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2020 Utah Code
Title 41 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 6a - Traffic Code
Part 18 - Motor Vehicle Safety Belt Usage Act
Section 1806 - Compliance -- Civil litigation.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 41-6a-1806 (2020)
41-6a-1806. Compliance -- Civil litigation.
The failure to use a child restraint device or to wear a safety belt:
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 2, 2005 General Session
The failure to use a child restraint device or to wear a safety belt:
- (1) does not constitute contributory or comparative negligence on the part of a person seeking recovery for injuries; and
- (2) may not be introduced as evidence in any civil litigation on the issue of negligence, injuries, or the mitigation of damages.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 2, 2005 General Session
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