63A-9-601 - Marking of vehicles. - Utah Statutes

63A-9-601. Marking of vehicles.
(1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (5), all motor vehicles owned, leased for use, oroperated by the state shall display an identification mark and "EX" plates where required bySection 41-1a-407.
(b) The division is responsible for ensuring that vehicles owned or leased by the state aremarked.
(c) The division shall enact rules relating to the size and design of the identification mark.
(2) The identification mark shall be clear, distinct, and kept free from defacement,mutilation, grease, and other obscuring matter so that it is plainly visible at all times.
(3) Each person operating a state vehicle without the proper designation is guilty of aninfraction.
(4) Vehicles used in official investigative work where secrecy is essential are exemptfrom the requirements of this section.
(5) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), the division may grant security exemptions to theidentification mark and "EX" plate requirement when the division:
(a) receives a request for an exemption; and
(b) determines there is a substantial danger to the person to whom the vehicle is assignedif the vehicle is identified as a state vehicle.

Enacted by Chapter 334, 1996 General Session