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2011 Utah Code
Title 41 Motor Vehicles
Chapter 1a Motor Vehicle Act
- Section 101 Short title.
- Section 102 Definitions.
- Section 103 Commission to administer chapter.
- Section 104 Commission powers.
- Section 105 Commission to create forms.
- Section 106 Division created.
- Section 107 Commission, division, and officers to enforce chapter -- Duties.
- Section 108 Division inspection of applications for registration, certificate of title, or license plate.
- Section 109 Grounds for division refusing registration or certificate of title.
- Section 110 Authority of division to suspend or revoke registration, certificate of title, license plate, or permit.
- Section 111 Cancellation, suspension, or revocation of registration -- Return of registration items.
- Section 112 Authority to administer oaths.
- Section 113 Power to summon witnesses and take testimony -- Service of summons -- Witness fees -- Failure to appear.
- Section 114 Method of giving notice.
- Section 115 Division records -- Copies.
- Section 116 Records -- Access to records -- Fees.
- Section 117 Adjudicative proceedings.
- Section 118 Seizure of documents and plates -- Grounds -- Receipt.
- Section 119 Emergency procedures for collection of fees.
- Section 120 Participation in Uninsured Motorist Identification Database Program.
- Section 121 Electronic Payment Fee Restricted Account.
- Section 201 Function of registration -- Registration required.
- Section 202 Definitions -- Vehicles exempt from registration -- Registration of vehicles after establishing residency.
- Section 203 Prerequisites for registration, transfer of ownership, or registration renewal.
- Section 204 Identification number inspection.
- Section 205 Safety inspection certificate required for renewal or registration of motor vehicle -- Exemptions.
- Section 206 Payment of property taxes or in lieu fees before registration.
- Section 207 Vehicles assessed by commission.
- Section 208 Payment of automobile driver education tax prerequisite to registration of motor vehicle.
- Section 209 Application for registration -- Contents.
- Section 210 Examination of registration records and indices of stolen and recovered vehicles.
- Section 210.5 Driver license required on new registrations.
- Section 211 Temporary permits -- Other laws applied.
- Section 212 Division to issue registration card.
- Section 213 Contents of registration cards.
- Section 214 Registration card to be signed, carried, and exhibited.
- Section 215 Staggered registration dates -- Exceptions.
- Section 215.5 Six-month registration.
- Section 216 Renewal of registration.
- Section 217 Application for renewal of registration.
- Section 218 Notice of change of address.
- Section 219 Change of name -- New registration.
- Section 220 Lost or damaged registration card.
- Section 221 Registration of vehicles of political subdivisions or state -- Renewal of registration -- Expiration of registration -- Certification of information -- Failure to comply.
- Section 222 Application for multiyear registration -- Payment of taxes -- Penalties.
- Section 223 Registration without Utah title.
- Section 224 Registration of specially constructed, reconstructed, or foreign vehicles -- Surrender of foreign registration.
- Section 225 Foreign vehicle compliance with federal law -- English translation -- Temporary permit.
- Section 226 Vintage vehicle -- Signed statement -- Registration certificate.
- Section 227 Campers -- Registration and display of decal -- Nonresident exceptions.
- Section 228 Special lifetime trailer registration -- Property tax or in lieu fees.
- Section 229 Display of gross laden weight.
- Section 230 Registration checkoff for vision screening.
- Section 230.5 Registration checkoff for promoting and supporting organ donation.
- Section 230.6 Registration checkoff for protecting access to public lands and promoting off-highway vehicle education.
- Section 231 Special mobile equipment status.
- Section 301 Apportioned registration and licensing of interstate vehicles.
- Section 303 Cooperation for electronic credentialing.
- Section 401 License plates -- Number of plates -- Reflectorization -- Indicia of registration in lieu of or used with plates.
- Section 402 Required colors, numerals, and letters -- Expiration.
- Section 403 Plates to be legible from 100 feet.
- Section 404 Location and position of plates.
- Section 407 Plates issued to political subdivisions or state -- Use of "EX" letters -- Confidential information.
- Section 410 Eligibility for personalized plates.
- Section 411 Application for personalized plates -- Refusal authorized.
- Section 412 Design of personalized plates.
- Section 413 Personalized plates -- Sale of vehicle -- Transfer of plates -- Release of priority.
- Section 414 Parking privileges for persons with disabilities.
- Section 415 Lost or damaged license plate.
- Section 416 Original issue license plates -- Alternative stickers -- Rulemaking.
- Section 418 (Superseded 10/01/11) Authorized special group license plates.
- Section 418 (Effective 01/01/12) Authorized special group license plates.
- Section 418 (Effective 10/01/11) Authorized special group license plates.
- Section 419 Plate design -- Vintage vehicle certification and registration -- Personalized special group license plates -- Rulemaking.
- Section 420 Disability special group license plates -- Application and qualifications -- Rulemaking.
- Section 421 Honor special group license plates -- Personal identity requirements.
- Section 422 (Superseded 10/01/11) Support special group license plates -- Contributor -- Voluntary contribution collection procedures.
- Section 422 (Effective 01/01/12) Support special group license plates -- Contributor -- Voluntary contribution collection procedures.
- Section 422 (Effective 10/01/11) Support special group license plates -- Contributor -- Voluntary contribution collection procedures.
- Section 501 Certificate of title required.
- Section 503 Certificate of title or Affidavit of Mobile Home Affixture required -- Application by owner.
- Section 504 Exceptions to title requirements for vehicles.
- Section 505 Exceptions to title requirements for vessels and outboard motors.
- Section 506 Exceptions to title requirements for manufactured homes or mobile homes.
- Section 507 Exceptions to title requirements for off-highway vehicles.
- Section 508 Prerequisites for titling.
- Section 509 Manufacturer's certificate of origin or title.
- Section 510 Sales tax payment required.
- Section 511 Identification number inspection.
- Section 512 Application for title.
- Section 513 Examination of registration records and indices of stolen and recovered vehicles, vessels, and outboard motors.
- Section 514 Certificate of title -- Contents.
- Section 515 Delivery of certificate by division.
- Section 516 Annual renewal of titles unnecessary -- Superseded certificates invalid.
- Section 517 Change of name -- New title.
- Section 518 Duplicate titles.
- Section 519 Dealer requirements for certificate of title or Affidavit of Mobile Home Affixture.
- Section 520 Registration without issuing Utah title.
- Section 521 Release of prior certificate of title.
- Section 522 Record of nonconforming vehicle -- Access -- Brand -- Unbranding.
- Section 601 Lien validity -- Security interest.
- Section 602 Application for original registration.
- Section 603 Issuance of new certificate of title -- Lienholder.
- Section 604 Filing effective to give notice of liens.
- Section 605 Constructive notice.
- Section 606 Method of giving notice -- Exceptions.
- Section 607 Assignment by lienholder.
- Section 608 Release by lienholder to owner.
- Section 609 Terminal rental adjustment clauses.
- Section 701 Transfer by owner -- Removal of plates.
- Section 702 Endorsement of assignment and warranty of title -- Co-owners.
- Section 703 New owner to secure new registration and new certificate of title.
- Section 704 Transfer by operation of law.
- Section 705 New owner may register and title or upon transfer execute an assignment.
- Section 706 When division to transfer and issue new certificate.
- Section 708 Owner not liable for negligent operation after transfer.
- Section 709 Dealer transfer of used off-highway vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor.
- Section 710 Certificate of origin required for acquisition or resale of vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor.
- Section 711 Compliance of foreign motor vehicle required prior to sale -- Penalty.
- Section 712 Foreign vehicle disclosure requirements -- Penalties -- Civil damages.
- Section 801 Altered or changed identification number -- State assigned identification number.
- Section 802 Identification number inspectors -- Duties.
- Section 803 Identification numbers -- Assigning numbers -- Requirement for sale.
- Section 804 Garagemen, repair shops, and service stations -- Duty to report number violations.
- Section 901 Odometer required.
- Section 902 Odometer disclosure statement -- Contents -- Receipt -- Exceptions.
- Section 903 Leased motor vehicles -- Disclosure of odometer information.
- Section 904 Retention of statements by dealers -- Inspection.
- Section 905 Division to print mileage on certificate of title -- Exceptions.
- Section 906 Repair or replacement of odometer -- Notice affixed to motor vehicle.
- Section 1001 Definitions.
- Section 1002 Unbranded title -- Prerepair inspections -- Interim repair inspections -- Repair.
- Section 1003 Unbranded certificate of title -- Application.
- Section 1004 Certificate of title -- Salvage vehicles.
- Section 1005 Salvage vehicle -- Declaration by insurance company -- Surrender of title -- Salvage certificate of title.
- Section 1006 Vehicle damaged out-of-state -- Division to make a record.
- Section 1007 Fees.
- Section 1008 Criminal penalty for violation.
- Section 1009 Abandoned and inoperable vehicles, vessels, and outboard motors -- Determination by commission -- Disposal of vehicles.
- Section 1010 Permit required to dismantle vehicle -- Duties upon receiving the permit -- Exceptions.
- Section 1011 Use of dismantling permit.
- Section 1012 Destruction or change of vessel or outboard motor -- Cancellation of certificate of title.
- Section 1101 Seizure -- Circumstances where permitted -- Impound lot standards.
- Section 1102 Storage -- Establishing ownership.
- Section 1103 Sale.
- Section 1104 Disposition of proceeds from sale.
- Section 1105 Records to be kept by public garage, impound lot, or impound yard.
- Section 1106 Storage of vehicles, vessels, and outboard motors -- Reports required.
- Section 1201 Disposition of fees.
- Section 1202 Refused or rejected application -- Refunds.
- Section 1203 Application for refund.
- Section 1204 Automobile driver education fee -- Amount -- When paid -- Exception.
- Section 1205 Disposition of driver education tax -- Expense appropriation.
- Section 1206 Registration fees -- Fees by gross laden weight.
- Section 1207 Reduced fees for portion of year.
- Section 1208 Fees for duplicate certificates of registration.
- Section 1209 Exemptions from registration fees.
- Section 1210 Fees for original and duplicate certificates of title.
- Section 1211 License plate fees -- Application fees for issuance and renewal of personalized and special group license plates -- Replacement fee for license plates -- Postage fees.
- Section 1212 Fee for replacement of license plate decals.
- Section 1213 No fee for identification number inspection.
- Section 1218 Uninsured motorist identification fee for tracking motor vehicle insurance -- Exemption -- Deposit.
- Section 1219 Motor carrier fee.
- Section 1220 Registration reinstatement fee.
- Section 1221 Fees to cover the cost of electronic payments.
- Section 1222 Local option highway construction and transportation corridor preservation fee -- Exemptions -- Deposit -- Transfer -- County ordinance -- Notice.
- Section 1223 Local emissions compliance fee -- Exemptions -- Transfer -- County ordinance -- Notice.
- Section 1301 Unpaid fees and penalty -- Lien -- Seizure and sale.
- Section 1302 Violations class C misdemeanor.
- Section 1303 Driving without registration or certificate of title -- Class B or C misdemeanor.
- Section 1304 Operating motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer in excess of registered gross laden weight -- Class C misdemeanor.
- Section 1305 License plate and registration card violations -- Class C misdemeanor.
- Section 1306 Abuse of persons with disabilities parking privileges -- Revocation of special plate or transferable ID card -- Fine.
- Section 1307 Operation of motor vehicles, trailers, or semitrailers without payment of fees -- Class C misdemeanor.
- Section 1309 Boarding with intent to commit injury to motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer -- Class C misdemeanor.
- Section 1310 Class B misdemeanors.
- Section 1313 Third degree felony to possess motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or parts without identification number -- Presumption of knowledge.
- Section 1314 Unauthorized control for extended time.
- Section 1315 Third degree felony -- False evidences of title and registration.
- Section 1316 Receiving or transferring stolen motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer -- Penalty.
- Section 1317 Selling or buying without identification numbers -- Penalty.
- Section 1318 Second degree felony -- Fraudulent alteration of identification number.
- Section 1319 Third degree felony -- Odometer violation.
- Section 1320 Tax clearance required to move manufactured home or mobile home.
- Section 1401 Report of stolen and recovered vehicles, vessels, and outboard motors by officials.
- Section 1402 Report by owners or lienholders of thefts and recoveries.
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