# Utah Code § 70A-7a-102: Definitions and index of definitions > Utah · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T70A_S70A_7a_102 ## Section - **Citation:** Utah Code § 70A-7a-102 - **Heading:** Definitions and index of definitions - **Jurisdiction:** Utah - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Utah Code / Title 70A / Chapter 70A-7a / § 70A-7a-102 ## Text (1) In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Bailee" means a person that by a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title acknowledges possession of goods and contracts to deliver them. (b) "Carrier" means a person that issues a bill of lading. (c) "Consignee" means a person named in a bill of lading to which or to whose order the bill promises delivery. (d) "Consignor" means a person named in a bill of lading as the person from which the goods have been received for shipment. (e) "Delivery order" means a record that contains an order to deliver goods directed to a warehouse, carrier, or other person that in the ordinary course of business issues warehouse receipts or bills of lading. (f) "Good faith" means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing. (g) "Goods" means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract for storage or transportation. (h) "Issuer" means a bailee that issues a document of title or, in the case of an unaccepted delivery order, the person that orders the possessor of goods to deliver. The term includes a person for which an agent or employee purports to act in issuing a document if the agent or employee has real or apparent authority to issue documents, even if the issuer did not receive any goods, the goods were misdescribed, or in any other respect the agent or employee violated the issuer's instructions. (i) "Person entitled under the document" means the holder, in the case of a negotiable document of title, or the person to which delivery of the goods is to be made by the terms of, or pursuant to instructions in a record under, a nonnegotiable document of title. (j) "Shipper" means a person that enters into a contract of transportation with a carrier. (k) "Warehouse" means a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire. (2) Definitions in other chapters applying to this chapter and the sections in which they appear are: (a) "Contract for sale," Section 70A-2-106. (b) "Lessee in the ordinary course of business," Section 70A-2a-103. (c) "Receipt" of goods, Section 70A-2-103. (3) In addition, Chapter 1a, Uniform Commercial Code - General Provisions, contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this chapter. ## Nearby sections - [Utah Code § 70A-7a-101 § 70A-7a-101. Title.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T70A_S70A_7a_101.md) - [Utah Code § 70A-7a-102 § 70A-7a-102. Definitions and index of definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T70A_S70A_7a_102.md) - [Utah Code § 70A-7a-103 § 70A-7a-103. Relation of chapter to treaty or statute.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T70A_S70A_7a_103.md) - [Utah Code § 70A-7a-104 § 70A-7a-104. Negotiable and nonnegotiable document of title.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T70A_S70A_7a_104.md) - [Utah Code § 70A-7a-105 § 70A-7a-105. Reissuance in alternative medium.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T70A_S70A_7a_105.md) - [Utah Code § 70A-7a-106 § 70A-7a-106. Control of electronic document of title.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T70A_S70A_7a_106.md) - [Utah Code § 70A-7a-201 § 70A-7a-201. Person that may issue a warehouse receipt -- Storage under bond.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T70A_S70A_7a_201.md) - [Utah Code § 70A-7a-202 § 70A-7a-202. Form of warehouse receipt -- Effect of omission.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T70A_S70A_7a_202.md) - [Utah Code § 70A-7a-203 § 70A-7a-203. Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T70A_S70A_7a_203.md) - [Utah Code § 70A-7a-204 § 70A-7a-204. Duty of care -- Contractual limitation of warehouse's liability.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T70A_S70A_7a_204.md) - [Utah Code § 70A-7a-205 § 70A-7a-205. Title under warehouse receipt defeated in certain cases.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T70A_S70A_7a_205.md) - [Utah Code § 70A-7a-206 § 70A-7a-206. Termination of storage at warehouse's option.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T70A_S70A_7a_206.md) - [Utah Code § 70A-7a-207 § 70A-7a-207. Goods must be kept separate -- Fungible goods.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T70A_S70A_7a_207.md) - [Utah Code § 70A-7a-208 § 70A-7a-208. Altered warehouse receipts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T70A_S70A_7a_208.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T70A_S70A_7a_102. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.