{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-13-57-202","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 13-57-202","heading":"Consumer maintenance funding provider operations -- Prohibited acts.","body":"(1) A consumer maintenance funding provider may only provide legal funding to a consumer if the consumer maintenance funding provider and the consumer enter into a consumer maintenance funding agreement that meets the requirements of Section 13-57-301.\n(2) Before executing a consumer maintenance funding agreement, a consumer maintenance funding provider shall file with the division a template of the consumer maintenance funding agreement.\n(3) A consumer maintenance funding provider may not:\n(a) pay or offer to pay a commission, referral fee, or any other form of consideration to the following for referring a consumer to the consumer maintenance funding provider:\n(i) an attorney authorized to practice law;\n(ii) a health care provider; or\n(iii) an employee, independent contractor, or other person affiliated with a person described in Subsection (3)(a)(i) or (ii);\n(b) accept a commission, referral fee, or any other form of consideration from a person described in Subsection (3)(a) for referring a consumer to the person;\n(c) refer a consumer or potential consumer to a person described in Subsection (3)(a), unless the referral is to a local or state bar association referral service;\n(d) intentionally advertise materially false or misleading information about the consumer maintenance funding provider's services;\n(e) make or attempt to influence a decision relating to the conduct, settlement, or resolution of a legal action for which the consumer maintenance funding provider provides legal funding;\n(f) knowingly pay or offer to pay court costs, filing fees, or attorney fees using legal funding;\n(g) attempt to obtain a waiver of a remedy or right from the consumer, including the right to trial by jury.\n(h) represent that the division or the state endorses the consumer maintenance funding provider;\n(i) omit from a filing with the division a material statement of fact that this chapter or a rule the division makes in accordance with this chapter requires; or\n(j) include in a filing with the division a material statement of fact that the consumer maintenance funding provider or consumer maintenance funding provider's principal knows or should know is false, deceptive, inaccurate, or misleading.\n(4) A consumer maintenance funding provider shall provide a consumer who enters a consumer maintenance funding agreement a copy of the executed consumer maintenance funding agreement.\n(5) A consumer maintenance funding provider may not offer maintenance funding to a consumer who has retained, or been referred by, an attorney or law firm that has a financial interest in the consumer maintenance funding provider.\n(6) A consumer maintenance funding provider may not enter into a consumer maintenance funding agreement directly or indirectly with a foreign entity of concern or a foreign country or person of concern.","path":["Title 13 Commerce and Trade","Chapter 13-57 Maintenance Funding Practices Act","Part 13-57-2 Maintenance Funding Providers"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title13/Chapter57/13-57-S202.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"fc4c6bda6f8ea1b78aa1d7cfbbd69aca6bb4fb4e2bee99b3bdfcf77eeb0c62c1","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-13-57-201.1","next":"us-ut/utah-code-13-57-203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}