Title 41, Motor Vehicles

41-1a-706. When division to transfer and issue new certificate. The division shall reregister a vehicle in the name of the new owner and issue a new certificate of registration and a new certificate of title: (1) upon receipt of the: (a) properly endorsed certificate of title; (b…

41-1a-708. Owner not liable for negligent operation after transfer. The owner of a vehicle or vessel who has made a bona fide sale or transfer of the owner's title or interest and who has delivered to the purchaser or transferee possession of the vehicle or vessel, the certificat…

41-1a-709. Dealer transfer of used off-highway vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor. Upon the resale or subsequent transfer by a dealer of a used off-highway vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor, the dealer shall endorse the certificate of title and forward it, accompanied by the tra…

41-1a-710. Certificate of origin required for acquisition or resale of vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor. (1) A dealer may not acquire a new vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor without obtaining a manufacturer's or importer's certificate of origin. (2) A manufacturer, importer, d…

41-1a-711. Compliance of foreign motor vehicle required prior to sale -- Penalty. (1) A person may not knowingly sell or offer for sale in this state any vehicle referred to in Section 41-1a-225 without providing to the purchaser at the time of purchase evidence of: (a) legal ent…

41-1a-712. Foreign vehicle disclosure requirements -- Penalties -- Civil damages. (1) A person may not knowingly sell or offer for sale in this state any vehicle that was initially delivered for disposition or sale in a country other than the United States of America unless, prio…

41-1a-801. Altered or changed identification number -- State assigned identification number. (1) The owner of a vehicle required to be registered under this chapter, the identification number of which has been altered, removed, defaced, or has not been placed on it shall make app…

41-1a-802. Identification number inspectors -- Duties. (1) The following are qualified identification number inspectors: (a) the commission; (b) designated officers and employees of the division; (c) a person operating a safety inspection station under Title 53, Chapter 8, Part 2…

41-1a-803. Identification numbers -- Assigning numbers -- Requirement for sale. (1)(a) If a vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor has a permanent manufacturer's identification number, the number shall be used as the vehicle's, vessel's, or outboard motor's identification number. (b)…

41-1a-804. Garagemen, repair shops, and service stations -- Duty to report number violations. A person owning, conducting, managing, or operating a service station, marina, marine dealership, public garage, paint shop, or repair shop for vehicles, vessels, or outboard motors shal…

41-1a-901. Odometer required. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), each motor vehicle required to be registered under this chapter shall be equipped with a properly functioning odometer. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a street-legal all-terrain vehicle that was not equ…

41-1a-902. Odometer disclosure statement -- Contents -- Receipt -- Exceptions. (1) Each motor vehicle certificate of title, at the time it is issued to the transferee, shall contain: (a) the mileage disclosed by the transferor when ownership of the motor vehicle was transferred; …

41-1a-903. Leased motor vehicles -- Disclosure of odometer information. (1)(a) Before executing any transfer of ownership document, each lessor of a leased motor vehicle shall notify the lessee in writing that the lessee is required to provide a written disclosure to the lessor r…

41-1a-904. Retention of statements by dealers -- Inspection. (1) Each dealer required to execute and furnish an odometer mileage disclosure statement under Section 41-1a-902 shall retain at its primary place of business for four years after each transfer of a motor vehicle each s…

41-1a-905. Division to print mileage on certificate of title -- Exceptions. (1) The division, before accepting an application for transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle under Part 7, Transfer of Ownership, shall require the transferee to furnish the completed odometer disclosur…

41-1a-906. Repair or replacement of odometer -- Notice affixed to motor vehicle. (1) Sections 41-1a-902 through 41-1a-905 do not prevent the repair or replacement of an odometer, provided the mileage indicated on the odometer remains the same as before the repair or replacement. …

41-3-101. Short title. This chapter is known as the Motor Vehicle Business Regulation Act.

41-3-102. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Administrator" means the motor vehicle enforcement administrator. (2)(a) "Affiliate" means a person that: (i) manufactures, distributes, sells, or leases new motor vehicles; and (ii) directly or indirectly, through one or more …

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 2…

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…

41-3-105. Administrator's powers and duties -- Administrator and investigators to be law enforcement officers. (1) The administrator may make rules to carry out the purposes of this chapter and Sections 41-1a-1001 through 41-1a-1006 according to the procedures and requirements of…

41-3-107. Attorney general -- Duty to render opinions and to represent or appear for administrator . The attorney general shall: (1) represent the administrator and the division; (2) give opinions on all questions of law relating to the interpretation of this chapter or arising o…

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.

41-3-109. Adjudicative proceedings -- Hearings. The commission, the division, 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 chap…

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 restri…

41-3-201. Licenses required -- Restitution -- Education. (1) As used in this section, "new applicant" means a person who is applying for a license that the person has not been issued during the previous licensing year. (2) A person may not act as any of the following without havi…

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 vehicle…

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 th…

41-3-202. Licenses -- Classes and scope. (1) A new motor vehicle dealer's license permits the licensee to: (a) offer for sale, sell, or exchange new motor vehicles if the licensee possesses a franchise from the manufacturer of the motor vehicle offered for sale, sold, or exchange…

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 f…

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 …

41-3-204. Licenses -- Principal place of business as prerequisite -- Change of location -- Relinquishment on loss of principal place of business. (1)(a) The following licensees must maintain a principal place of business: (i) dealers; (ii) special equipment dealers; (iii) manufac…

41-3-205. Licenses -- Bonds required -- Maximum liability -- Action against surety -- Loss of bond. (1)(a) Before a dealer's, special equipment dealer's, crusher's, or body shop's license is issued, the applicant shall file with the administrator a corporate surety bond in the am…

41-3-205.5. Licenses -- Criminal background check required on salesperson's licenses -- Payment of cost. (1)(a) Every applicant for a salesperson's license shall submit fingerprints with a completed application to the division. (b) An individual required to renew a salesperson li…

41-3-206. Duration of licenses -- Expiration date -- Renewal. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), each license issued under this chapter expires on June 30 of each year and may be renewed upon application and payment of a fee required under Section 41-3-601, if the license …

41-3-207. New motor vehicle dealer's license -- Change, addition, or loss of franchise -- Notification -- Relinquishment of license and relicensing as used motor vehicle dealer -- Continuance in business to dispose of stock. (1) If a dealer changes to, adds, cancels, or loses a f…

41-3-207.5. Liquidation of inventory for suspended used motor vehicle dealers. (1) A used motor vehicle dealer whose used motor vehicle dealer's license has been suspended may liquidate any remaining inventory by selling the remaining used motor vehicles to: (a) a licensed auto a…

41-3-208. Salesperson's license -- Relinquishment upon loss or change of employment -- Notice to salesperson -- New license required. (1) If a salesperson is discharged from or leaves the salesperson's employer, the dealer who last employed the salesperson shall return the salesp…

41-3-209. Administrator's findings -- Suspension and revocation of license. (1) If the administrator finds that an applicant is not qualified to receive a license, a license may not be granted. (2)(a) If the administrator finds that there is reasonable cause to deny, suspend, or …

41-3-210. License holders -- Prohibitions, allowances, and requirements. (1) The holder of any license issued under this chapter may not: (a) intentionally publish, display, or circulate any advertising that is misleading or inaccurate in any material fact or that misrepresents a…

41-3-211. Unlawful acts or practices. (1) A licensee may not knowingly or intentionally engage in any of the following unlawful acts or practices: (a) provide a financial institution or person being contacted to provide financing for the purchase of a motor vehicle, a motor vehic…

41-3-301. Sale by dealer, sale by auction -- Temporary permit -- Delivery of certificate of title or origin -- Notice to division. (1)(a) Each dealer licensed under Part 2, Licensing, upon the sale and delivery of any motor vehicle for which a temporary permit is issued under Sec…

41-3-302. Temporary permits -- Purchasers of motor vehicles -- Penalty for use after expiration -- Sale and rescission. (1)(a)(i) A dealer or the division may issue a temporary permit. (ii) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the administr…

41-3-303. Temporary permits -- Inspections required before issuance. (1) Except as provided in Subsections (2) and (3), a dealer licensed in accordance with this chapter may not issue a temporary permit for a motor vehicle under Section 41-3-302 unless the motor vehicle passed an…

41-3-304. Temporary permits -- Temporary sports event registration certificate -- Suspension or revocation of dealer's authority to issue -- Return of temporary permits to division -- Refunds -- Appeal. (1) The division may suspend or revoke a dealer's authority to issue a tempor…

41-3-305. In-transit permits -- Limits -- Tax provision. (1) Under rules made by the administrator, in-transit permits may be issued by the division or its authorized representatives. (2) In-transit permits allow use of the highways for a time period not to exceed 96 hours. (3) B…