Full text of Utah Utah Code § 13-49-102 — Definitions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 13-49-102. Definitions.
Effective 5/6/2026 13-49-102.
Definitions. As used in this chapter:
(1)
"Client" means a person who receives services from or enters into an agreement to receive services from an immigration consultant.
(2)
"Compensation" means anything of economic value that a person pays, loans, grants, gives, donates, or transfers to another person, directly or indirectly, for or in consideration of:
(a)
services;
(b)
personal or real property; or
(c)
another thing of value.
(3)
"Division" means the Division of Consumer Protection established in Section 13-2-102.
(4)
"Immigration consultant" means an individual who provides nonlegal assistance or advice on an immigration matter including:
(a)
completing a document a federal or state agency provides, but not advising a person as to the person's answers on the document;
(b)
translating a person's answer to a question posed in a document a federal or state agency provides;
(c)
securing for a person supporting documents, such as a birth certificate, that may be necessary to complete a document a federal or state agency provides;
(d)
submitting a completed document on a person's behalf and at the person's request to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; or
(e)
for compensation, referring a person to another person who could undertake legal representation activities in an immigration matter.
(5)
"Immigration matter" means a proceeding, filing, or action affecting the immigration or citizenship status of a person that arises under:
(a)
immigration and naturalization law;
(b)
executive order or presidential proclamation; or
(c)
action of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, the United States Department of State, or the United States Department of Labor.
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