Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 76 > Chapter 6 > Part 10 - Mail Box Damage and Mail Theft

• Act: means a voluntary bodily movement and includes speech. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• Actor: means a person whose criminal responsibility is in issue in a criminal action. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• Common mail carrier: means a person engaged in or transacting the business of collecting, transporting, or delivering mail, other than the United States Postal Service. See Utah Code 76-6-1001
• Conduct: means an act or omission. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• 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.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Key: means any instrument used by the postal service and postal customer, and which is designed to operate the lock on a mail receptacle. See Utah Code 76-6-1001
• Mail: means any letter, card, parcel, or other material, along with its contents, that:

  (a)	has postage affixed by the postal customer or postal service;

  (b)	has been accepted for delivery by the postal service;

  (c)	the postal customer leaves for collection by the postal service; or

  (d)

  the postal service delivers to the postal customer. See Utah Code 76-6-1001 Mail receptacle: means a mail box, post office box, rural box, or any place or area intended or used by postal customers or a postal service for the collection or delivery of mail. See Utah Code 76-6-1001 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. Offense: means a violation of any penal statute of this state. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5 Person: means an individual, public or private corporation, government, partnership, or unincorporated association. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5 Personal identifying information: means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-6-1101. See Utah Code 76-6-1001 Postage: means a postal service stamp, permit imprint, meter strip, or other indication of either prepayment for postal service provided or authorization by the postal service for collection and delivery of mail. See Utah Code 76-6-1001 Postal service: means the United States Postal Service or a private common mail carrier. See Utah Code 76-6-1001 Property: includes both real and personal property. 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