S.B. 148 Enrolled

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ENFORCEMENT OF FRONT LICENSE PLATE
2 DISPLAY REQUIREMENT AMENDMENTS
3 2008 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Chief Sponsor: Sheldon L. Killpack
6 House Sponsor: Gregory H. Hughes
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8 LONG TITLE
9 General Description:
10 This bill modifies the Motor Vehicles Code by amending provisions relating to license
11 plate display requirements.
12 Highlighted Provisions:
13 This bill:
14 . provides that enforcement of the requirement to display a license plate on the front
15 of a vehicle shall only be as a secondary action when the vehicle has been detained
16 for a suspected violation of another offense by any person in the vehicle.
17 Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
18 None
19 Other Special Clauses:
20 None
21 Utah Code Sections Affected:
22 AMENDS:
23 41-1a-404, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1992, Chapter 1
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25 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
26 Section 1. Section 41-1a-404 is amended to read:
27 41-1a-404. Location and position of plates.
28 (1) License plates issued for a vehicle other than a motorcycle, trailer, or semitrailer
29 shall be attached to the vehicle, one in the front and the other in the rear.

30 (2) The license plate issued for a motorcycle, trailer, or semitrailer shall be attached to
31 the rear of the motorcycle, trailer, or semitrailer.
32 (3) Every license plate shall at all times be:
33 (a) securely fastened:
34 (i) in a horizontal position to the vehicle for which it is issued to prevent the plate from
35 swinging;
36 (ii) at a height of not less than 12 inches from the ground, measuring from the bottom
37 of the plate; and
38 (iii) in a place and position to be clearly visible; and
39 (b) maintained:
40 (i) free from foreign materials; and
41 (ii) in a condition to be clearly legible.
42 (4) Enforcement by a state or local law enforcement officer of the requirement under
43 Subsection (1) to attach a license plate to the front of a vehicle shall be only as a secondary
44 action when the vehicle has been detained for a suspected violation by any person in the vehicle
45 of Title 41, Motor Vehicles, other than the requirement under Subsection (1) to attach a license
46 plate to the front of the vehicle, or for another offense.