ii) payment of an incurred health care expense. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Individual: means a natural person. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • insolvent: means that:
    (a) an insurer is unable to pay the insurer's obligations as the obligations are due;
    (b) an insurer's total adjusted capital is less than the insurer's mandatory control level RBC under Subsection 31A-17-601(8)(c); or
    (c) an insurer's admitted assets are less than the insurer's liabilities. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Insurance: includes :
    (i) a risk distributing arrangement providing for compensation or replacement for damages or loss through the provision of a service or a benefit in kind;
    (ii) a contract of guaranty or suretyship entered into by the guarantor or surety as a business and not as merely incidental to a business transaction; and
    (iii) a plan in which the risk does not rest upon the person who makes an arrangement, but with a class of persons who have agreed to share the risk. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Insurance: means primary insurance, excess insurance, reinsurance, surplus lines insurance, and any other arrangement for shifting and distributing risk which is determined to be insurance under the laws of this state. See Utah Code 31A-15-202
  • insurance company: means a person doing an insurance business as a principal including:
    (i) a fraternal benefit society;
    (ii) an issuer of a gift annuity other than an annuity specified in Subsections 31A-22-1305(2) and (3);
    (iii) a motor club;
    (iv) an employee welfare plan;
    (v) a person purporting or intending to do an insurance business as a principal on that person's own account; and
    (vi) a health maintenance organization. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Insured: means a person to whom or for whose benefit an insurer makes a promise in an insurance policy and includes:
    (i) a policyholder;
    (ii) a subscriber;
    (iii) a member; and
    (iv) a beneficiary. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Investment adviser: includes a financial planner or other person who:
    (A) as an integral component of other financially related services, provides the investment advisory services described in Subsection (1)(q)(i) to others as part of a business;
    (B) holds the person out as providing the investment advisory services described in Subsection (1)(q)(i) to others; or
    (C) holds the person out as a financial adviser, financial consultant, or any other similar title as the division may specify in rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, in any way as to imply that the person is generally engaged in an investment advisory business, including a person who does not hold a securities license and uses a title described in this Subsection (1)(q)(ii)(C) in any advertising or marketing material. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Investment adviser representative: means a partner, officer, director of, or a person occupying a similar status or performing similar functions, or other individual, except clerical or ministerial personnel, who:
    (A) 
    (I) is employed by or associated with an investment adviser who is licensed or required to be licensed under this chapter; or
    (II) has a place of business located in this state and is employed by or associated with a federal covered adviser; and
    (B) does any of the following:
    (I) makes a recommendation or otherwise renders advice regarding securities;
    (II) manages accounts or portfolios of clients;
    (III) determines which recommendation or advice regarding securities should be given;
    (IV) solicits, offers, or negotiates for the sale of or sells investment advisory services; or
    (V) supervises employees who perform any of the acts described in this Subsection (1)(r)(i)(B). See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Investment contract: includes :
    (i) an investment in a common enterprise with the expectation of profit to be derived through the essential managerial efforts of someone other than the investor; or
    (ii) an investment by which:
    (A) an offeree furnishes initial value to an offerer;
    (B) a portion of the initial value is subjected to the risks of the enterprise;
    (C) the furnishing of the initial value is induced by the offerer's promises or representations that give rise to a reasonable understanding that a valuable benefit of some kind over and above the initial value will accrue to the offeree as a result of the operation of the enterprise; and
    (D) the offeree does not receive the right to exercise practical and actual control over the managerial decisions of the enterprise. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Issuer: means a person who issues or proposes to issue a security or has outstanding a security that it has issued. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
  • Judgement: The official decision of a court finally determining the respective rights and claims of the parties to a suit.
  • 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
  • Law enforcement agency: means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-1-102. See Utah Code 61-1-201
  • 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
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Liability: means legal liability for damages, including costs of defense, legal costs and fees, and other claims expenses because of injuries to other persons, damage to their property, or other damage or loss to other persons resulting from or arising out of:
    (i) any business, whether profit or nonprofit, trade, product, services, including professional services, premises, or operations; or
    (ii) any activity of any state or local government or any agency or political subdivision of any state or local government. See Utah Code 31A-15-202
  • Liability insurance: includes :
    (i) vehicle liability insurance;
    (ii) residential dwelling liability insurance; and
    (iii) making inspection of, and issuing a certificate of inspection upon, an elevator, boiler, machinery, or apparatus of any kind when done in connection with insurance on the elevator, boiler, machinery, or apparatus. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • License: includes a certificate of authority issued to an insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Life insurance: means :
    (i) insurance on a human life; and
    (ii) insurance pertaining to or connected with human life. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Long-term care insurance: includes :
    (i) any of the following that provide directly or supplement long-term care insurance:
    (A) a group or individual annuity or rider; or
    (B) a life insurance policy or rider;
    (ii) a policy or rider that provides for payment of benefits on the basis of:
    (A) cognitive impairment; or
    (B) functional capacity; or
    (iii) a qualified long-term care insurance contract. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Member: means a person having membership rights in an insurance corporation. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Monetary sanction: means money required to be paid under this chapter as the result of a judicial or administrative action, including a penalty or disgorgement. See Utah Code 61-1-102
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mutual: means a mutual insurance corporation. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • nonadmitted insurer: means an insurer:
    (i) not holding a valid certificate of authority to do an insurance business in this state; or
    (ii) transacting business not authorized by a valid certificate. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Nonissuer: means not directly or indirectly for the benefit of the issuer. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Oath: includes "affirmation. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • offer to sell: includes an attempt or offer to dispose of, or solicitation of an offer to buy, a security or interest in a security for value. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Order: means an order of the commissioner. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Original information: means information that is:
    (a) derived from the independent knowledge or analysis of an individual;
    (b) not known to the division or commission from a source other than the individual; and
    (c) unless the individual is the source of the information, not exclusively derived from:
    (i) an allegation made in a judicial or administrative hearing;
    (ii) a government report, hearing, audit, or investigation; or
    (iii) the media. See Utah Code 61-1-102
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Participating: means a plan of insurance under which the insured is entitled to receive a dividend representing a share of the surplus of the insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • 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: includes :
    (a) an individual;
    (b) a partnership;
    (c) a corporation;
    (d) an incorporated or unincorporated association;
    (e) a joint stock company;
    (f) a trust;
    (g) a limited liability company;
    (h) a reciprocal;
    (i) a syndicate; or
    (j) another similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Person: means :
    (i) an individual;
    (ii) a corporation;
    (iii) a partnership;
    (iv) a limited liability company;
    (v) an association;
    (vi) a joint-stock company;
    (vii) a joint venture;
    (viii) a trust where the interests of the beneficiaries are evidenced by a security;
    (ix) an unincorporated organization;
    (x) a government; or
    (xi) a political subdivision of a government. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Personal risk liability: means liability for damages because of injury to any person, damage to property, or other loss or damage resulting from any personal, familial, or household responsibilities or activities, rather than from responsibilities or activities referred to in Subsection (6). See Utah Code 31A-15-202
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Policy: includes a service contract issued by:
    (i) a motor club under Chapter 11, Motor Clubs;
    (ii) a service contract provided under Chapter 6a, Service Contracts; and
    (iii) a corporation licensed under:
    (A) Chapter 7, Nonprofit Health Service Insurance Corporations; or
    (B) Chapter 8, Health Maintenance Organizations and Limited Health Plans. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Policyholder: means a person who controls a policy, binder, or oral contract by ownership, premium payment, or otherwise. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Precious metal: means the following, whether in coin, bullion, or other form:
    (i) silver;
    (ii) gold;
    (iii) platinum;
    (iv) palladium;
    (v) copper; and
    (vi) such other substances as the division may specify by rule. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Premium: includes , however designated:
    (i) an assessment;
    (ii) a membership fee;
    (iii) a required contribution; or
    (iv) monetary consideration. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Proceeding: includes an action or special statutory proceeding. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • producer: means a person licensed or required to be licensed under the laws of this state to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Product liability: means liability for damages because of any personal injury, death, emotional harm, consequential economic damage, or property damage, including damages resulting from the loss of use of property arising out of the manufacture, design, importation, distribution, packaging, labeling, lease, or sale of a product. See Utah Code 31A-15-202
  • Promoter: means a person who, acting alone or in concert with one or more persons, takes initiative in founding or organizing the business or enterprise of a person. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • purchase: means a contract for purchase of, contract to buy, or acquisition of a security or interest in a security for value. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Purchasing group: means any group that:
    (a) has as one of its purposes the purchase of liability insurance on a group basis;
    (b) purchases liability insurance only for its group members and only to cover their similar or related liability exposure, as described in Subsection (10)(c);
    (c) is composed of members whose businesses or activities are similar or related with respect to the liability to which members are exposed by virtue of any related, similar, or common business, trade, products, services, premises, or operations; and
    (d) is domiciled in any state. See Utah Code 31A-15-202
  • Qualified individual: means :
    (a) an agent;
    (b) an investment adviser representative; or
    (c) an individual who serves in a supervisory, compliance, or legal capacity for a broker-dealer or an investment adviser. See Utah Code 61-1-201
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Rate: means :
    (i) the cost of a given unit of insurance; or
    (ii) for property or casualty insurance, that cost of insurance per exposure unit either expressed as:
    (A) a single number; or
    (B) a pure premium rate, adjusted before the application of individual risk variations based on loss or expense considerations to account for the treatment of:
    (I) expenses;
    (II) profit; and
    (III) individual insurer variation in loss experience. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • real property: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • record: means information that is:
    (A) inscribed in a tangible medium; or
    (B) 
    (I) stored in an electronic or other medium; and
    (II) retrievable in perceivable form. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Reinsurance: means an insurance transaction where an insurer, for consideration, transfers any portion of the risk it has assumed to another insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Reinsurer: means a person licensed in this state as an insurer with the authority to assume reinsurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Reporter: means an individual who provides original information relating to a violation in accordance with Section 61-1-103. See Utah Code 61-1-102
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Risk retention group: means any corporation or other limited liability association:
    (a) whose primary activity consists of assuming and spreading all, or any portion of, the liability exposure of its group members;
    (b) which is organized for the primary purpose of conducting the activity described under Subsection (11)(a);
    (c) that:
    (i) is chartered and licensed as a liability insurance company and authorized to engage in the business of insurance under the laws of any state; or
    (ii) 
    (A) before January 1, 1985, was chartered or licensed and authorized to engage in the business of insurance under the laws of Bermuda or the Cayman Islands and, before January 1, 1985, had certified to the insurance commissioner of at least one state that it satisfied the capitalization requirements of that state;
    (B) except that any group as described in Subsection (11)(c)(ii)(A) shall be considered to be a risk retention group only if it has been engaged in business continuously since January 1, 1985, and only for the purpose of continuing to provide insurance to cover product liability or completed operations liability, as these terms were defined in the Product Liability Risk Retention Act of 1981 before the date of the enactment of the Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986;
    (d) that does not exclude any person from membership in the group solely to provide for members of the group a competitive advantage over the excluded person;
    (e) that:
    (i) has as its owners only persons who comprise the membership of the risk retention group and who are provided insurance by the group; or
    (ii) has as its sole owner an organization that has as:
    (A) its members only persons who comprise the membership of the risk retention group; and
    (B) its owners only persons who comprise the membership of the risk retention group and who are provided insurance by the group;
    (f) whose members are engaged in businesses or activities similar or related with respect to the liability to which the members are exposed by virtue of any related, similar, or common business trade, products, services, premises or operations;
    (g) whose activities do not include providing insurance other than:
    (i) liability insurance for assuming and spreading all or any portion of the liability of its group members; and
    (ii) reinsurance with respect to the liability of any other risk retention group, or any members of the other group, which is engaged in businesses or activities so that the group or member meets the requirement described in Subsection (11)(f) for membership in the risk retention group which provides the reinsurance; and
    (h) the name of which includes the phrase "risk retention group. See Utah Code 31A-15-202
  • Securities Exchange Commission: means the United States Securities Exchange Commission created by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Security: means a:
    (i) note;
    (ii) stock;
    (iii) bond;
    (iv) debenture;
    (v) evidence of indebtedness;
    (vi) certificate of interest or participation in a profit-sharing agreement;
    (vii) collateral-trust certificate;
    (viii) preorganization certificate or subscription;
    (ix) transferable share;
    (x) investment contract;
    (xi) voting trust certificate;
    (xii) certificate of deposit for a security;
    (xiii) certificate of interest of participation in an oil, gas, or mining title or lease or in payments out of production under such a title or lease;
    (xiv) commodity contract or commodity option;
    (xv) certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase any of the items listed in Subsections (171)(a)(i) through (xiv); or
    (xvi) another interest or instrument commonly known as a security. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Security: means a:
    (A) note;
    (B) stock;
    (C) treasury stock;
    (D) bond;
    (E) debenture;
    (F) evidence of indebtedness;
    (G) certificate of interest or participation in a profit-sharing agreement;
    (H) collateral-trust certificate;
    (I) preorganization certificate or subscription;
    (J) transferable share;
    (K) investment contract;
    (L) burial certificate or burial contract;
    (M) voting-trust certificate;
    (N) certificate of deposit for a security;
    (O) certificate of interest or participation in an oil, gas, or mining title or lease or in payments out of production under such a title or lease;
    (P) commodity contract or commodity option;
    (Q) interest in a limited liability company;
    (R) life settlement interest; or
    (S) in general, an interest or instrument commonly known as a "security" or a certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase an item listed in Subsections (1)(ee)(i)(A) through (R). See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • sell: includes a contract for sale of, contract to sell, or disposition of, a security or interest in a security for value. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • State: means :
    (a) a state of the United States; or
    (b) the District of Columbia. See Utah Code 31A-15-202
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Surplus: means the excess of assets over the sum of paid-in capital and liabilities. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Title insurance: means the insuring, guaranteeing, or indemnifying of an owner of real or personal property or the holder of liens or encumbrances on that property, or others interested in the property against loss or damage suffered by reason of liens or encumbrances upon, defects in, or the unmarketability of the title to the property, or invalidity or unenforceability of any liens or encumbrances on the property. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
  • Trustee: means "director" when referring to the board of directors of a corporation. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Undivided fractionalized long-term estate: means the same as that term is defined in Section 57-29-102. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Undue influence: means that a person uses a relationship or position of authority, trust, or confidence:
    (i) that is unrelated to a relationship created:
    (A) in the ordinary course of making investments regulated under this chapter; or
    (B) by a licensee providing services under this chapter;
    (ii) that results in:
    (A) an investor perceiving the person as having heightened credibility, personal trustworthiness, or dependability; or
    (B) the person having special access to or control of an investor's financial resources, information, or circumstances; and
    (iii) to:
    (A) exploit the trust, dependence, or fear of the investor;
    (B) knowingly assist or cause another to exploit the trust, dependence, or fear of the investor; or
    (C) gain control deceptively over the decision making of the investor. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
  • Vulnerable adult: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-6-201. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Whole long-term estate: means a person owns or persons through joint tenancy own real property through a fee estate. See Utah Code 61-1-13
  • Working days: means 8 a. See Utah Code 61-1-13