Utah Code § 17-71-601

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As used in this part:

(1) "Commission" means the Utah Electronic Recording Commission established in Section
17-21a-302.
(2) "Document" means information that is:
(a) inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is
retrievable in perceivable form; and
(b) eligible to be recorded in the land records maintained by the county recorder.
(3) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical,
electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.
(4) "Electronic document" means a document that is received by the county recorder in an
electronic form.
(5) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically
associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the
document.
(6) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited
liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, or governmental
subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(7) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United
States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 13, 2025 Special Session 1

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