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2018 Utah Code
Title 53 - Public Safety Code
Chapter 8 - Utah Highway Patrol Act
Part 2 - Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection Act
Section 205 - Safety inspection required for certain vehicles -- Out-of-state permits.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 53-8-205 (2018)
Effective 1/1/2018
53-8-205. Safety inspection required for certain vehicles -- Out-of-state permits.
Amended by Chapter 149, 2017 General Session
Amended by Chapter 406, 2017 General Session
53-8-205. Safety inspection required for certain vehicles -- Out-of-state permits.
- (1)
- (a) A salvage vehicle as defined in Section 41-1a-1001 is required to pass a safety inspection when an application is made for initial registration as a salvage vehicle.
- (b) An off-highway vehicle being registered for the first time as a street-legal all-terrain vehicle as described in Section 41-6a-1509 is required to pass a safety inspection when the owner makes the initial application to register the vehicle as a street-legal all-terrain vehicle.
- (c) The owner of a commercial vehicle, as defined in Section 72-9-102, shall:
- (i) ensure that the commercial vehicle passes a safety inspection annually; or
- (ii) provide evidence of a valid annual federal inspection that complies with the requirements of 49 C.F.R. Sec. 396.17.
- (d) The owner of a vehicle operated by a ground transportation service provider as defined in Section 72-10-601 shall ensure that the vehicle passes a safety inspection annually.
- (e) An owner of one or more of the following types of vehicles shall ensure that the vehicle passes a safety inspection annually:
- (i) a motor vehicle with three or more axles, pulling a trailer, or pulling a trailer with multiple axles;
- (ii) a combination unit;
- (iii) a bus or van for hire; or
- (iv) a taxicab.
- (2) A safety inspection station shall issue two safety inspection certificates to the owner of:
- (a) each motor vehicle that passes a safety inspection under this section; and
- (b) a street-legal all-terrain vehicle that meets all the equipment requirements in Section 41-6a-1509.
- (3) A person operating a motor vehicle required to have an annual safety inspection shall have in the person's immediate possession a safety inspection certificate or other evidence of compliance.
- (4) The division may authorize the acceptance of a safety inspection certificate issued in another state having a safety inspection law similar to Utah's law.
- (5) Subject to Subsection 53-8-209(3), a violation of this section is an infraction.
Amended by Chapter 149, 2017 General Session
Amended by Chapter 406, 2017 General Session
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