{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-70c-1-102","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 70C-1-102","heading":"Purposes -- Rules of construction.","body":"(1) This title shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.\n(2) The underlying purposes and policies of this title are:\n(a) to further consumer understanding of the terms of credit transactions and to foster competition among suppliers of consumer credit so that consumers may obtain credit at reasonable cost;\n(b) to prohibit certain unfair practices; and\n(c) to avoid the duplication of laws and regulations pertaining to consumer credit between state and federal authorities and to supplement applicable federal laws and regulations.","path":["Title 70C Utah Consumer Credit Code","Chapter 70C-1 General Provisions and Definitions","Part 70C-1-1 Short Title, Construction, General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title70C/Chapter1/70C-1-S102.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"1bcaa659e418cf68ba7e1ad2404339156a993976e9a6516be4b8cf145bb492a7","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-70c-1-101","next":"us-ut/utah-code-70c-1-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}