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Terms Used In Utah Code 41-1a-1010

  • Certificate of title: means a document issued by a jurisdiction to establish a record of ownership between an identified owner and the described vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor. See Utah Code 41-1a-102
  • 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
  • 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
  • Title: means the right to or ownership of a vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor. See Utah Code 41-1a-102
  • 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
     (1)(a) A person may not scrap, dismantle, destroy, or otherwise change any vehicle so that it loses its character, until the person submits to the division:

          (1)(a)(i) the certificate of title for the vehicle for cancellation; and
          (1)(a)(ii) an application for a permit to dismantle the vehicle.
     (1)(b) Upon approval of the application, the division shall issue a permit to dismantle the vehicle.
(2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), if a permit to dismantle is issued under this section, the vehicle shall be destroyed and may not be rebuilt or reconstructed and may not be retitled or registered.
(3) A vehicle for which a permit to dismantle has been issued by the division may be retitled and the permit to dismantle rescinded if:

     (3)(a) prior to receiving a dismantling permit the vehicle had a Utah certificate of title;
     (3)(b) the vehicle has not been dismantled;
     (3)(c) an investigator for the Motor Vehicle Enforcement Division of the commission determines after a physical inspection of the vehicle that it is the same vehicle for which the permit to dismantle was issued; and
     (3)(d) the applicant pays the fee under Subsection (4).
(4) The commission may collect a fee established in accordance with Section 63J-1-504 to cover the expenses of an inspection under Subsection (3).