20-1901. Definitions

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A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Authorized agency" means:

(a)The office of the state fire marshal when authorized or charged with the investigation of a fire.

(b)The director of the department of public safety.

(c)A county attorney.

(d)A county sheriff.

(e)The attorney general.

(f)The fire department of any city, town or county of this state.

(g)A police agency of any city, town or county of this state.

(h)Solely for the purposes of section 20-1902, subsection A, the federal bureau of investigation, any other federal agency or the United States attorney general's office when authorized or charged with investigation or prosecution of a crime in this state.

(i)The automobile theft authority.

2. "Insurer" means every person or entity engaged in the business of making contracts of insurance in this state.

3. "Relevant" means having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the investigation or determination of the issue more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence.