Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 77 > Chapter 40a > Part 2 - Automatic Expungement and Deletion

• Acquittal:
  1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
  2. A verdict of "not guilty."
   
• Agency: means a state, county, or local government entity that generates or maintains records relating to an investigation, arrest, detention, or conviction for an offense for which expungement may be ordered. See Utah Code 77-40a-101
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Bureau: means the Bureau of Criminal Identification of the Department of Public Safety established in Section 53-10-201. See Utah Code 77-40a-101
• Clean slate eligible case: includes a case:

  (i)

  that is dismissed as a result of a successful completion of a plea in abeyance agreement governed by Subsection 77-2a-3(2)(b) if: (A)  except as provided in Subsection (4)(c), each charge within the case is a misdemeanor for possession of a controlled substance in violation of Subsection 58-37-8(2)(a)(i), a class B or class C misdemeanor, or an infraction; (B)  the individual involved meets the requirements of Subsection (4)(a)(ii); and (C)  the time periods described in Subsections (4)(a)(iii)(A) through (C) have elapsed from the day on which the case is dismissed; or

  (ii)

  where charges are dismissed without prejudice if each conviction, or charge that was dismissed, in the case would otherwise meet the requirements under Subsection (4)(a) or (b)(i). See Utah Code 77-40a-101 Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries. Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source: Expunge: means to seal or otherwise restrict access to the individual's record held by an agency when the record includes a criminal investigation, detention, arrest, or conviction. See Utah Code 77-40a-101 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 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. Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action. 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 Traffic offense: means , except as provided in Subsection (15)(b): (i)  an infraction, a class B misdemeanor offense, or a class C misdemeanor offense under Title 41, Chapter 6a, Traffic Code; (ii)  an infraction, a class B misdemeanor offense, or a class C misdemeanor offense under 2; (iii)  an infraction, a class B misdemeanor offense, or a class C misdemeanor offense under Title 73, Chapter 18, State Boating Act; and (iv)  all local ordinances that are substantially similar to an offense listed in Subsections (15)(a)(i) through (iii). See Utah Code 77-40a-101 Traffic offense case: means that each offense in the case is a traffic offense. See Utah Code 77-40a-101