. prohibits the division or any peace officer from seizing and taking possession of a motor
vehicle if the operator of the vehicle is not carrying evidence of the operator's privilege to operate a
motor vehicle in the vehicle unless the division or peace officer verifies through the Utah Criminal
Justice Information System that the operator has not been granted the privilege to operate a motor
vehicle or the operator's driving privilege has been denied, suspended, revoked, or disqualified;
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:
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(1)
(a)
The division or any peace officer, without a warrant, may seize and take possession
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of any vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor:
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{
(a)
}
(i)
that the division or the peace officer has reason to believe has been stolen;
40
{
(b)
}
(ii)
on which any identification number has been defaced, altered, or obliterated;
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{
(c)
}
(iii)
that has been abandoned in accordance with Section
41-6a-1408
;
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{
(d)
}
(iv)
for which the applicant has written a check for registration or title fees that has not
43
been honored by the applicant's bank and that is not paid within 30 days;
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{
(e)
}
(v)
that is placed on the water with improper registration; or
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{
(f)
}
(vi)
that is being operated on a highway:
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{
(i)
}
(A)
with registration that has been expired for more than three months;
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{
(ii)
}
(B)
having never been properly registered by the current owner; [or]
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{
(iii)
}
(C)
with registration that is suspended or revoked[.];
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{
(iv)
}
(D) subject to the restriction in Subsection (1)(b):
(I)
by a person who has not been granted the privilege to operate a motor vehicle on a
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highway in accordance with Section
53-3-202
; or
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{
(v)
}
(II)
by a person whose privilege to operate a vehicle on a highway has been denied,
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suspended, revoked, or disqualified.
(b) The division or any peace officer may not seize and take possession of a motor vehicle under
Subsection (1)(a)(vi)(D) if the operator of the vehicle is not carrying evidence of the operator's privilege
to operate a motor vehicle on the highways in this state unless the division or peace officer verifies
through the Utah Criminal Justice Information System maintained by the Department of Public Safety
that the operator is not operating the vehicle in violation of the provisions described in Subsection
(1)(a)(vi)(D).
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