Go to Previous Versions
of
this Section
2025 Utah Code
Title 15 - Contracts and Obligations in General
Chapter 8 - Utah Rental Purchase Agreement Act
Section 2 - Purpose -- Rules of construction.
Universal Citation:
UT Code § 15-8-2 (2025)
Learn more
This media-neutral citation is based
on the American Association of Law Libraries Universal Citation Guide and is not
necessarily the official citation.
15-8-2. Purpose -- Rules of construction.
Enacted by Chapter 251, 1993 General Session
- (1) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.
- (2) The underlying purposes and policies of this chapter are to:
- (a) define, simplify, and clarify the law governing consumer rental purchase agreements;
- (b) provide certain disclosures to consumers who enter into consumer rental purchase agreements, and further consumer understanding of the terms of consumer rental purchase agreements;
- (c) protect consumers against unfair practices;
- (d) permit and encourage the development of fair and economically sound rental purchase practices; and
- (e) make the law on consumer rental purchase agreements, including administrative rules, more uniform among the various consumer credit code jurisdictions.
Enacted by Chapter 251, 1993 General Session
Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Utah may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.