41-1a-1001.  Definitions.
     As used in Sections 41-1a-1001 through 41-1a-1008:

(1)  “Certified vehicle inspector” means a person employed by the Motor Vehicle Enforcement Division as qualified through experience, training, or both to identify and analyze damage to vehicles with either unibody or conventional frames.

Terms Used In Utah Code 41-1a-1001

  • Certificate of title: means a document issued by a jurisdiction to establish a record of ownership between an identified owner and the described vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor. See Utah Code 41-1a-102
  • Division: means the Motor Vehicle Division of the commission, created in Section 41-1a-106. See Utah Code 41-1a-102
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Identification number: includes a vehicle identification number, state assigned identification number, hull identification number, and motor serial number. See Utah Code 41-1a-102
  • Motor vehicle: means a self-propelled vehicle intended primarily for use and operation on the highways. See Utah Code 41-1a-102
  • Owner: means a person, other than a lienholder, holding title to a vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor whether or not the vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor is subject to a security interest. See Utah Code 41-1a-102
  • Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Registration: means a document issued by a jurisdiction that allows operation of a vehicle or vessel on the highways or waters of this state for the time period for which the registration is valid and that is evidence of compliance with the registration requirements of the jurisdiction. See Utah Code 41-1a-102
  • Repair or replacement: means the restoration of vehicles, vessels, or outboard motors to a sound working condition by substituting any inoperative part of the vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor, or by correcting the inoperative part. See Utah Code 41-1a-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Vehicle: includes a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, off-highway vehicle, camper, park model recreational vehicle, manufactured home, and mobile home. See Utah Code 41-1a-102
(2)  “Major component part” means:

(a)  the front body component of a motor vehicle consisting of the structure forward of the firewall;

(b)  the passenger body component of a motor vehicle including the firewall, roof, and extending to and including the rear-most seating;

(c)  the rear body component of a motor vehicle consisting of the main cross member directly behind the rear-most seating excluding any auxiliary seating and structural body assembly rear of the cross members; and

(d)  the frame of a motor vehicle consisting of the structural member that supports the auto body.

(3) 

(a)  “Major damage” means damage to a major component part of the motor vehicle requiring 10 or more hours to repair or replace, as determined by a collision estimating guide recognized by the Motor Vehicle Enforcement Division.

(b)  For purposes of Subsection (3)(a) repair or replacement hours do not include time spent on cosmetic repairs.

(4)  “Nonrepairable certificate” means a certificate of ownership issued for a nonrepairable vehicle.

(5)  “Nonrepairable vehicle” means a vehicle of a type otherwise subject to registration that:

(a)  has no resale value except as a source of parts or scrap metal or that the owner irreversibly designates as a source of parts or scrap metal or for destruction;

(b) 

(i)  has little or no resale value other than its worth as a source of a vehicle identification number that could be used illegally; and

(ii) 

(A)  has been substantially stripped as a result of theft; or

(B)  is missing all of the bolt-on sheet metal body panels, all of the doors and hatches, substantially all of the interior components, and substantially all of the grill and light assemblies; or

(c)  is a substantially burned vehicle that:

(i)  has burned to the extent that there are no more usable or repairable body or interior components, tires and wheels, or drive train components; or

(ii)  the owner irreversibly designates for destruction or as having little or no resale value other than its worth as a source of scrap metal or as a source of a vehicle identification number that could be used illegally.

(6)  “Owner” means the person who has the legal right to possession of the vehicle.

(7) 

(a)  “Salvage certificate” means a certificate of ownership issued for a salvage vehicle before a new certificate of title is issued for the vehicle.

(b)  A salvage certificate is not valid for registration purposes.

(8)  “Salvage vehicle” means any vehicle:

(a)  damaged by collision, flood, or other occurrence to the extent that the cost of repairing the vehicle for safe operation exceeds its fair market value; or

(b)  that has been declared a salvage vehicle by an insurer or other state or jurisdiction, but is not precluded from further registration and titling.

Amended by Chapter 424, 2019 General Session

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