Utah Code 41-1a-1504. Effect of ownership transfer on ownership of data

(1)

Event data on a motor vehicle event data recorder does not become the property of:

Terms Used In Utah Code 41-1a-1504

Event data: means records of one or more of the following categories of information regarding a motor vehicle that are captured by an event data recorder:

(i)	whether the vehicle's air bag deployed;

(ii)	vehicle speed;

(iii)

vehicle steering performance;

(iv)	vehicle brake performance or use; or

(v)

vehicle seatbelt status or use. See Utah Code 41-1a-1502

Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}

Motor vehicle: means a self-propelled vehicle intended primarily for use and operation on the highways. See Utah Code 41-1a-102

Owner: means :

(i)	a person having all the incidents of ownership of a motor vehicle, including legal title to the motor vehicle;

(ii)	a person entitled to possession of a motor vehicle as the purchaser under a security agreement; or

(iii)

a person entitled to possession of a motor vehicle as a lessee under a written lease agreement if the lease agreement is intended to last for more than three months at its inception. See Utah Code 41-1a-1502

Property: includes both real and personal property. 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

(a)

an insurer solely because the insurer succeeds in ownership of a motor vehicle as a result of an accident; or

(b)	a subsequent purchaser solely because the subsequent purchaser becomes the new owner of the motor vehicle.

(2)	An insurer or lessor of a motor vehicle may not require an owner to consent to the retrieval or use of the data on a motor vehicle event data recorder as a condition of providing the policy or lease.

Enacted by Chapter 189, 2013 General Session

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