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2025 Utah Code
Title 13 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 68 - Lawyer Referral Consultants Registration Act
Part 1 - General Provisions
Section 101 - Definitions.
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UT Code § 13-68-101 (2025)
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Effective 5/2/2024
13-68-101. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
Enacted by Chapter 536, 2023 General Session
Technically renumbered to avoid duplication of newly enacted Chapter also in HB 18, Chapter 536, HB 311, Chapter 477, HB 449, Chapter 298, SB 152, Chapter 498, SB 216, Chapter 509, and SB 225, Chapter 377.
13-68-101. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
- (1) "Attorney" means an individual who is authorized to provide legal services in any state or territory of the United States.
- (2) "Client" means a person that is provided lawyer referral services by a lawyer referral consultant.
- (3) "Compensation" means anything of economic value that is paid, loaned, granted, given, donated, or transferred to a person for or in consideration of:
- (a) services;
- (b) personal or real property; or
- (c) another thing of value.
- (4) "Digital marketing service" means an Internet-based company that:
- (a) advertises legal services on behalf of a law firm; and
- (b) does not contact prospective clients individually.
- (5) "Division" means the Division of Consumer Protection in the Department of Commerce.
- (6) "Law firm" means an entity consisting of one or more licensed lawyers lawfully engaged in the practice of law.
- (7) "Lawyer referral consultant" means an individual that engages in lawyer referral service.
- (8)
- (a) "Lawyer referral service" means assisting a person to find an attorney or law firm that provides legal services in the legal field appropriate for the person's legal matter.
- (b) "Lawyer referral service" does not include a digital marketing service.
- (9) "Legal services" means any form of legal advice or legal representation that is subject to the laws of this state.
Enacted by Chapter 536, 2023 General Session
Technically renumbered to avoid duplication of newly enacted Chapter also in HB 18, Chapter 536, HB 311, Chapter 477, HB 449, Chapter 298, SB 152, Chapter 498, SB 216, Chapter 509, and SB 225, Chapter 377.
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