Superseded 7/1/2023)

Superseded 7/1/2023
41-1a-213.  Contents of registration cards.

(1)  As used in this section:

Terms Used In Utah Code 41-1a-213

  • Commission: means the State Tax Commission. 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
  • Gross laden weight: means the actual weight of a vehicle or combination of vehicles, equipped for operation, to which shall be added the maximum load to be carried. See Utah Code 41-1a-102
  • Identification number: includes a vehicle identification number, state assigned identification number, hull identification number, and motor serial number. 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
  • 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
  • Vessel: means the same as that term is defined in Section 73-18-2. See Utah Code 41-1a-102
(a)  “Health care professional” means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-3-207.

(b)  “Invisible condition” means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-3-207.

(c)  “Invisible condition identification symbol” means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-3-207.

(2)  The registration card shall be delivered to the owner and shall contain:

(a)  the date issued;

(b)  the name of the owner;

(c)  a description of the vehicle registered including the year, the make, the identification number, and the license plate assigned to the vehicle;

(d)  the expiration date; and

(e)  other information as determined by the commission.

(3)  If a vehicle is leased for a period in excess of 45 days, the registration shall contain:

(a)  the owner’s name; and

(b)  the name of the lessee.

(4)  On all vehicles registered under Subsections 41-1a-1206(1)(d) and (1)(e), the registration card shall also contain the gross laden weight as given in the application for registration.

(5) 

(a)  Except as provided in Subsection (5)(b), a new registration card issued by the commission on or after November 1, 2013, may not display the address of the owner or the lessee on the registration card.

(b)  A new registration card issued by the commission under one of the following provisions shall display the address of the owner or the lessee on the registration card:

(i)  Section 41-1a-301 for a vehicle; or

(ii)  Section 73-18-7 for a vessel.

(6) 

(a)  The division shall include on a vehicle owner’s vehicle registration database record in the division’s vehicle registration database an invisible condition identification symbol if:

(i)  the vehicle owner or an individual who is a regular driver of or passenger in the vehicle owner’s vehicle has an invisible condition; and

(ii)  the vehicle owner submits to the commission a request on a form prescribed by the commission.

(b)  A vehicle owner shall include in a request described in Subsection (6)(a):

(i)  if the request is for an individual other than the vehicle owner, a declaration that the individual is a regular driver of or passenger in the vehicle;

(ii)  written verification from a health care professional that the vehicle owner or other individual described in Subsection (6)(a)(i) has an invisible condition; and

(iii)  a waiver of liability signed by the individual with the invisible condition or the individual’s legal representative for the release of any medical information to:

(A)  the commission;

(B)  any person who has access to the individual’s medical information as recorded on the vehicle owner’s vehicle registration database record or the Utah Criminal Justice Information System; and

(C)  any other person who may view or receive notice of the individual’s medical information by seeing the vehicle owner’s vehicle registration database record or the individual’s information in the Utah Criminal Justice Information System.

(c)  As part of the form described in Subsection (6)(b), the commission shall advise the individual signing the waiver of liability that by submitting the signed waiver, the individual consents to the release of the individual’s medical information to any person described in Subsections (6)(b)(iii)(A) through (C), even if the person is otherwise ineligible to access the individual’s medical information under state or federal law.

(d)  The division may not charge a fee to include an invisible condition identification symbol on a vehicle owner’s vehicle registration database record.

(e)  The inclusion of an invisible condition identification symbol on a vehicle owner’s vehicle registration database record in accordance with this section does not confer any legal rights or privileges on the individual, including parking privileges for individuals with disabilities under Section 41-1a-414.

(7) 

(a)  For each individual who qualifies under this section to include an invisible condition identification symbol in a vehicle owner’s vehicle registration database record, the division shall include in the division’s vehicle registration database a brief description of the nature of the individual’s invisible condition linked to the vehicle owner’s vehicle registration database record.

(b)  The division shall provide the brief description described in Subsection (7)(a) to the Utah Criminal Justice Information System.

(c)  Except as provided in Subsection (7)(b), the division may not release the information described in Subsection (7)(a).

(8)  Within 30 days after the day on which the division receives an individual’s written request, the division shall:

(a)  remove the invisible condition identification symbol and brief description described in Subsection (7) from a vehicle owner’s vehicle registration database record in the division’s vehicle registration database; and

(b)  provide the updated vehicle registration database record to the Utah Criminal Justice Information System.

(9)  As provided in Section 63G-2-302, the information described in Subsection (6)(a) is a private record for purposes of Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.

Amended by Chapter 158, 2022 General Session