Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah HB57: Motor Vehicle Division Amendments
Status: Signed into law, March 23, 2026
This bill makes technical changes including standardization of vehicle weight definitions and usage, exempting street-legal all-terrain vehicles from certain provisions, correcting a sales tax earmark, and various technical and cleanup changes.
What the bill says
An act of the Legislature before December 31, 2022. Section 21. Section 41-3-102 is amended to read: 41-3-102 Effective 05/06/26 . Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Administrator" means the motor vehicle enforcement administrator. (2) (a) "Affiliate" means a person that: (i) manufactures, distributes, sells, or leases new motor vehicles; and (ii) directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries: (A) possesses control over a person specified; (B) is controlled by a person specified; or (C) shares common control with a person specified. (b) As used in this Subsection (2) , "co.
From the enrolled text, March 12, 2026:
an act of the Legislature before December 31, 2022. Section 21. Section 41-3-102 is amended to read: 41-3-102 Effective 05/06/26 . Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Administrator" means the motor vehicle enforcement administrator. (2) (a) "Affiliate" means a person that: (i) manufactures, distributes, sells, or leases new motor vehicles; and (ii) directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries: (A) possesses control over a person specified; (B) is controlled by a person specified; or (C) shares common control with a person specified. (b) As used in this Subsection (2) , "control" includes the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of any person through ownership, contractual rights, or other means. (3) "Agent" means a person other than a holder of any dealer's or salesperson's license issued under this chapter, that for salary, commission, or compensation of any kind, negotiates in any way for the sale, purchase, order, or exchange of three or more motor vehicles for any other person in any 12-month period. (4) "Auction" means a dealer engaged in the business of auctioning motor vehicles, either owned or consigned, to the general public. (5) "Authorized service center" means an entity that: (a) is in the business of repairing exclusively the motor vehicles of the same line-make as the motor vehicles a single …