2006 Utah Code - 53-3-212 — Owner giving permission and minor liable for damages caused by minor driving a motor vehicle.

     53-3-212.   Owner giving permission and minor liable for damages caused by minor driving a motor vehicle.
     (1) The owner of a motor vehicle causing or knowingly permitting a person younger than 18 years of age to drive the motor vehicle on a highway, or a person who gives or furnishes a motor vehicle to the minor, are each jointly and severally liable with the minor for any damages caused by the negligence of the minor in driving the motor vehicle.
     (2) This liability provision is in addition to the liability provisions in Section 53-3-211.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 234, 1993 General Session

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