(1) Event data on a motor vehicle event data recorder does not become the property of:

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Terms Used In Utah Code 41-1a-1504

  • Event data: means records of one or more of the following categories of information regarding a motor vehicle that are captured by an event data recorder:
              (1)(a)(i) whether the vehicle's air bag deployed;
              (1)(a)(ii) vehicle speed;
              (1)(a)(iii) vehicle steering performance;
              (1)(a)(iv) vehicle brake performance or use; or
              (1)(a)(v) vehicle seatbelt status or use. See Utah Code 41-1a-1502
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Motor vehicle: means a self-propelled vehicle intended primarily for use and operation on the highways. See Utah Code 41-1a-102
  • Owner: means :
              (3)(a)(i) a person having all the incidents of ownership of a motor vehicle, including legal title to the motor vehicle;
              (3)(a)(ii) a person entitled to possession of a motor vehicle as the purchaser under a security agreement; or
              (3)(a)(iii) a person entitled to possession of a motor vehicle as a lessee under a written lease agreement if the lease agreement is intended to last for more than three months at its inception. See Utah Code 41-1a-1502
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. 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
     (1)(a) an insurer solely because the insurer succeeds in ownership of a motor vehicle as a result of an accident; or
     (1)(b) a subsequent purchaser solely because the subsequent purchaser becomes the new owner of the motor vehicle.
(2) An insurer or lessor of a motor vehicle may not require an owner to consent to the retrieval or use of the data on a motor vehicle event data recorder as a condition of providing the policy or lease.