Utah Code 41-6a-1405. Peace officer authorized to move vehicle
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(1) If a peace officer finds a vehicle in violation of Section 41-6a-1404 , the officer may move the vehicle, cause the vehicle to be moved, or require the operator or other person responsible for the vehicle to move the vehicle to a safe position off the highway.
Terms Used In Utah Code 41-6a-1405
- 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
- Operator: means :(49)(a) a human driver, as defined in Section
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
- standing: means the temporary halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Traffic: means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for the purpose of travel. 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(2) A peace officer may remove or cause to be removed to a place of safety an unattended vehicle left standing on a highway in:(2)(a) violation of this part; or(2)(b) a position or under circumstances that the vehicle obstructs the normal movement of traffic.(3) In accordance with Section41-6a-1406 , a peace officer may remove or cause to be removed to the nearest garage or other place of safety a vehicle found on a highway when:(3)(a) the vehicle has been reported stolen or taken without the consent of its owner;(3)(b) the person responsible for the vehicle is unable to provide for its custody or removal; or(3)(c) the person operating the vehicle is arrested for an alleged offense for which the peace officer is required by law to take the person arrested before a proper magistrate without unnecessary delay.