41-1a-1010. Permit required to dismantle vehicle -- Duties upon receiving the permit -- Exceptions.

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(a)A person may not scrap, dismantle, destroy, or otherwise change any vehicle so that it loses its character, until the person submits to the division:

(i)the certificate of title for the vehicle for cancellation; and

(ii)an application for a permit to dismantle the vehicle.

(b)Upon approval of the application, the division shall issue a permit to dismantle the vehicle.

(2)Except as provided in Subsection

(3), if a permit to dismantle is issued under this section, the vehicle shall be destroyed and may not be rebuilt or reconstructed and may not be retitled or registered.

(3)A vehicle for which a permit to dismantle has been issued by the division may be retitled and the permit to dismantle rescinded if:

(a)prior to receiving a dismantling permit the vehicle had a Utah certificate of title;

(b)the vehicle has not been dismantled;

(c)an investigator for the Motor Vehicle Enforcement Division of the commission determines after a physical inspection of the vehicle that it is the same vehicle for which the permit to dismantle was issued; and

(d)the applicant pays the fee under Subsection

(4).

(4)The commission may collect a fee established in accordance with Section 63J-1-504 to cover the expenses of an inspection under Subsection

(3).

Amended by Chapter 183 , 2009 General Session