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2012 Utah Code
Title 41 - Motor Vehicles
Article 6a - Traffic Code
Section 1407 - Removal of unattended vehicles prohibited without authorization -- Penalties.

Universal Citation:
UT Code ยง 41-6a-1407 (2012)
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41-6a-1407. Removal of unattended vehicles prohibited without authorization -- Penalties.

(1) In cases not amounting to burglary or theft of a vehicle, a person may not remove an unattended vehicle without prior authorization of:

(a) a peace officer;

(b) a law enforcement agency;

(c) a highway authority having jurisdiction over the highway on which there is an unattended vehicle; or

(d) the owner or person in lawful possession or control of the real property.

(2) (a) An authorization from a person specified under Subsection (1)(a), (b), or (c) shall be in a form specified by the Motor Vehicle Division.

(b) The removal of the unattended vehicle shall comply with requirements of Section 41-6a-1406.

(3) The removal of the unattended vehicle authorized under Subsection (1)(d) shall comply with requirements of Section 72-9-603.

(4) A person who violates Subsection (1) or (3) is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.


Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 2, 2005 General Session

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