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2020 Utah Code
Title 41 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 6a - Traffic Code
Part 18 - Motor Vehicle Safety Belt Usage Act
Section 1803 - Driver and passengers -- Seat belt or child restraint device required.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 41-6a-1803 (2020)
Effective 1/1/2018
41-6a-1803. Driver and passengers -- Seat belt or child restraint device required.
Amended by Chapter 406, 2017 General Session
41-6a-1803. Driver and passengers -- Seat belt or child restraint device required.
- (1)
- (a) The operator of a motor vehicle operated on a highway shall:
- (i) wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt;
- (ii) provide for the protection of each person younger than eight years of age by using a child restraint device to restrain each person in the manner prescribed by the manufacturer of the device; and
- (iii) provide for the protection of each person eight years of age up to 16 years of age by securing, or causing to be secured, a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt on each person.
- (b) Notwithstanding the requirement under Subsection (1)(a)(ii), a child under eight years of age who is 57 inches tall or taller:
- (i) is exempt from the requirement in Subsection (1)(a)(ii) to be in a child restraint device; and
- (ii) shall use a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt as required in Subsection (1)(a)(iii).
- (a) The operator of a motor vehicle operated on a highway shall:
- (2) A person 16 years of age or older who is a passenger in a motor vehicle operated on a highway shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt.
- (3) If more than one person is not using a child restraint device or wearing a safety belt in violation of Subsection (1), it is considered only one offense, and the driver may receive only one citation for that offense.
Amended by Chapter 406, 2017 General Session
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