2006 Utah Code - 41-6a-1803 — Driver and passengers -- Seat belt or child restraint device required.

     41-6a-1803.   Driver and passengers -- Seat belt or child restraint device required.
     (1) The operator of a motor vehicle operated on a highway shall:
     (a) wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt;
     (b) provide for the protection of each person younger than five years of age by using a child restraint device to restrain each person in the manner prescribed by the manufacturer of the device; and
     (c) provide for the protection of each person five years of age up to 16 years of age by:
     (i) using an appropriate child restraint device to restrain each person in the manner prescribed by the manufacturer of the device; or
     (ii) securing, or causing to be secured, a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt on each person.
     (2) A passenger who is 16 years of age or older of a motor vehicle operated on a highway shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt.
     (3) If more than one person is not using a child restraint device or wearing a safety belt in violation of Subsection (1), it is only one offense and the driver may receive only one citation.
     (4) For a person 19 years of age or older who violates Subsection (1)(a) or (2), enforcement by a state or local law enforcement officer shall be only as a secondary action when the person has been detained for a suspected violation of Title 41, Motor Vehicles, other than Subsection (1)(a) or (2), or for another offense.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 2, 2005 General Session