Title 28 — Transportation

A. In addition to the grounds for mandatory suspension or revocation provided for in chapters 3, 4 and 5 of this title, the department shall immediately suspend the driver license or privilege to drive or refuse to issue a driver license or privilege to drive of a person who comm…

The director shall notify the superintendent of public instruction if the department suspends or revokes the driver license of a person who gives driver education lessons to high school students.

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires, "court" means a juvenile division of the superior court, a justice of the peace court or a municipal court.

A. A court: 1. Shall allow an individual who is issued a citation for a civil traffic moving violation pursuant to chapter 3, articles 2, 3, 4 and 6 through 15 of this title or a local civil traffic ordinance relating to the same subject matter to attend a defensive driving schoo…

A. Except as provided in subsection B, an eligible individual who elects to attend a defensive driving school shall attend one of the following within the time allowed by the court: 1. A defensive driving school that is certified by the supreme court and complies with the court a…

A. Except as provided in section 28-3394.01, if an eligible individual successfully completes the course at a defensive driving school: 1. The court shall dismiss the civil or criminal traffic citation for which the individual attended the school. 2. The department shall not incl…

A. The court shall forward to the department an abstract of a record of judgment against a person who holds a commercial driver license and who is eligible to attend defensive driving school pursuant to section 28-3392. The department shall include a record of the civil traffic v…

A. The supreme court may contract with a public or private agency that does not provide defensive driving schools in this state pursuant to this article to provide assistance in carrying out the duties of this article. B. The supreme court shall: 1. Supervise the use of defensive…

A. The presiding judge of each court shall: 1. Set the amount of the court diversion fee that an individual, including an individual who holds a commercial driver license, who attends a defensive driving school may be assessed. 2. Charge an individual a forty-five dollar surcharg…

A. In addition to the court diversion fee and the fee for the cost to attend a defensive driving school, a person who attends a defensive driving school pursuant to this article or by a court order shall pay a fee of not more than fifteen dollars that is established by the suprem…

A. A defensive driving school fund is established consisting of monies collected for the fee established by the supreme court pursuant to section 28-3397. B. The monies in the fund shall be used, subject to legislative appropriation, to supervise the use of defensive driving scho…

The supreme court may require a defensive driving school to be audited for compliance with the requirements of this article.

A. Subject to title 41, chapter 6, the director shall adopt rules for the administration and enforcement of this article. The director or the director's authorized representative shall inspect the school facilities and equipment used by applicants and licensees under this article…

A. Governmental agencies, corporations or individuals that conduct traffic survival school educational sessions approved by the department may collect a fee that is reasonable and commensurate for the educational sessions. B. Except as provided in section 28-3413, subsection B, p…

A. A person may not act as a traffic survival school unless the person applies for and obtains from the director a license in the manner and form prescribed by the director. B. Rules adopted by the director shall state the requirements for a school license, including: 1. Requirem…

B. An applicant or licensee who is aggrieved by the director's decision may make a written request to the department for a hearing within thirty days after service of notice of the refusal. If the applicant or licensee does not request a hearing within thirty days, the decision i…

A. Except as provided in section 32-4301, all licenses expire on the last day of the calendar year and may be renewed on application to the director as prescribed by rule. B. Each application for an original or renewal license to operate a traffic survival school shall be accompa…

A. If the director finds that the licensee has not complied with or has knowingly violated this article or any rule adopted pursuant to this article or has been convicted of a violation of title 13 or this title, the director may do either of the following: 1. Impose a civil pena…

A. If the director has reasonable cause to believe that a traffic survival school licensed pursuant to this article has violated or is violating a law of this state or rule adopted by the director, the director may immediately issue and serve on the licensee, by personal delivery…

A person who violates any provision of this article is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor.

A person who violates a provision of this chapter is subject to a civil penalty unless a different classification is provided by law.

A. A person shall not rent or lease a motor vehicle to another person unless either: 1. The other person is licensed to operate the vehicle under this chapter. 2. If the other person is a nonresident, the other person is licensed under the laws of the state or country of the othe…

A. Except as provided in section 28-3482, a person may not operate a motor vehicle on a public highway if the person's privilege to drive a motor vehicle is suspended, revoked, canceled or refused or if the person is disqualified from driving. B. A person who violates this sectio…

A person who knowingly causes or permits the person's child or ward or any person under eighteen years of age to drive a motor vehicle on a highway if the person is not authorized under this chapter or in violation of this chapter is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.

A person shall not authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle owned by that person or under that person's control to be driven on a highway by any other person who is not authorized under this chapter or in violation of this chapter.

A. A person who intentionally alters, forges or counterfeits a driver license or nonoperating identification license issued by this state, any other state, Canada or Mexico is guilty of falsification of a license. B. A person counterfeits a driver license or nonoperating identifi…

It is a class 2 misdemeanor for a person: 1. To knowingly display, cause or permit to be displayed or have in the person's possession a canceled, revoked, suspended, fictitious or fraudulently altered driver license. 2. To lend the person's driver license to another person or to …

A person who makes a false affidavit or who knowingly swears or affirms falsely to a matter or thing required by this chapter to be sworn to or affirmed is guilty of perjury and is subject to punishment as provided by law.

A. Except as provided in subsections B and C of this section, a person who operates a motor vehicle in violation of a driver license restriction is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor. B. If the restriction that is violated is the requirement to wear corrective lenses while operating…

A. A person who drives a commercial motor vehicle on a highway in this state without a valid appropriate class of commercial driver license or commercial driver license endorsement is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor. B. A driver of a commercial motor vehicle who provides false or…

A. A person may not drive a motor vehicle on a public highway if the person's privilege to drive a motor vehicle is suspended pursuant to section 28-3308. B. A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil traffic violation and is not subject to vehicle removal or i…

A person who is convicted of driving on a suspended class D or M license before January 1, 2011 may apply for a restricted privilege to drive on a form prescribed by the director. The department shall issue a restricted privilege to drive that is valid for one year and that limit…

A. A peace officer shall cause the removal and either immobilization or impoundment of a vehicle if the peace officer determines that: 1. A person is driving the vehicle while any of the following applies: (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, the person's driving…

A. An immobilizing or impounding agency shall release a vehicle before the end of the immobilization or impoundment period as follows: 1. To the registered owner, if the vehicle is a stolen vehicle. 2. To the registered owner, if the vehicle is subject to bailment and is driven b…

A. The immobilizing or impounding agency shall establish procedures for immobilization hearings or poststorage hearings, for the release of properly immobilized or impounded vehicles and for imposition of a charge for administrative costs relating to the removal, immobilization, …

A. If a peace officer removes and either immobilizes or impounds a vehicle pursuant to section 28-3511, the immobilizing or impounding agency may provide the owner, the spouse of the owner and any other person providing indicia of ownership or other interest in the vehicle immedi…

If a claim has not been made for the return or possession of the vehicle by a person legally entitled to the vehicle within the immobilization or impoundment period pursuant to this article, the person who has possession of the vehicle shall submit an abandoned vehicle report as …

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Judgment" means a judgment that has become final by expiration without appeal of the time within which an appeal might have been perfected or by final affirmation on appeal and that is rendered by a court of competent ju…

The director shall: 1. Administer and enforce this chapter. 2. Print for distribution to the public rules adopted to administer this chapter and furnish the rules to a person on application and payment of the cost as prescribed by the director.

This chapter does not apply to a motor vehicle that is either: 1. Owned by the United States, this state or a political subdivision of this state. 2. Except for section 28-4085, subject to the requirements of a provision of law requiring insurance or other security on certain typ…

This chapter does not: 1. Prevent the owner of a motor vehicle whose registration has been suspended under this chapter from effecting a bona fide sale of the motor vehicle to another person whose rights or privileges are not suspended under this chapter. 2. Prevent the transfere…

This chapter does not apply to any accident or judgment arising from an accident or to a violation of the motor vehicle laws of this state occurring before January 1, 1952.

This chapter does not prevent the plaintiff in an action at law from relying for relief on the other processes provided by law.

A. Except as provided in subsection E of this section, a person in whose name more than ten motor vehicles are registered or who is required to comply with the financial responsibility requirements prescribed in article 2 of this chapter may qualify as a self-insurer or partial s…

A. After consultation with insurance companies authorized to issue motor vehicle liability policies in this state, the director of the department of insurance and financial institutions shall approve a reasonable plan for the equitable apportionment among the companies of applica…

A. An owner's motor vehicle liability policy shall comply with the following: 1. The policy shall designate by explicit description or by appropriate reference all motor vehicles for which coverage is granted. If coverage is provided for a fleet of seven or more motor vehicles, t…

A. If two or more policies affording valid and collectible motor vehicle liability insurance apply to the same motor vehicle that is involved in an occurrence out of which a liability loss arises and one of the policies affords coverage to a named insured engaged in the business …

A. A self-insurer or partial self-insurer shall file a bond with the director on a form approved by the director with a surety company authorized by the corporation commission to transact business in this state as surety on the bond. The self-insurer or partial self-insurer shall…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Declared gross weight" has the meaning prescribed in section 28-5431. If a declaration has not been made, declared gross weight means gross weight. 2. "Gross weight" has the meaning prescribed in section 28-5431. 3. "Per…

1. A person who operates in the furtherance of a commercial enterprise in this state a motor vehicle or vehicle combination that has a declared gross weight of more than twenty thousand pounds shall comply with the financial responsibility requirements of this article and article…