2006 Utah Code - 41-12a-302 — Operating motor vehicle without owner\'s or operator\'s security -- Penalty.

     41-12a-302.   Operating motor vehicle without owner's or operator's security -- Penalty.
     (1) Any owner of a motor vehicle on which owner's or operator's security is required under Section 41-12a-301, who operates his vehicle or permits it to be operated on a highway in this state without owner's security being in effect is guilty of a class B misdemeanor, and the fine shall be not less than:
     (a) $400 for a first offense; and
     (b) $1,000 for a second and subsequent offense within three years of a previous conviction or bail forfeiture.
     (2) (a) Except as provided under Subsection (2)(b), any other person who operates a motor vehicle upon a highway in Utah with the knowledge that the owner does not have owner's security in effect for the motor vehicle is also guilty of a class B misdemeanor, and the fine shall be not less than:
     (i) $400 for a first offense; and
     (ii) $1,000 for a second and subsequent offense within three years of a previous conviction or bail forfeiture.
     (b) A person that has in effect owner's security on a Utah-registered motor vehicle or its equivalent that covers the operation, by the person, of the motor vehicle in question is exempt from this Subsection (2).

Amended by Chapter 35, 1998 General Session