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2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 13 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 1304 - Operating motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer in excess of registered gross laden weight -- Infraction.

Effective 5/12/2015
41-1a-1304.
Operating motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer in excess of registered gross laden weight -- Infraction.
It is an infraction for a person to operate, or cause to be operated, a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, or combination of them the gross laden weight of which is in excess of the gross laden weight for which the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, or combination of vehicles is registered.
Amended by Chapter 412, 2015 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 13 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 1305 - License plate and registration card violations -- Class C misdemeanor.

Effective 1/1/2024
41-1a-1305.
License plate and registration card violations -- Class C misdemeanor.
It is a class C misdemeanor:
(1) to break, injure, interfere with, or remove from any vehicle any seal, lock, or device on it for holding or displaying any license plate or registration card attached for denoting registration and identity of the vehicle;
(2) to remove from any registered vehicle the license plate or registration card issued or attached to it for its registration;
(3) to place or display any license plate or registration card upon any other vehicle than the one for which it was issued by the division;
(4) to use or permit the use or display of any license plate, registration card, or permit upon or in the operation of any vehicle other than that for which it was issued;
(5) to operate upon any highway of this state any vehicle required by law to be registered without having the license plate or plates securely attached, except that the registration card issued by the division to all trailers and semitrailers shall be carried in the towing vehicle;
(6) for any weighmaster to knowingly make any false entry in his record of weights of vehicles subject to registration or to knowingly report to the commission or division any false information regarding the weights;
(7) for any inspector, officer, agent, employee, or other person performing any of the functions required for the registration or operation of vehicles subject to registration, to do, permit, cause, connive at, or permit to be done any act with the intent, or knowledge that the probable effect of the act would be to injure any person, deprive him of his property, or to injure or defraud the state with respect to its revenues relating to title or registration of vehicles;
(8) for any person to combine or conspire with another to do, attempt to do, or cause or allow any of the acts in this chapter classified as a misdemeanor;
(9) to operate any motor vehicle with a camper mounted on it upon any highway without displaying a current registration decal in clear sight upon the rear of the camper, issued by the county assessor of the county in which the camper has situs for taxation;
(10) to manufacture, use, display, or sell any facsimile or reproduction of any license plate issued by the division or any article that would appear to be a substitute for a license plate; or
(11) to fail to return to the division any registration card, license plate or plates, registration decal, permit, or title that has been canceled, suspended, voided, or revoked.
Amended by Chapter 33, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 13 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 1306 - Abuse of persons with disabilities parking privileges -- Revocation of special plate or transferable ID card -- Fine.

Effective 1/1/2018
41-1a-1306.
Abuse of persons with disabilities parking privileges -- Revocation of special plate or transferable ID card -- Fine.
A person with a disability who abuses the rights and privileges conferred under Section 41-1a-414 or allows an individual who is not a person with a disability to use those parking privileges may have the person's disability special group license plate, temporary removable windshield placard, removable windshield placard, temporary wheelchair user placard, or wheelchair user placard revoked by the division.
Amended by Chapter 41, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 13 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 1307 - Operation of motor vehicles, trailers, or semitrailers without payment of fees -- Infraction.

Effective 5/12/2015
41-1a-1307.
Operation of motor vehicles, trailers, or semitrailers without payment of fees -- Infraction.
(1) It is an infraction for a person to operate a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer upon the highways without having paid the title and registration or transfer fees and taxes required by law.
(2) In addition to any other penalty, the owner of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer operated in violation of this section shall pay a penalty equal to title and registration fees in addition to any other fee required under this chapter.
(3) A court may require proof of proper vehicle registration as part of any sentence imposed under this section.
Amended by Chapter 412, 2015 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 13 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 1309 - Boarding with intent to commit injury to motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer -- Class C misdemeanor.

41-1a-1309.
Boarding with intent to commit injury to motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer -- Class C misdemeanor.
It is a class C misdemeanor for a person with intent to commit any criminal mischief, injury, or other crime to:
(1) climb into or upon a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, whether it is in motion or at rest;
(2) attempt to manipulate any of the levers, starting mechanism, brakes, or other mechanism or device of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer while the same is at rest and unattended; or
(3) set in motion any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer while the same is at rest and unattended.
Amended by Chapter 229, 2007 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 13 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 1310 - Failure to deliver title -- Odometer offenses.

Effective 5/12/2015
41-1a-1310.
Failure to deliver title -- Odometer offenses.
(1) It is an infraction for any person to:
(a) fail to properly endorse and deliver a valid certificate of title to a vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor to a transferee or owner lawfully entitled to it in accordance with Section 41-1a-702, except as provided for under Sections 41-3-301, 41-1a-519, and 41-1a-709; or
(b) fail to give an odometer disclosure statement to the transferee as required by Section 41-1a-902.
(2) It is a class B misdemeanor to:
(a) operate, or cause to be operated, a motor vehicle knowing that the odometer is disconnected or nonfunctional, except while moving the motor vehicle to a place of repair;
(b) offer for sale, sell, use, or install on any part of a motor vehicle or on an odometer in a motor vehicle any device that causes the odometer to register miles or kilometers other than the true miles or kilometers driven as registered by the odometer within the manufacturer's designed tolerance;
(c) fail to adjust an odometer or affix a notice as required by Section 41-1a-906 regarding the adjustment;
(d) remove, alter, or cause to be removed or altered any notice of adjustment affixed to a motor vehicle as required by Section 41-1a-906; or
(e) accept or give an incomplete odometer statement when an odometer statement is required under Section 41-1a-902.
(3) It is a class C misdemeanor to fail to record the odometer reading on the certificate of title at the time of transfer.
Amended by Chapter 412, 2015 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 13 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 1313 - Third degree felony to possess motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or parts without identification number -- Presumption of knowledge.

41-1a-1313.
Third degree felony to possess motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or parts without identification number -- Presumption of knowledge.
(1) It is a third degree felony for a person to have in his possession any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, or any part or parts of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, from which any identification number has been removed, defaced, destroyed, obliterated, or so covered as to be concealed, or where the identification number has been altered or changed in any manner.
(2) A person having possession of any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer or part of them under this section is presumed prima facie to have knowledge of this condition.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 1, 1992 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 13 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 1314 - Unauthorized control for extended time.

Effective 5/3/2023
41-1a-1314.
Unauthorized control for extended time.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (3), it is a class A misdemeanor for a person to exercise unauthorized control over a motor vehicle that is not his own, without the consent of the owner or lawful custodian, and with the intent to temporarily deprive the owner or lawful custodian of possession of the motor vehicle.
(2) The consent of the owner or legal custodian of a motor vehicle to its control by the actor is not in any case presumed or implied because of the owner's or legal custodian's consent on a previous occasion to the control of the motor vehicle by the same or a different person.
(3) Violation of this section is a third degree felony if:
(a) the person does not return the motor vehicle to the owner or lawful custodian within 24 hours after the exercise of unlawful control; or
(b) regardless of the mental state or conduct of the person committing the offense:
(i) the motor vehicle is damaged in an amount of $500 or more;
(ii) the motor vehicle is used to commit a felony; or
(iii) the motor vehicle is damaged in any amount to facilitate entry into it or its operation.
(4) It is not a defense to Subsection (3)(a) that someone other than the person, or an agent of the person, returned the motor vehicle within 24 hours.
(5) A violation of this section is a lesser included offense of theft under Section 76-6-404, when the theft is of an operable motor vehicle under Subsection 76-6-404(3)(a)(ii).
Amended by Chapter 111, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 13 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 1315 - Third degree felony -- False evidences of title and registration.

41-1a-1315.
Third degree felony -- False evidences of title and registration.
It is a third degree felony for a person with respect to a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer to:
(1) fraudulently use a false or fictitious name in an application for registration, a certificate of title, or for a duplicate certificate of title;
(2) knowingly make a false statement or knowingly conceal a material fact in an application under this chapter;
(3) otherwise commit a fraud in an application under this chapter;
(4) alter with fraudulent intent a certificate of title, registration card, license plate, or permit issued by the division;
(5) forge or counterfeit a document or license plate purporting to have been issued by the division;
(6) alter, falsify, or forge an assignment upon a certificate of title;
(7) hold or use a document or license plate under this chapter knowing it has been altered, forged, or falsified; or
(8) file an application for a certificate of title providing false lien information, when the person named on the application as lienholder does not hold a valid security interest.
Amended by Chapter 259, 2009 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 13 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 1316 - Receiving or transferring stolen motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer -- Penalty.

41-1a-1316.
Receiving or transferring stolen motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer -- Penalty.
It is a second degree felony for a person:
(1) with intent to procure or pass title to a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer that he knows or has reason to believe has been stolen or unlawfully taken to receive or transfer possession of the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer from or to another; or
(2) to have in his possession any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer that he knows or has reason to believe has been stolen or unlawfully taken if he is not a peace officer engaged at the time in the performance of his duty.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 1, 1992 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 13 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 1317 - Selling or buying without identification numbers -- Penalty.

41-1a-1317.
Selling or buying without identification numbers -- Penalty.
It is a second degree felony for a person to knowingly buy, receive, dispose of, sell, offer for sale, or have in his possession any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or engine removed from a motor vehicle, from which the identification number has been removed, defaced, covered, altered, or destroyed for the purpose of concealing or misrepresenting the identity of the motor vehicle or engine.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 1, 1992 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 13 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 1318 - Second degree felony -- Fraudulent alteration of identification number.

41-1a-1318.
Second degree felony -- Fraudulent alteration of identification number.
(1) It is a second degree felony for a person with fraudulent intent to:
(a) deface, destroy, or alter the identification number or state assigned identification number of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer;
(b) place or stamp, without authority by the division, something other than the original identification or state assigned identification number upon a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer; or
(c) sell or offer for sale a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer bearing an altered or defaced identification or state assigned identification number other than the original or the state assigned identification number.
(2) This section does not prevent any manufacturer, importer, or any agent, other than a dealer, from placing or stamping in the ordinary course of business numbers on motor vehicles, trailers, or semitrailers registered under this chapter.
(3) This section does not prohibit the restoration by an owner of an original identification number when the restoration is made under permit issued by the division.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 1, 1992 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 13 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 1319 - Third degree felony -- Odometer violation.

41-1a-1319.
Third degree felony -- Odometer violation.
It is a third degree felony for a person, with intent to defraud, to:
(1) disconnect, turn back, replace, or reset or cause to be disconnected, turned back, replaced, or reset, the odometer of any motor vehicle with the intent to reduce the true number of miles or kilometers indicated on it;
(2) knowingly sell, transfer, or exchange, or cause to be sold, transferred, or exchanged without the disclosure required by Section 41-1a-902, any motor vehicle on which the odometer has been disconnected, turned back, replaced, or reset; or
(3) give or cause to be given a false odometer mileage disclosure statement when an odometer statement is required by Section 41-1a-902.
Enacted by Chapter 1, 1992 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 13 - Offenses and Penalties › Section 1320 - Tax clearance required to move manufactured home or mobile home.

41-1a-1320.
Tax clearance required to move manufactured home or mobile home.
(1) A manufactured home or mobile home may not be transported by any person, including its owner, unless a tax clearance has been obtained from the assessor or, if the responsibility to provide a tax clearance has been reassigned under Section 17-16-5.5, the treasurer of the county in which the real property upon which the manufactured home or mobile home was last located showing that all property taxes, including any interest and penalties, have been paid.
(2) The tax clearance described in Subsection (1):
(a) is proof of having paid all property taxes, interest, and penalties; and
(b) shall be displayed in a conspicuous place on the rear of the manufactured home or mobile home so as to be plainly visible while in transit.
(3)
(a) Any person, including the owner, who transports a manufactured home or mobile home without a valid tax clearance is:
(i) in violation of Section 59-2-309; and
(ii) subject to the penalty provisions of Section 59-2-309.
(b) In addition to the penalty provided in Subsection (3)(a), any commercial mover who transports any manufactured home or mobile home without a valid tax clearance is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Amended by Chapter 39, 2006 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 14 - Law Enforcement › Section 1401 - Report of stolen and recovered vehicles, vessels, and outboard motors by officials.

Effective 10/1/2019
41-1a-1401.
Report of stolen and recovered vehicles, vessels, and outboard motors by officials.
(1)
(a) A peace officer, upon receiving reliable information that a vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor has been stolen, shall immediately report the theft to the Criminal Investigations and Technical Services Division of the Department of Public Safety, established in Section 53-10-103.
(b) An officer, upon receiving information that a vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor, which he has previously reported as stolen, has been recovered, shall immediately report the recovery to the local law enforcement agency and to the Criminal Investigations and Technical Services Division.
(2) A report of a stolen vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor taken by a law enforcement agency shall include a written advisement to the reporting party of the provisions of Section 76-8-506, and a statement affirming the theft of the vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor signed by the person reporting the theft and witnessed by the person taking the report.
(3) The following information regarding the vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor shall be included in the report and shall be sent to the Criminal Investigations and Technical Services Division:
(a) the registered owner;
(b) the person reporting the theft;
(c) the year, make, model, and color;
(d) the identification number;
(e) the estimated present value;
(f) the license number and state of registration;
(g) the date, time, and place of the theft; and
(h) the name, address, telephone number, policy number, and agent's name of the insurance company insuring the vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor.
(4) If a member of any law enforcement agency confirms that a stolen vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor has been recovered, he shall send the following information regarding the recovered vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor to the Criminal Investigations and Technical Services Division:
(a) the date, time, and place of recovery;
(b) the condition of the vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor; and
(c) the names of peace officers and any other persons involved in the recovery.
(5)
(a) Upon receipt of a report of a stolen vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor, the Criminal Investigations and Technical Services Division shall place a notice of theft in the master file computer.
(b) Upon receipt of a report that a stolen vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor has been recovered, the Criminal Investigations and Technical Services Division shall remove the notice of theft of the vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor from the master file computer.
(6)
(a) Except as provided in Section 41-1a-1005, the division shall refuse to register or transfer title to a stolen vehicle until the vehicle is recovered.
(b) If the recovered vehicle is a salvage vehicle as defined in Section 41-1a-1001, then Title 41, Chapter 1a, Part 10, Salvage Vehicles - Junk and Dismantled Vehicles, applies.
Amended by Chapter 424, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 14 - Law Enforcement › Section 1402 - Report by owners or lienholders of thefts and recoveries.

41-1a-1402.
Report by owners or lienholders of thefts and recoveries.
(1)
(a) The owner, or person having a lien or encumbrance upon a vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor that has been stolen, may notify the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction where the theft occurred.
(b) In the event of an embezzlement the owner or person may make a report only after having procured the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of the person charged with embezzlement.
(2)
(a) If a vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor is recovered, an owner or other person who has given any notice under Subsection (1) shall notify the law enforcement agency where the theft or embezzlement was reported.
(b) The law enforcement agency shall notify the Criminal Investigations and Technical Services Division, established in Section 53-10-103, of recovery.
Amended by Chapter 263, 1998 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 15 - Motor Vehicle Event Data Recorder Act › Section 1502 - Definitions.

41-1a-1502.
Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1)
(a) "Event data" means records of one or more of the following categories of information regarding a motor vehicle that are captured by an event data recorder:
(i) whether the vehicle's air bag deployed;
(ii) vehicle speed;
(iii) vehicle steering performance;
(iv) vehicle brake performance or use; or
(v) vehicle seatbelt status or use.
(b) "Event data" does not include audio and video data.
(2) "Event data recorder" has the same meaning as defined in 49 C.F.R. Sec. 563.5 as in effect on May 14, 2013.
(3)
(a) "Owner" means:
(i) a person having all the incidents of ownership of a motor vehicle, including legal title to the motor vehicle;
(ii) a person entitled to possession of a motor vehicle as the purchaser under a security agreement; or
(iii) a person entitled to possession of a motor vehicle as a lessee under a written lease agreement if the lease agreement is intended to last for more than three months at its inception.
(b) "Owner" does not include a lienholder unless the lienholder gains possession of the motor vehicle because the person entitled to possession of a motor vehicle as the purchaser under a security agreement defaults on the loan.
Enacted by Chapter 189, 2013 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 15 - Motor Vehicle Event Data Recorder Act › Section 1504 - Effect of ownership transfer on ownership of data.

41-1a-1504.
Effect of ownership transfer on ownership of data.
(1) Event data on a motor vehicle event data recorder does not become the property of:
(a) an insurer solely because the insurer succeeds in ownership of a motor vehicle as a result of an accident; or
(b) a subsequent purchaser solely because the subsequent purchaser becomes the new owner of the motor vehicle.
(2) An insurer or lessor of a motor vehicle may not require an owner to consent to the retrieval or use of the data on a motor vehicle event data recorder as a condition of providing the policy or lease.
Enacted by Chapter 189, 2013 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 16 - Sponsored Special Group License Plates › Section 1602 - Sponsored special group license plate program.

Effective 1/1/2024
41-1a-1602.
Sponsored special group license plate program.
(1) The division shall establish and administer a sponsored special group license plate program as described in this part.
(2) The division shall issue to an applicant who satisfies the requirements of this part one of the following:
(a) a collegiate special group license plate;
(b) a private nonprofit special group license plate;
(c) a state agency support special group license plate; or
(d) a state agency recognition special group license plate.
Enacted by Chapter 33, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 16 - Sponsored Special Group License Plates › Section 1605 - Collegiate special group license plates.

Effective 1/1/2024
41-1a-1605.
Collegiate special group license plates.
(1) A sponsoring organization that is an institution shall only use funds received through the sponsored special group license plate program for the institution's academic scholarships.
(2) The state auditor may audit each institution to verify that the money an institution collects from contributors is used only for academic scholarships.
Enacted by Chapter 33, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 16 - Sponsored Special Group License Plates › Section 1606 - Private nonprofit special group license plates.

Effective 1/1/2024
41-1a-1606.
Private nonprofit special group license plates.
(1) A sponsoring organization that is a private nonprofit organization shall:
(a) only use funds received through the sponsored special group license plate program for the charitable purpose described in the private nonprofit organization's application submitted to the division under Section 41-1a-1603; and
(b) may not use funds received through the sponsored special group license plate program to pay the private nonprofit organization's employee salaries or benefits, administrative costs, or fundraising expenses.
(2) A private nonprofit organization may collect a contributor's personal information for the purposes of future fundraising and any required reporting, if the private nonprofit organization requires a verification form described in Section 41-1a-1604.
(3) The state auditor may audit each private nonprofit organization to verify that the money the private nonprofit organization collects from contributors is used for the private nonprofit organization's charitable purpose in accordance with this part.
Enacted by Chapter 33, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 16 - Sponsored Special Group License Plates › Section 1607 - State agency special group license plates.

Effective 1/1/2024
41-1a-1607.
State agency special group license plates.
A sponsoring organization that is a state agency:
(1) shall only use funds received through the sponsored special group license plate program for the implementation or administration of the state agency's designated program; and
(2) may not direct funds received through the sponsored special group license plate program to a nongovernmental entity.
Enacted by Chapter 33, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 16 - Sponsored Special Group License Plates › Section 1608 - Review -- Discontinuance.

Effective 1/1/2024
41-1a-1608.
Review -- Discontinuance.
(1) The division shall annually review each sponsored special group license plate to determine the number of registered vehicles with each type of sponsored special group license plate during the preceding calendar year.
(2)
(a) The division shall discontinue a type of sponsored special group license plate if for three consecutive calendar years, the division's annual review shows that fewer than 500 registered vehicles have that type of sponsored special group license plate.
(b) The division shall discontinue a sponsored special group license plate under Subsection (2)(a) beginning January 1 of the calendar year following the year of the third annual review.
(3) If the division discontinues a type of sponsored special group license plate in accordance with this section, the division may not reinstate the sponsored special group license plate unless the sponsoring organization submits a request for the discontinued sponsored special group license plate in the same manner as a request for a new type of sponsored special group license plate under Section 41-1a-1604.
(4)
(a) A registered owner to whom the division issued an existing special group license plate or a sponsored special group license plate that the division discontinues in accordance with this section may continue to display the license plate upon renewing the motor vehicle's registration.
(b) A registered owner described in Subsection (4)(a) is not required to pay a required contribution to the sponsoring organization associated with the sponsored special group license plate.
(5) The division may not transfer to a new registered owner a special group license plate that is discontinued under this part.
(6) Subsection (2) does not apply to a state agency recognition special group license plate that is an existing special group license plate.
Enacted by Chapter 33, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 16 - Sponsored Special Group License Plates › Section 1609 - Transition of special group license plates created by legislative acts.

Effective 1/1/2024
41-1a-1609.
Transition of special group license plates created by legislative acts.
(1) Subject to Subsections (2) and (3), the division shall continue to distribute a special group license plate created by an act of the Legislature.
(2) The procedure described in Section 41-1a-1608 regarding discontinuance of a special group license plate applies to a special group license plate created by an act of the Legislature.
(3)
(a) Notwithstanding Subsections (1) and (2), an existing recognition special group license plate that is an honorary consul designated by the United States Department of State is discontinued.
(b) A person with an existing recognition special group license plate that is an honorary consul designated by the United States Department of State shall return the honorary consul recognition special group license plate to the division and may not display the honorary consul special group license plate.
(c) Upon renewal of the vehicle registration related to a vehicle with an honorary consul recognition special group license plate, the division shall issue a new license plate to replace the honorary consul special group license plate.
Enacted by Chapter 33, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 16 - Sponsored Special Group License Plates › Section 1610 - Sponsored Special Group License Plate Fund.

Effective 1/1/2024
41-1a-1610.
Sponsored Special Group License Plate Fund.
(1) As used in this section, "fund" means the Sponsored Special Group License Plate Fund created in Subsection (2).
(2) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the "Sponsored Special Group License Plate Fund."
(3) The fund consists of all required contributions the division collects under this part.
(4) The division shall, at least annually, disburse to each sponsoring organization any money, less any fees or actual administrative costs associated with issuing a sponsoring organization's sponsored special group license plate, from the fund.
Enacted by Chapter 33, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Business Regulation Act › Part 1 - Administration › Section 103 - Exceptions to "dealer" definition -- Dealer licensed in other state -- Direct-sale manufacturer -- Direct-sale manufacturer salesperson.

Effective 7/1/2023
41-3-103.
Exceptions to "dealer" definition -- Dealer licensed in other state -- Direct-sale manufacturer -- Direct-sale manufacturer salesperson.
Under this chapter:
(1)
(a) An insurance company, bank, finance company, company registered as a title lender under Title 7, Chapter 24, Title Lending Registration Act, company registered as a check casher or deferred deposit lender under Title 7, Chapter 23, Check Cashing and Deferred Deposit Lending Registration Act, public utility company, commission impound yard, federal or state governmental agency, or any political subdivision of any of them or any other person coming into possession of a motor vehicle as an incident to its regular business, that sells the motor vehicle under contractual rights that it may have in the motor vehicle is not considered a dealer.
(b) A person who sells or exchanges only those motor vehicles that the person has owned for over 12 months is not considered a dealer.
(2)
(a) A person engaged in leasing motor vehicles is not considered as coming into possession of the motor vehicles incident to the person's regular business.
(b) A pawnbroker engaged in selling, exchanging, or pawning motor vehicles is considered as coming into possession of the motor vehicles incident to the person's regular business and must be licensed as a used motor vehicle dealer.
(3) A person currently licensed as a dealer or salesperson by another state or country and not currently under license suspension or revocation by the administrator may only sell motor vehicles in this state to licensed dealers, dismantlers, or manufacturers, and only at their places of business.
(4) Except as otherwise expressly provided:
(a) a direct-sale manufacturer is subject to the same provisions under this chapter as a new motor vehicle dealer; and
(b) a direct-sale manufacturer salesperson is subject to the same provisions under this chapter as a salesperson.
(5) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, a direct-sale manufacturer:
(a) may, without a franchise, sell, display for sale, or offer for sale or exchange a motor vehicle:
(i) if the direct-sale manufacturer is an electric vehicle manufacturer; or
(ii) if the direct-sale manufacturer is a low-volume manufacturer; and
(b) may not sell, display for sale, or offer for sale or exchange a new motor vehicle that is not of the same line-make the direct-sale manufacturer manufactures.
Amended by Chapter 63, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Business Regulation Act › Part 1 - Administration › Section 104 - Division creation -- Administrator appointed.

41-3-104.
Division creation -- Administrator appointed.
(1) There is created within the commission the Motor Vehicle Enforcement Division with the powers and duties provided in this chapter.
(2) The division shall be administered by the motor vehicle enforcement administrator.
(3) The administrator shall be appointed by the commission and is subject to the commission's supervision and direction.
Enacted by Chapter 234, 1992 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Business Regulation Act › Part 1 - Administration › Section 107 - Attorney general -- Duty to render opinions and to represent or appear for administrator or board.

41-3-107.
Attorney general -- Duty to render opinions and to represent or appear for administrator or board.
The attorney general shall:
(1) represent the administrator, the division, and the board;
(2) give opinions on all questions of law relating to the interpretation of this chapter or arising out of the administration of this chapter; and
(3) appear on behalf of the administrator, the division, or the board in all actions brought by or against the administrator, the division, or board, whether under the provisions of this chapter or otherwise.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 234, 1992 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Business Regulation Act › Part 1 - Administration › Section 108 - Copies of records and papers -- Admissibility in evidence.

41-3-108.
Copies of records and papers -- Admissibility in evidence.
Certified copies of all records and papers prepared in the office of the administrator under seal of the administrator are admissible in evidence in any case in the same manner as the original.
Amended by Chapter 4, 1993 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Business Regulation Act › Part 1 - Administration › Section 109 - Adjudicative proceedings -- Hearings.

41-3-109.
Adjudicative proceedings -- Hearings.
(1) The commission, the division, the board, and the administrator shall comply with the procedures and requirements of Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act, in all adjudicative proceedings conducted under the authority of this chapter and Sections 41-1a-1001 through 41-1a-1008.
(2) The administrator may request the attendance of the board at any hearing, or the administrator may direct that any hearing be held before the board.
Amended by Chapter 382, 2008 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Business Regulation Act › Part 1 - Administration › Section 110 - Motor Vehicle Enforcement Division Temporary Permit Restricted Account.

Effective 5/14/2019
41-3-110.
Motor Vehicle Enforcement Division Temporary Permit Restricted Account.
(1) As used in this section, "account" means the Motor Vehicle Enforcement Division Temporary Permit Restricted Account created by this section.
(2) There is created within the General Fund a restricted account known as the Motor Vehicle Enforcement Division Temporary Permit Restricted Account.
(3)
(a) The account shall be funded from the fees deposited into the account in accordance with Section 41-3-601.
(b) The fees described in Subsection (3)(a) shall be paid to the division, which shall deposit them into the account.
(4) The Legislature may appropriate the funds in the account to the commission to cover the costs of the division.
(5) In accordance with Section 63J-1-602.1, appropriations made to the commission from the account are nonlapsing.
Amended by Chapter 136, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Business Regulation Act › Part 2 - Licensing › Section 201.5 - Brokering of a new motor vehicle without a license prohibited.

41-3-201.5.
Brokering of a new motor vehicle without a license prohibited.
(1)
(a) A person may not, for a fee, commission, or other form of compensation, arrange, offer to arrange, or broker a transaction involving the sale or lease of more than two:
(i) new or used motor vehicles in any 12 consecutive month period, unless the person is licensed under Subsection 41-3-202(1); or
(ii) used motor vehicles in any 12 consecutive month period, unless the person is licensed under Subsection 41-3-202(2).
(b) Each transaction a person arranges, offers to arrange, or brokers involving the sale or lease of a motor vehicle for a fee, commission, or other form of compensation is a separate violation under this section if:
(i) the person has for a fee, commission, or other form of compensation, arranged, offered to arrange, or brokered the sale or lease of more than two new or used motor vehicles within the previous 12 consecutive month period; and
(ii) the person is not licensed under Subsection 41-3-202(1).
(2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Amended by Chapter 393, 2010 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Business Regulation Act › Part 2 - Licensing › Section 201.7 - Supplemental license for additional place of business restrictions -- Exception.

Effective 5/8/2018
41-3-201.7.
Supplemental license for additional place of business restrictions -- Exception.
(1)
(a) Subject to the requirements of Subsection (2), the administrator may issue a supplemental license for an additional place of business under Subsection 41-3-201(8) to a dealer if the dealer is:
(i) licensed in accordance with Section 41-3-202;
(ii) bonded in accordance with Section 41-3-205; and
(iii) in compliance with existing rules promulgated by the administrator of the division under Section 41-3-105.
(b) The administrator may issue a supplemental license for a permanent additional place of business to a used motor vehicle dealer if:
(i) the dealer independently satisfies the bond requirements under Section 41-3-205 for the permanent additional place of business;
(ii) the dealer is in compliance with existing rules promulgated by the administrator of the division under Section 41-3-105; and
(iii) the permanent additional place of business meets all the requirements for a principal place of business.
(2)
(a) Except as provided in Subsections (2)(c) and (3), a supplemental license for an additional place of business issued pursuant to Subsection 41-3-201(8) for a new motor vehicle dealer may not be issued for an additional place of business that is beyond the geographic specifications outlined as the area of responsibility in the dealer's franchise agreement.
(b) A new motor vehicle dealer shall provide the administrator with a copy of the portion of the new motor vehicle dealer's franchise agreement identifying the dealer's area of responsibility before being issued a supplemental license for an additional place of business.
(c) The restrictions under Subsections (2)(a) and (b) do not apply to a new motor vehicle dealer if:
(i) the license for an additional place of business is being issued for the sale of used motor vehicles; or
(ii) the dealer is a direct-sale manufacturer.
(3) The provisions of Subsection (2) do not apply if the additional place of business is a trade show or exhibition if:
(a) there are five or more dealers participating in the trade show or exhibition; and
(b) the trade show or exhibition takes place at a location other than the principal place of business of one of the dealers participating in the trade show or exhibition.
(4) A supplemental license for a temporary additional place of business issued to a used motor vehicle dealer may not be for longer than 10 consecutive days.
Amended by Chapter 387, 2018 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Business Regulation Act › Part 2 - Licensing › Section 202.2 - Provisional license.

Effective 10/1/2017
41-3-202.2.
Provisional license.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Provisional license" means a provisional version of a particular class of standard license.
(b) "Standard license" means a license that the administrator is authorized to issue under Section 41-3-202 for a class for which a principal place of business is required under Section 41-3-204.
(2) The administrator may issue a provisional license for any class of standard license the administrator issues under Section 41-3-202.
(3) A person may apply to the administrator for a provisional license using the same procedure described in this chapter and under other applicable state law for a standard license of the same class as the provisional license.
(4) Subject to Subsection (5), the administrator shall grant a provisional license to an applicant who:
(a) demonstrates that the applicant meets all of the qualifications described in this chapter and under other applicable state law for a standard license of the same class as the provisional license, except for the requirement that the applicant maintain a principal place of business as required by Section 41-3-204;
(b) complies with procedures established by the administrator; and
(c) pays a fee established by the administrator.
(5) In addition to demonstrating the qualifications described in Subsection (4), an applicant for a provisional license shall:
(a) submit to the administrator a site acquisition plan that describes the applicant's anticipated principal place of business; and
(b) demonstrate that the applicant's site acquisition plan describes a principal place of business that would comply with the requirements described in this chapter and under other applicable state law for the principal place of business of a licensee with a standard license of the same class as the provisional license.
(6) A provisional license does not allow a person to act as a licensee with a standard license.
(7) Subject to Subsections (8) and (9), once a person with a provisional license demonstrates to the administrator that the person meets all of the qualifications under this chapter and under other applicable state law for a standard license of the same class as the provisional license, the administrator shall grant the person a standard license of the same class as the provisional license without requiring that the person:
(a) submit an additional application; or
(b) pay an additional fee.
(8)
(a) A provisional license is valid for three months.
(b) The commission may extend the term of a provisional license for an additional three months at the commission's discretion.
(9) The commission may create application procedures for a provisional license in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
(10) The commission may require and determine the amount of an application fee for a provisional license in compliance with Section 63J-1-504.
Enacted by Chapter 124, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Business Regulation Act › Part 2 - Licensing › Section 203 - Licenses -- Form -- Seal -- Custody of salesperson's license -- Display of salesperson and dealer licenses -- Licensee's pocket card.

Effective 5/8/2018
41-3-203.
Licenses -- Form -- Seal -- Custody of salesperson's license -- Display of salesperson and dealer licenses -- Licensee's pocket card.
(1)
(a) The administrator shall prescribe the form of each license and the seal of the administrator's office shall be imprinted on each license.
(b) The administrator shall deliver or mail the license of each salesperson to the dealer employing the salesperson and the dealer shall keep the license in the dealer's custody and control and conspicuously display the license in the dealer's place of business.
(c) Each licensee shall display conspicuously the licensee's own license in the licensee's place of business.
(d) In addition to the other provisions of this section, each direct-sale manufacturer licensee shall display conspicuously the licensee's own license in each of the licensee's:
(i) showrooms; and
(ii) authorized service centers.
(2)
(a) The administrator shall prepare and deliver a pocket card, certifying that the person whose name is on the card is licensed under this chapter.
(b) Each salesperson's card shall also contain the name and address of the dealer employing the salesperson.
(c) Each salesperson shall on request display the salesperson's pocket card.
Amended by Chapter 387, 2018 General Session