13-49-102. Definitions.
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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.
Amended by Chapter 95 , 2026 General Session