63G-32 - Legal Personhood

Title 63G > 63G-32

Sections (2)

63G-32-101 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Body of water” means any natural or man-made accumulation of water, regardless of whether the accumulation of water is static or subject to a force that causes a hydrological current.

(2) “Governmental entity” means:a court;the Legislature;the legislative body of a political subdivision; oranother entity of the state or a political subdivision, if the entity has adjudicatory or rulemaking authority.

(3) “Human being” means a member of the species classified as Homo sapiens;

(4) “Land” means the solid terrestrial surface or subsurface of the earth.

(5) “Legal personhood” means:the legal rights and obligations of an individual under the laws of this state; orthe legal rights and obligations of a person other than an individual under the laws of this state.

(6) “Political subdivision” means the same as that term is defined in Section 63G-7-102.

(7) “Real property” means any building, fixture, improvement, appurtenance, structure, or other development that is affixed permanently to land.

(8) “State” means the same as that term is defined in Section 63G-7-102.

Enacted by Chapter 451, 2024 General Session

63G-32-102 - Legal personhood restricted.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a governmental entity may not grant legal personhood to, nor recognize legal personhood in:

(1) artificial intelligence;

(2) an inanimate object;

(3) a body of water;

(4) land;

(5) real property;

(6) atmospheric gases;

(7) an astronomical object;

(8) weather;

(9) a plant;

(10) a nonhuman animal; or

(11) any other member of a taxonomic domain that is not a human being.

Enacted by Chapter 451, 2024 General Session