53-3-216. Change of address -- Duty of licensee to notify division within ten days --
Change of name -- Proof necessary -- Method of giving notice by division.
(1) If a person, after applying for or receiving a license, moves from the address named
in the application or in the license certificate issued to him, the person shall within ten days of
moving, notify the division in a manner specified by the division of his new address and the
number of any license certificate held by him.
(2) If a person requests to change the surname on the applicant's license, the division
shall issue a substitute license with the new name upon receiving an application and fee for a
duplicate license and any of the following proofs of the applicant's full legal name:
(a) an original or certified copy of the applicant's marriage certificate;
(b) a certified copy of a court order under Title 42, Chapter 1, Change of Name, showing
the name change;
(c) an original or certified copy of a birth certificate issued by a government agency;
(d) a certified copy of a divorce decree or annulment granted the applicant that specifies
the name change requested; or
(e) a certified copy of a divorce decree that does not specify the name change requested
together with:
(i) an original or certified copy of the applicant's birth certificate;
(ii) the applicant's marriage license;
(iii) a driver license record showing use of a maiden name; or
(iv) other documentation the division finds acceptable.
(3) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(c), if a person has applied for and received a
license certificate and is currently required to register as a sex offender under Section 77-27-21.5:
(i) the person's original license or renewal to an original license expires on the next birth
date of the licensee beginning on July 1, 2006;
(ii) the person shall surrender the person's license to the division on or before the
licensee's next birth date beginning on July 1, 2006; and
(iii) the person may apply for a license certificate with an expiration date identified in
Subsection 53-3-205(7)(h) by:
(A) furnishing proper documentation to the division as provided in Section 53-3-205;
and
(B) paying the fee for a license required under Section 53-3-105.
(b) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(c), if a person has applied for and received a
license certificate and is subsequently convicted of any offense listed in Subsection
77-27-21.5(1)(n), the person shall surrender the license certificate to the division on the person's
next birth date following the conviction and may apply for a license certificate with an expiration
date identified in Subsection 53-3-205(7)(h) by:
(i) furnishing proper documentation to the division as provided in Section 53-3-205; and
(ii) paying the fee for a license required under Section 53-3-105.
(c) A person who is unable to comply with the provisions of Subsection (3)(a) or (3)(b)
because the person is in the custody of the Department of Corrections or the Division of Juvenile
Justice Services, confined in a correctional facility not operated by or under contract with the
Department of Corrections, or committed to a state mental facility, shall comply with the
provisions of Subsection (3)(a) or (b) within ten days of being released from confinement.
(4) (a) If the division is authorized or required to give any notice under this chapter or
other law regulating the operation of vehicles, the notice shall, unless otherwise prescribed, be
given by:
(i) personal delivery to the person to be notified; or
(ii) deposit in the United States mail with postage prepaid, addressed to the person at his
address as shown by the records of the division.
(b) The giving of notice by mail is complete upon the expiration of four days after the
deposit of the notice.
(c) Proof of the giving of notice in either manner may be made by the certificate of any
officer or employee of the division or affidavit of any person older than 18 years of age, naming
the person to whom the notice was given and specifying the time, place, and manner of giving
the notice.
(5) The division may use state mailing or United States Postal Service information to:
(a) verify an address on an application or on records of the division; and
(b) correct mailing addresses in the division's records.
(6) (a) A violation of the provisions of Subsection (1) is an infraction.
(b) A person who knowingly fails to surrender a license certificate under Subsection (3)
is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
Amended by Chapter 304, 2008 General Session
Amended by Chapter 355, 2008 General Session
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