41-6a-1407.  Removal of unattended vehicles prohibited without authorization — Penalties.

(1)  In cases not amounting to burglary or theft of a vehicle, a person may not remove an unattended vehicle without prior authorization of:

Terms Used In Utah Code 41-6a-1407

  • Highway: means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of any nature when any part of it is open to the use of the public as a matter of right for vehicular travel. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Law enforcement agency: means the same as that term is as defined in Section 53-1-102. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Motor vehicle: means a vehicle that is self-propelled and a vehicle that is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Peace officer: means a peace officer authorized under Title 53, Chapter 13, Peace Officer Classifications, to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic laws. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Person: means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, governmental agency, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Vehicle: means a device in, on, or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a highway, except a mobile carrier, as defined in Section 41-6a-1120, or a device used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
(a)  a peace officer;

(b)  a law enforcement agency;

(c)  a highway authority having jurisdiction over the highway on which there is an unattended vehicle; or

(d)  the owner or person in lawful possession or control of the real property.

(2) 

(a)  An authorization from a person specified under Subsection (1)(a), (b), or (c) shall be in a form specified by the Motor Vehicle Division.

(b)  The removal of the unattended vehicle shall comply with requirements of Section 41-6a-1406.

(3)  The removal of the unattended vehicle authorized under Subsection (1)(d) shall comply with the requirements of Section 72-9-603.

(4)  A person who violates Subsection (1) or (3) is guilty of an infraction.

Amended by Chapter 298, 2017 General Session