Title 41, Title 41: Motor Vehicles

41-12a-201. Administration of laws under Title 41, Chapter 12a -- Compliance with Administrative Procedures Act. (1) The department shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and may adopt rules as necessary for its administration. (2) The department shall comply…

41-12a-202. Access to accident reports. (1) Accident reports and supplemental information as required under this chapter are protected and are for the confidential use of the department and other state, local, or federal government agencies and may be disclosed only as provided i…

41-12a-301. Definitions -- Requirement of owner's or operator's security -- Exceptions. (1) As used in this section: "Highway" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 41-1a-102 "Local education agency" or "LEA" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 53E-1-1…

41-12a-302. Operating motor vehicle without owner's or operator's security -- Penalty. (1) As used in this section: "Evidence of owner's or operator's security" means the following information regarding a motor vehicle: a copy of an operator's valid: insurance policy; insurance p…

41-12a-303. Condition to obtaining registration, license plates, or safety inspection. The owner of a motor vehicle required to maintain owner's security under Sectionmay be required to swear or affirm, in a manner specified by the State Tax Commission, or present other reasonabl…

41-12a-303.3. Providing false evidence of owner's or operator's security -- Penalty. A person who provides evidence of owner's or operator's security to a peace officer under Sectionknowing or having reason to believe that the evidence of owner's or operator's security is false o…

41-12a-304. No-fault tort immunity ineffective. The owner of a motor vehicle on which owner's or operator's security is required under Sectionwho fails to have the security in effect at the time of an accident does not have immunity from tort liability under Subsection. This owne…

41-12a-305. Assigned risk plan. Sectionapplies to an assigned risk plan. This continues the assigned risk plan established under Chapter 242, Laws of Utah 1985, with any modifications from.

41-12a-306. Claims adjustment by persons with owner's or operator's security other than insurance. (1) An owner or operator of a motor vehicle with respect to whom owner's or operator's security is maintained by a means other than an insurance policy under Subsectionor, shall ref…

41-12a-401. Means of providing proof of owner's or operator's security. (1) Whenever proof of owner's or operator's security is required under this chapter, it may be provided by filing with the department any of the following: a certificate of insurance under Sectionor; 41-12a-4…

41-12a-402. Insurance certificate as proof of owner's or operator's security -- Resident. Proof of owner's or operator's security may be furnished by filing with the department the written certificate of any insurer licensed in Utah certifying that there is in effect an insurance…

41-12a-403. Insurance certificate as proof of owner's or operator's security -- Nonresident. (1) The nonresident owner of a motor vehicle not registered in Utah may give proof of owner's or operator's security by filing with the department the written certificate of an insurer li…

41-12a-404. Limitation on cancellation of coverage specified in certificate. When an insurer has certified an insurance policy under Sectionsor, the policy may not be terminated unless notice of termination is filed with the department no later than 10 days after termination. How…

41-12a-405. Surety bond as proof of owner's or operator's security. (1) Proof of owner's or operator's security may be furnished by filing with the department a copy of a surety bond, certified by the surety, which conforms to Subsection. The bond may not be canceled except after…

41-12a-406. State treasurer's certificate as proof of owner's or operator's security. (1) Proof of owner's or operator's security may be furnished by delivering to the department the certificate of the state treasurer certifying that the person named in it has deposited in trust …

41-12a-407. Certificate of self-funded coverage as proof of owner's or operator's security. (1) The department may, upon the application of any person, issue a certificate of self-funded coverage when it is satisfied that the person has: more than 24 motor vehicles; and deposits,…

41-12a-408. Substitution of forms of proof of owner's or operator's security. The department shall consent to the cancellation of any bond or certificate of insurance or the department shall direct and the state treasurer shall return any money or securities to the person entitle…

41-12a-409. Power to require proof of owner's or operator's security in other form. If, after a hearing, the department determines that a particular proof of owner's or operator's security filed under this chapter no longer fulfills the purposes for which it is required, the depa…

41-12a-410. Employee and family relationships. Whenever any person required to give proof of owner's or operator's security is an operator in the employ of any owner, or is a member of the immediate family or household of the owner, the department shall accept proof of security b…

41-12a-411. Duration of proof of owner's or operator's security. (1) Except as otherwise provided under this section, any person required to give proof of owner's or operator's security shall maintain that proof with the department for a period of three years from the date the fi…

41-12a-501. Post-accident security. (1) Unless excepted under Subsection, the operator of a motor vehicle involved in an accident in the state and any owner who has not previously satisfied the requirement of security under Sectionshall file post-accident security with the depart…

41-12a-502. Accident reports. (1) Accident reports required under Sectionshall contain information to enable the department to determine whether the owner and operator of the automobile involved in the accident were in compliance with the security requirement of Section. 41-6a-40…

41-12a-503. Conditions to license, registration, and privilege renewal. The license, registration, and nonresident's operating privilege suspended under Subsectionremain suspended and may not be renewed nor may that license or registration be issued until one of the following is …

41-12a-504. Payments by insurers as evidence to the department. (1) The department may accept evidence of a payment to an operator or owner of a motor vehicle involved in an accident by the insurer of any other person involved in the accident on account of damage to property as e…

41-12a-505. Effect upon nonresident of use of state highways. (1) The use and operation by a nonresident or his agent, or of a resident who has departed Utah, of a motor vehicle on Utah highways is an appointment of the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code as the true and…

41-12a-506. Application to persons without license or registration. If the operator or the owner of a motor vehicle involved in an accident in Utah has no license or registration in Utah, or is a nonresident, the operator or owner may not obtain a license or registration in Utah …

41-12a-507. Cooperation with other states. (1) When a nonresident's operating privilege is suspended under this chapter, the department shall send a certified copy of the record of the action to the official in charge of the issuance of licenses and registration certificates in t…

41-12a-508. Form and amount of post-accident security. (1) The post-accident security required under Subsectionshall be in the form of cash, cashier's check, a national or Utah bank's clean and irrevocable letter of credit, or the assignment of a bank's certificate of deposit. Th…

41-12a-509. Custody and terms of post-accident security deposits. Post-accident security deposited in compliance with Subsectionshall be placed by the department in the custody of the state treasurer and may be applied only to the payment of judgments rendered against the persons…

41-12a-510. Report, findings, action, and security as evidence. Neither the report required under Section, nor the department's findings, action, or requirement of post-accident security under this chapter may be referred to in any way, nor be any evidence of negligence or due ca…

41-12a-511. Failure to satisfy judgment. (1) Whenever any person fails within 60 days to satisfy any judgment, it is the duty of the clerk of the court or of the judge of a court which has no clerk in which any such judgment is rendered in Utah, upon the written request of the ju…

41-12a-512. When judgments deemed satisfied. Judgments arising from a single accident which in the aggregate are in excess of the minimum single limit under Subsectionshall be considered satisfied in full, for the purpose of this chapter only, when payments equal to that limit ha…

41-12a-513. Payment of judgment in installments. (1) A judgment debtor upon due notice to the judgment creditor may apply to the court in which the judgment was rendered for the privilege of paying the judgment in installments. The court, in its discretion and without prejudice t…

41-12a-601. Collusive transfers prohibited. If an owner's registration has been suspended under this chapter, the registration may not be transferred nor the motor vehicle registered in any other name until the department is satisfied that the transfer or registration is proposed…

41-12a-602. Filing of false report. Any person who gives information required in a report provided for under Section, knowing or having reason to believe that the information is false, or who shall forge or, without authority, sign any evidence of proof of owner's or operator's s…

41-12a-603. Operating motor vehicle without license or registration. Any person whose license or registration or nonresident's operating privilege has been suspended or revoked under this chapter and who, during the suspension or revocation drives any motor vehicle upon any highw…

41-12a-604. Suspension of license. (1) A person convicted of a class A or a class B misdemeanor under this chapter, in addition to any other penalties which are imposed by law, shall have the person's operator's license suspended by the department. (2) Whenever any person is conv…

41-12a-605. Other violations. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter for which no penalty is otherwise provided is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.

41-12a-606. Authority of political subdivisions to adopt ordinances. The provisions of this chapter shall be applied uniformly throughout the state and in all municipalities and other political subdivisions. Local authorities may, however, adopt regulations or ordinances consiste…

41-12a-801. Title. This part is known as the "Uninsured Motorist Identification Database Program."

41-12a-802. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Account" means the Uninsured Motorist Identification Restricted Account created in Section. 41-12a-806 (2) "Database" means the Uninsured Motorist Identification Database created in Section. 41-12a-803 (3) "Designated agent" mea…

41-12a-803. Program creation -- Administration -- Selection of designated agent -- Duties -- Rulemaking -- Audits. (1) There is created the Uninsured Motorist Identification Database Program to: establish an Uninsured Motorist Identification Database to verify compliance with: mo…

41-12a-804. Notice -- Proof -- Revocation of registration -- False statements -- Penalties -- Exemptions -- Sales tax enforcement. (1) Subject to Subsection, if the comparison under Sectionshows that a motor vehicle is not insured for three consecutive months, or a motorboat is n…

41-12a-805. Disclosure of insurance information -- Penalty. (1) Information in the database established under Sectionprovided by a person to the designated agent is considered to be the property of the person providing the information. 41-12a-803 (2) The information may not be di…

41-12a-806. Restricted account -- Creation -- Funding -- Interest -- Purposes. (1) There is created within the Transportation Fund a restricted account known as the "Uninsured Motorist Identification Restricted Account." (2) The account consists of money generated from the follow…