Utah Code 53-3-212. Owner giving permission and minor liable for damages caused by minor driving a motor vehicle
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Terms Used In Utah Code 53-3-212
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Drive: means :(14)(a) to operate or be in physical control of a motor vehicle upon a highway; and(14)(b) in Subsections
53-3-414 (1) through (3), Subsection53-3-414 (5), and Sections53-3-417 and53-3-418 , the operation or physical control of a motor vehicle at any place within the state. See Utah Code 53-3-102- 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 traffic. See Utah Code 53-3-102
- Motor vehicle: means the same as that term is defined in Section
41-1a-102 . See Utah Code 53-3-102- Owner: includes a person entitled to the use and possession of a vehicle subject to a security interest in another person but excludes a lessee under a lease not intended as security. See Utah Code 53-3-102
- Person: means :
(24)(a) an individual;(24)(b) an association;(24)(c) an institution;(24)(d) a corporation;(24)(e) a company;(24)(f) a trust;(24)(g) a limited liability company;(24)(h) a partnership;(24)(i) a political subdivision;(24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and(24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5- Vehicle: means every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Utah Code 53-1-102
(1)(a) The owner of a motor vehicle causing or knowingly permitting a person younger than 18 years of age to drive the motor vehicle on a highway, or a person who gives or furnishes a motor vehicle to the minor, are each jointly and severally liable with the minor for any damages caused by the negligence of the minor in driving the motor vehicle.(1)(b) If owner’s or operator’s security covering the minor’s operation of the motor vehicle is in effect in amounts as required under Section31A-22-304 , the owner of the motor vehicle or the person who gave or furnished the motor vehicle to the minor under Subsection(1) is not subject to the liability imposed under Subsection(1) .(2) Nothing under Subsection(1) prohibits a cause of action for any direct negligence on the part of the person furnishing the motor vehicle to the minor.(3) This liability provision is in addition to the liability provisions in Section53-3-211 .