Utah Code 23A-10-302. Conveyance or equipment detainment or quarantine
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(1) The division, a port-of-entry agent, or a peace officer may detain or quarantine a conveyance or equipment if:
Terms Used In Utah Code 23A-10-302
- Conveyance: includes a motor vehicle, a vessel, a motorboat, a sailboat, a personal watercraft, a container, a trailer, a live well, or a bilge area. See Utah Code 23A-10-101
- Decontaminate: means to:(2)(a) drain and dry non-treated water; and(2)(b) chemically or thermally treat in accordance with rule. See Utah Code 23A-10-101
- Division: means the Division of Wildlife Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
- Dreissena mussel: means a mussel of the genus Dreissena at any life stage, including a zebra mussel, a quagga mussel, and Conrad's false mussel. See Utah Code 23A-10-101
- Equipment: means an article, tool, implement, or device capable of carrying or containing:
(4)(a) water; or(4)(b) a Dreissena mussel. See Utah Code 23A-10-101- Person: means an individual, association, partnership, government agency, corporation, or an agent of the individual, association, partnership, government agency, or corporation. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
(1)(a) the division, agent, or peace officer:(1)(a)(i) finds the conveyance or equipment contains a Dreissena mussel; or(1)(a)(ii) reasonably believes that the person transporting the conveyance or equipment is in violation of Section 23A-10-201; or(1)(b) the person transporting the conveyance or equipment refuses to submit to an inspection authorized by Section 23A-10-301.(2) The detainment or quarantine authorized by Subsection (1) may continue for:(2)(a) up to five days; or(2)(b) the period of time necessary to:(2)(b)(i) decontaminate the conveyance or equipment; and(2)(b)(ii) ensure that a Dreissena mussel is not living on or in the conveyance or equipment.