Title 53, Title 53: Public Safety Code

53-3-213. Age and experience requirements to drive school bus or certain other carriers -- Misdemeanor to drive unauthorized class of motor vehicle -- Waiver of driving examination by third party certification. (1) A person must be at least 21 years of age: to drive any school bu…

53-3-214. Renewal -- Fees required -- Extension without examination. (1) The holder of a valid license may renew the holder's license and any endorsement to the license by applying: at any time within six months before the license expires; or more than six months prior to the exp…

53-3-214.5. License or identification card checkoff for vision screening. (1) A person who applies for a license or identification card or a renewal of a license or identification card may designate a voluntary contribution for vision screening of $2. (2) This contribution shall …

53-3-214.7. License or identification card checkoff for promoting and supporting organ donation. (1) A person who applies for a license or identification card or a renewal of a license or identification card may designate a voluntary contribution of $2 for the purpose of promotin…

53-3-214.8. License or identification card checkoff for public transportation for seniors or people with disabilities. (1) A person who applies for a license or identification card or a renewal of a license or identification card may designate a voluntary contribution of $1 for p…

53-3-215. Duplicate license certificate -- Fee. (1) If a license certificate issued under this chapter is lost, stolen, or destroyed, the person to whom the license certificate was issued may obtain a duplicate upon furnishing proof satisfactory to the division that the license c…

53-3-216. Change of address -- Duty of licensee to notify division within 10 days -- Change of name -- Proof necessary -- Method of giving notice by division. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), if an individual, after applying for or receiving a license, moves from the …

53-3-217. License to be carried when driving motor vehicle -- Production in court -- Violation. (1) The licensee shall have his license certificate in his immediate possession at all times when driving a motor vehicle. A licensee shall display his license certificate upon demand …

53-3-218. Court to report convictions and may recommend suspension of license -- Severity of speeding violation defined. (1) As used in this section, "conviction" means conviction by the court of first impression or final administrative determination in an administrative traffic …

53-3-219. Suspension of minor's driving privileges. (1) The division shall immediately suspend all driving privileges of any person upon receipt of an order suspending driving privileges under Section, Section, Subsection, or Section. 32B-4-409 32B-4-410 76-9-110(6)(a) 80-6-707 (…

53-3-220. Offenses requiring mandatory revocation, denial, suspension, or disqualification of license -- Offense requiring an extension of period -- Hearing -- Limited driving privileges. (1) The division shall immediately revoke or, when this chapter, Title 41, Chapter 1a, Motor…

53-3-221. Offenses that may result in denial, suspension, disqualification, or revocation of license -- Additional grounds for suspension -- Point system for traffic violations -- Notice and hearing -- Reporting of traffic violation procedures. (1) By following the procedures in,…

53-3-221.5. Disclosure of license information to the Office of Recovery Services. (1) The division shall disclose to the Office of Recovery Services the name, address, and other identifying information of each person: to whom a license has been issued; or whose driving privileges…

53-3-221.7. Disclosure of license information for the Utah White Collar Crime Offender Registry. (1) The division shall disclose to the attorney general, if requested, the following information for use in connection with the Utah White Collar Crime Offender Registry established b…

53-3-222. Purpose of revocation or suspension for driving under the influence. The Legislature finds that the purpose of this title relating to suspension or revocation of a person's license or privilege to drive a motor vehicle for driving with a blood alcohol content above a ce…

53-3-223. Chemical test for driving under the influence -- Temporary license -- Hearing and decision -- Suspension and fee -- Judicial review. (1) If a peace officer has reasonable grounds to believe that an individual may be violating or has violated Section,,, or, the peace off…

53-3-223.5. Telephonic or live audiovisual testimony at hearings. (1) In any division hearing authorized under this chapter or, the division may permit a party or witness to attend or to testify by telephone or live audiovisual means. Title 41, Chapter 6a, Part 5, Driving Under t…

53-3-224. Filing a petition for hearing -- Judicial review of license cancellation, revocation, or suspension -- Scope of review. (1) A person denied a license or whose license has been cancelled, suspended, or revoked by the division following an administrative hearing may seek …

53-3-225. Eligibility for new license after revocation. (1) Except as provided in Subsectionsand, a person whose license has been revoked under this chapter may not apply for or receive any new license until the expiration of one year from the date the former license was revoked.…

53-3-226. Grounds for confiscation of licenses, plates, and other articles issued by state. (1) The division or a peace officer acting in his official capacity may take possession of any certificate of title, registration card, decal, permit, license certificate, permit, registra…

53-3-227. Driving a motor vehicle prohibited while driving privilege denied, suspended, disqualified, or revoked -- Penalties. (1) A person whose driving privilege has been denied, suspended, disqualified, or revoked under this chapter or under the laws of the state in which the …

53-3-229. Prohibited uses of license certificate -- Penalty. (1) It is a class C misdemeanor for an individual to: lend or knowingly permit the use of a license certificate issued to the individual, by another individual not entitled to the license certificate; display or represe…

53-3-231. Person under 21 may not operate a vehicle or motorboat with detectable alcohol in body -- Chemical test procedures -- Temporary license -- Hearing and decision -- Suspension of license or operating privilege -- Fees -- Judicial review -- Referral to local substance abus…

53-3-234. Driver license application -- Selective Service Registration -- Statement. (1) The following information for each male United States citizen or immigrant under the age of 26 shall be electronically transmitted by the division to the Selective Service System: name; addre…

53-3-235. Electronic license certificate or identification card. (1) On or before January 1, 2021, the division shall establish a pilot program for a process and system for an individual to obtain an electronic license certificate or identification card. Based on information and …

53-3-236. Interdicted person identifier -- License notation. (1) If the division receives a notification from a court as provided in Section,,, or, that an individual is an interdicted person, the division: 41-6a-505 41-6a-509 76-5-102.1 76-5-207 may accept an application from th…

53-3-237. Driver license notation of tribal membership. (1) As used in this section: "Bureau of Indian Affairs affidavit of birth" or "tribal affidavit of birth" means an affidavit of birth issued by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs that includes: the individual's name;…

53-3-301. Short title. This part is known as the "Impaired Persons Licensing Act."

53-3-302. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Board" means the Driver License Medical Advisory Board created in Section. 53-3-303 (2) "Health care professional" means a physician or surgeon licensed to practice medicine in the state, or when recommended by the Medical Advisor…

53-3-303. Driver License Medical Advisory Board -- Membership -- Guidelines for licensing impaired persons -- Recommendations to division. (1) There is created within the division the Driver License Medical Advisory Board. (2) The board is comprised of three regular members appoi…

53-3-303.5. Driver License Medical Advisory Board -- Medical waivers. (1) The Driver License Medical Advisory Board shall: advise the director of the division; and establish and recommend in a manner specified by the board functional ability profile guidelines and standards for d…

53-3-304. Licensing of persons with impairments -- Medical review -- Restricted license -- Procedures. (1) If the division has reason to believe that an applicant for a license or a mobility vehicle permit is a person with an impairment, the division may require one or both of th…

53-3-305. Notification of impaired person to the division -- Confidentiality of notification -- Rulemaking -- Penalty. (1) A person who is aware of a physical, mental, or emotional impairment of another person that appears to present an imminent threat to driving safety may notif…

53-3-401. Short title. This part is known as the "Uniform Commercial Driver License Act."

53-3-401.1. Conflict with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations supersede any conflicting provisions of this chapter pertaining to licensing of commercial motor vehicle operators.

53-3-402. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Alcohol" means any substance containing any form of alcohol, including ethanol, methanol, propanol, and isopropanol. (2) "Alcohol concentration" means the number of grams of alcohol per: 100 milliliters of blood; 210 liters of bre…

53-3-403. Superseding clause. This part supersedes the general licensing provisions of state law contained in, and, of this chapter.

53-3-404. Requirements to drive commercial motor vehicle. (1) A person may not drive a commercial motor vehicle, unless the person has been issued and is in immediate possession of: a CDL license certificate valid for the commercial motor vehicle the person is driving; or a valid…

53-3-405. Authority to drive commercial motor vehicle in Utah. (1) A person who holds or is required to hold a CDL may drive a commercial motor vehicle in this state if: the person has a CDL issued by any state in accordance with the minimum federal standards for the issuance of …

53-3-406. Commercial motor vehicle driver -- Only one license. Any person who drives a commercial motor vehicle may only have one license.

53-3-407. Qualifications for commercial driver license -- Fee -- Third parties may administer skills test. (1) As used in this section, "CDL driver training school" means a business enterprise conducted by an individual, association, partnership, or corporation that: educates and…

53-3-407.1. Commercial driver license third party tester or third party examiner license -- Fingerprint background check required. (1) A commercial driver license third party tester or commercial driver license third party examiner shall be licensed by the division to be eligible…

53-3-408. Qualifications for commercial driver instruction permit. (1) The division may issue a CDIP to a person who: is 18 years of age or older; holds a valid license; has at least one year of driving experience; and has passed the vision and knowledge test for the class of lic…

53-3-409. Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. (1) The division shall query the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse before: issuing an original CDL or CDIP; renewing a CDL or CDIP; issuing a duplicate CDL or CDIP; upgrading a CDL or CDIP; or transferring a CDL or CDIP from another jurisdic…

53-3-410. Applicant information required for CDIP and CDL -- State resident to have state CDL. (1) The application for a CDL, limited-term CDL, or CDIP shall include the following information regarding the applicant: full legal name; current mailing address; Utah residential addr…

53-3-410.1. Medical certification requirements. (1) A person whose medical certification status is: "non-excepted interstate" under Subsectionis required to provide the division a medical self-certification and an updated medical examiner's certificate under 49 C.F.R. Sec. 391.45…