(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a car-sharing program has an insurable interest in a shared vehicle during the car-sharing period.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 13-48a-304

  • Car-sharing agreement: means an agreement:
              (2)(a)(i) applicable to a shared vehicle owner and a shared vehicle driver; and
              (2)(a)(ii) that governs a shared vehicle driver's use of a shared vehicle through a car-sharing program. See Utah Code 13-48a-101
  • Car-sharing period: means the period of time that:
         (4)(a)
              (4)(a)(i) begins at the car-sharing delivery period; or
              (4)(a)(ii) if there is no car-sharing delivery period, begins at the car-sharing start time; and
         (4)(b) ends at the car-sharing termination time. See Utah Code 13-48a-101
  • Motor vehicle: means the same as that term is defined in Section 41-1a-102. See Utah Code 13-48a-101
  • Shared vehicle: means a motor vehicle that is available for use by an individual other than the shared vehicle owner through a car-sharing program. See Utah Code 13-48a-101
  • Shared vehicle driver: means an individual who has been authorized to drive a shared vehicle by the shared vehicle owner under a car-sharing program. See Utah Code 13-48a-101
  • Shared vehicle owner: means :
              (12)(a)(i) the registered owner of a motor vehicle made available for car sharing; or
              (12)(a)(ii) a person designated by the registered owner of a motor vehicle made available for car sharing. See Utah Code 13-48a-101
(2) A car-sharing program may own and maintain as the named insured one or more policies of motor vehicle insurance that provide coverage for:

     (2)(a) a liability assumed by the car-sharing program under a car-sharing agreement;
     (2)(b) a liability of the shared vehicle owner;
     (2)(c) a liability of the shared vehicle driver; or
     (2)(d) damage or loss to a shared vehicle.
(3) Nothing in this section requires a car-sharing program to maintain insurance coverage for the car-sharing program’s liability under this chapter.