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2006 Utah Code - 77-18-9 — Definitions.

     77-18-9.   Definitions.
     As used in this chapter:
     (1) "Administrative finding" means a decision upon a question of fact reached by an administrative agency following an administrative hearing or other procedure satisfying the requirements of due process.
     (2) "Certificate of eligibility" means a document issued by the division stating that the criminal record which is the subject of a petition for expungement is eligible for expungement.
     (3) "Conviction" means judgment by a criminal court on a verdict or finding of guilty after trial, a plea of guilty, or a plea of nolo contendere.
     (4) "Division" means the Criminal Investigations and Technical Services Division of the Department of Public Safety established in Section 53-10-103.
     (5) "Expungement" means the sealing or destruction of a criminal record, including records of the investigation, arrest, detention, or conviction of the petitioner.
     (6) "Jurisdiction" means an area of authority.
     (7) "Petitioner" means a person seeking expungement under this chapter.
     (8) Second degree forcible felony includes:
     (a) aggravated assault, if the person intentionally causes serious bodily injury;
     (b) aggravated assault by a prisoner;
     (c) aggravated assault on school premises;
     (d) intentional child abuse;
     (e) criminally negligent automobile homicide;
     (f) reckless child abuse homicide;
     (g) mayhem;
     (h) manslaughter;
     (i) kidnaping;
     (j) forcible sexual abuse;
     (k) robbery;
     (l) felony fleeing causing death or serious bodily injury; or
     (m) delivery of an explosive to a common carrier.

Amended by Chapter 21, 1999 General Session

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