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Title 13 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 48a - Car-Sharing Programs
Part 3 - Liability and Insurance for Covered Loss from Operation of Shared Vehicle
Section 302 - Motor vehicle liability insurance.
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UT Code § 13-48a-302 (2025)
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Effective 7/1/2023
13-48a-302. Motor vehicle liability insurance.
Enacted by Chapter 361, 2023 General Session
13-48a-302. Motor vehicle liability insurance.
- (1) A car-sharing program shall ensure that, during each car-sharing period, the shared vehicle owner and the shared vehicle driver are insured under a motor vehicle liability insurance policy that provides coverage in amounts no less than the minimum amounts set forth in Section 31A-22-304, and:
- (a) recognizes that the shared vehicle insured under the policy is made available and used through a car-sharing program; or
- (b) does not exclude use of a shared vehicle by a shared vehicle driver.
- (2) The insurance described in Subsection (1) may be satisfied by motor vehicle liability insurance maintained by:
- (a) a shared vehicle owner;
- (b) a shared vehicle driver;
- (c) a car-sharing program; or
- (d) a shared vehicle owner, a shared vehicle driver, and a car-sharing program.
- (3) The insurance described in Subsection (1) that is satisfying the insurance requirement of Subsection (1) shall be primary during each car-sharing period and in the event that a claim occurs in another state with minimum financial responsibility limits higher than those in Section 31A-22-304, during the car-sharing period, the coverage maintained under Subsection (2) shall satisfy the difference in minimum coverage amounts, up to the applicable policy limits.
- (4) The insurer, insurers, or car-sharing program providing coverage under Subsection (1) or (2) shall assume primary liability for a claim when:
- (a) a dispute exists as to who was in control of the shared motor vehicle at the time of the loss and the car-sharing program does not have available, did not retain, or fails to provide the information required by Section 13-48a-203; or
- (b) a dispute exists as to whether the shared vehicle was returned to the alternatively agreed upon location as required under Section 13-48a-101.
- (5) If insurance maintained by a shared vehicle owner or shared vehicle driver in accordance with Subsection (2) has lapsed or does not provide the required coverage, insurance maintained by the car-sharing program shall provide the coverage required by Subsection (1) beginning with the first dollar of a claim and have the duty to defend the claim except under circumstances set forth in Subsection 13-48a-301(2).
- (6) Coverage under an automobile insurance policy maintained by the car-sharing program is not dependent on another automobile insurer first denying a claim, nor shall another automobile insurance policy be required to first deny a claim.
Enacted by Chapter 361, 2023 General Session
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