Orem, UT

Orem bans construction noise near homes overnight. Under City Code 9-2-9(C), erecting, demolishing, altering, or repairing any building or building lot in or within 200 feet of a…

Orem restricts noisy yard equipment to daytime hours in residential areas. City Code 9-2-9(D) bars operating any power mower, cultivator, leaf blower, or other power tool in a…

Orem bans playing a car stereo, radio, or sound system loud enough to be plainly audible 50 feet from the vehicle. Detecting just the rhythmic bass is enough to prove a violation; the…

Orem's disturbing-the-peace ordinance sets 10:30 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. as the quiet-hours window for construction, power equipment, and residential sound devices, and makes a violation…

Orem bans vehicle exhaust noise without an effective muffler, unreasonably loud or prolonged horn use, and a car stereo plainly audible 50 feet away, all under the same…

Orem considers excessive and continuous barking a noise nuisance. Dogs must be contained on the owner's property or on a leash. Orem Animal Control responds to barking dog complaints…

Unincorporated Utah County caps off-site noise on a sliding scale by zoning district: 55 dB(A) daytime and 50 dB(A) at night in residential zones, 65/60 dB(A) in commercial zones, and…

Orem's parking code assigns fixed meanings to painted curbs: a red curb bars stopping, standing, or parking at any time, and a yellow curb marked 'Restricted Zone' bars parking except…

Orem lets residents petition to turn their street into a residential permit parking area when nonresident vehicles are crowding out on-street spaces. Once the City Council designates a…

Orem requires every business receiving or shipping goods by truck to provide at least one off-street loading space at least 10 by 25 by 14 feet, with an extra space for every 20,000…

Orem requires every driveway from the street to a garage, carport, or off-street parking space to be paved with asphalt, concrete, or pavers under City Code 22-14-7(B)(2), and flatly…

Orem has no blanket overnight on-street parking ban, but Utah Code 41-6a-1408 treats a vehicle left unattended on a highway for more than 48 hours as abandoned, and Orem City Code…

Orem City Code 19-3-5 makes it unlawful to park or keep any trailer, unattached camper, or boat on a public street for longer than 72 hours, and 19-3-4 bars parking any vehicle or…

Utah Code 41-6a-1406 authorizes a peace officer to remove and impound vehicles at the owner's expense, including abandoned vehicles under 41-6a-1408, and Orem City Code Chapter 19…

Orem caps continuous parking in the same on-street location at 72 hours (Orem City Code 19-3-6), and Utah state law (UCA 41-6a-1402) requires vehicles to be parked with the right-hand…

Orem City Code 19-3-4 prohibits parking any vehicle or trailer 25 feet or longer (or over 1.5 tons rated capacity) on a public street in any residential zone at any time, and bars the…

Utah limits homeowners associations from banning an electric-vehicle charging station an owner installs on their own lot or limited common area. Community associations are governed by…

Utah caps what a nonconsensual tow can cost and how long you can be made to wait. Under the 2026 Non-Consent Towing Fee Schedule that UDOT publishes under Utah Code § 72-9-603(16), a…

Orem's zoning code lists veterinary services and small animal hospitals as Standard Land Use Code 6515 in Appendix A, and permits the use by right in only five zones: C2, C3, HS, M1…

Orem City Code makes it a criminal offense to take or kill any bird, or to rob or destroy any bird's nest, egg, or young, whenever doing so violates Utah's wildlife laws. The city…

Orem's animal control chapter singles out one species-specific retail ban: pet shops in the city may not raise or sell red-eared slider turtles or the closely related Cumberland…

Orem bans keeping, selling, or trading a defined list of wild animals: bears, non-domesticated wild cats, coyotes, foxes, wolves, monkeys and apes, raccoons, skunks, venomous snakes…

Run a dog or cat grooming business out of a residential zone in Orem and the code drops one hard rule on it: every part of the operation must happen inside an enclosed building, and no…

Every cat in Orem four months or older must carry a current rabies vaccination: the first shot within 30 days of turning four months or arriving in the city, then revaccinated every 12…

Orem allows backyard beekeeping in every residential zone under Orem City Code Section 22-6-10(L), capped at two hives in R5 through R8 and three in R12/R20 (five on half-acre-plus…

Orem limits households to a maximum of two dogs and two cats (four months of age or older) per lot. Dogs over four months old must also be licensed annually and kept current on rabies…

Orem permits backyard hen chickens (no roosters) on single-family lots under one acre, with the number scaled to lot size (2 hens at 5,000 sq ft up to 12 at 30,000 sq ft). Larger…

Orem has no breed-specific ordinance, and it cannot enact one. Utah Code Section 18-2-101 prohibits any municipality from adopting or enforcing breed-specific dog rules and voids any…

Orem requires all dogs to be leashed or contained at all times, including in most city parks. The only designated off-leash area is the dog park at Timpanogos Park. All dogs over 4…

Orem builds wildfire-prone construction rules straight into its adopted code: Section 7-1-1 pulls in the Utah Wildland Urban Interface Code, the State Construction Code, and the State…

Small recreational backyard fires are allowed in Orem without a burn permit, but the adopted 2021 IFC requires a 25-foot clearance from structures and combustibles (15 feet for a…

Orem allows state-approved (class C / division 1.4G) consumer fireworks only on the dates and hours set by Utah Code 53-7-225, and city ordinance 7-2-8 plus an annual restriction map…

Open burning in Orem requires a burn permit from the Orem Fire Division and is only allowed during Utah's residential burn windows - roughly March 30-May 30 and Sept. 15-Oct. 30 - and…

In Utah County's unincorporated Wildland/Urban Interface zone, Utah County Code § 6.11.060 requires a cleared vegetation buffer around every propane or fuel tank: low ground cover for…

New development and redevelopment in Orem must use site designs that infiltrate, evapotranspire, or harvest and reuse rainwater to keep runoff on-site. The Public Works Storm Water…

Orem lets property owners substitute artificial or synthetic turf for living plants in required landscaped areas under City Code 22-14-13, but only turf meeting eight specific…

Orem's landscaping code encourages, but does not mandate, xeriscaping: City Code 22-14-13 promotes native, low-maintenance, drought-tolerant plants combined with mulch or decorative…

Orem's landscaping maintenance rule, City Code 22-14-13, requires every required landscaped area to be kept neat and orderly, and specifically obligates owners to remove trees that…

Orem City Code Section 11-1-3 declares dead, decayed, diseased, or hazardous trees, weeds, hedges, and overgrown or uncultivated vegetation a public nuisance when they are in a…

Orem City Code Section 11-1-3 declares noxious weeds on vacant lots or other property, along sidewalks or the outer edge of a public street, or weeds that constitute a fire hazard a…

Orem has no fixed year-round watering-day or watering-hour ordinance for residents; mandatory odd-even watering days (by street address) are imposed only when the City Manager declares…

Orem allows small in-home child and adult day care under Orem City Code Section 22-6-9(F), but caps Home Adult Day Care at six functionally impaired adults and bars any home day care…

Orem City Code Section 22-14-15 prohibits any external evidence of a home occupation. There may be no exterior displays, no display of goods, and no advertising signs visible from…

Orem City Code Section 22-14-15 allows limited business activity in a residential dwelling in any zone only where it is clearly incidental and secondary to the residential use…

Unincorporated Utah County limits home occupation client visits to daytime hours only: business activity involving visiting clientele is allowed strictly between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00…

Utah runs two separate home food routes and the cottage food one is the registered route. Utah Code 4-5-501(4) requires the operator to register with the Department of Agriculture and…

Utah Code § 26B-7-416 lets a resident sell ready-to-eat meals cooked in a home kitchen once the local health department issues a microenterprise home kitchen permit. The core operating…

Orem allows an accessory apartment only inside an owner-occupied detached single-family home, never in the R5 or PRD zones. The owner must use the home as a primary residence and…

An Orem accessory apartment must carry a rental dwelling license under Orem City Code Section 22-6-9(I)(9) and Article 12-9, but the owner pays the license fee only once, not annually…

Orem City Code 22-6-10(J) allows enclosing a pre-March-2000 attached carport into a garage if it sits at least 5 feet from the side and 25 feet from the front property line, the…

Orem allows only one single-family dwelling per residential lot (22-6-8(F)), prohibits using a detached accessory building as a separate apartment or guest house (22-6-8(D)(7)), and…

Orem requires the property owner to live in either the main residence or the accessory apartment, and detached accessory buildings may not be used as a separate apartment (Orem City…

Orem City Code 22-6-8(D) caps the combined footprint of all accessory buildings at 8% of a single-family parcel (12% for multifamily), requires a 6-foot gap from the main house for any…

Orem caps any fence, wall, hedge or enclosing structure at 36 inches above finished grade within a front setback or clear view area, and limits general fencing to about 8 feet…

Orem requires a building permit for any masonry or concrete fence, and its commercial standards require sight-obscuring fences of at least six feet for outdoor merchandise, junk and…

Orem requires a written fence permit for new fences and a building permit for masonry or concrete fences, pools and retaining walls four feet or more high; standard wood or vinyl…

Utah County's RA-5 zoning standards bar cutting or filling a building site, street, or driveway steeper than the soil's natural angle of repose unless an engineered retaining wall is…

Under Utah Code Section 4-26-103, a qualifying grazing or agricultural landowner can require an adjoining qualified landowner to pay half the cost of a partition fence, and recover…

Orem City Code Section 22-6-9(J) requires every in-ground pool, and every above-ground pool with a wall height of 36 inches or more, to be completely surrounded by a fence or wall at…

The City of Orem requires a building permit for swimming pools, hot tubs and spas, with the only exception being prefabricated swimming pools less than 24 inches deep; permits are…

Orem City Code 22-6-2(F) restricts a single-family dwelling to occupancy 'by one single family,' and the 22-2-1 definition of 'family' counts only guests who stay under 30 days and pay…

Orem does not license short-term (under-30-day) rentals in residential zones: the zoning code limits dwellings to occupancy by a single 'family' and defines a permitted guest as…

Utah imposes a state-administered transient room tax framework under Title 59, Chapter 12, Part 3, applying to lodging rentals under 30 days. Counties may levy up to 4.25% county TRT…

Orem's code enforcement most often cites accumulated junk, garbage cans left curbside past pickup day, and improper storage visible from the street under City Code 11-1-3(B). Each…

Orem has adopted the 1997 Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings to govern unsafe and substandard structures citywide. City Code also flags a building as a nuisance if…

Orem City Code 16-1-6 requires every owner, occupant, tenant and lessee to keep the public sidewalk, curb and gutter abutting their property free of snow and ice, along with debris…

Orem requires anyone operating a massage establishment to hold a City massage establishment license under Code 12-5-14, on top of state licensing under the Massage Therapy Practice…

Orem confines adult businesses, seminude entertainment businesses, and seminude dancing bars to zones set out in Article 20 of Chapter 22, and Code 12-7-7 bars anyone from operating…

Before Orem issues a pawnshop or dealer business license, City Code section 12-5-5 requires the operator to post a corporate surety bond guaranteeing faithful performance of every duty…

Orem dealers in secondhand, junk, or antique property and precious metal must hold every item for thirty days from the date received before selling or otherwise disposing of it. Guns…

No one can run a commercial towing or parking-enforcement business in Orem without Utah Department of Transportation certification and an Orem business license, or, for companies…

A retail tobacco specialty business in Orem, a shop built around vape, e-cigarette, or tobacco sales, can't sit within 1,000 feet of a school or park, 600 feet of another such shop, or…

Orem's zoning code does not allow standalone tattoo parlors. Appendix A's Specified Land Use Table lists SLU 6232, Tattoos and Body Piercing, as permitted only as an accessory to a…

Unincorporated Utah County will not permit a residential auto repair, body, or paint shop as a home occupation under any circumstances. UCLUO 8.20 names automotive repair, body work…

Orem makes it unlawful to skateboard, roller skate, or roller blade on someone else's private property without permission. City Code 9-2-12 requires the owner's or an authorized…

Orem bans aggressive panhandling under City Code 9-2-14. Soliciting money in an intimidating manner, touching someone without consent, blocking a sidewalk, or approaching within 30…

Orem makes it unlawful to loiter on or about any school or college grounds or buildings, on foot or in a vehicle, without a lawful reason to be there. The same section separately bans…

Orem's "Befouling public places" ordinance makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in any public place, or on private property where the act is open to public view. The offense sits…

Orem bans both possessing and drinking alcohol anywhere on city-owned property, not just inside park boundaries, under Orem City Code 13-1-9. The rule reaches every park, adjacent…

Smoking, including vaping, is banned on every piece of Orem city-owned property and at any mass gathering under Orem City Code 13-1-10. The definition of 'smoke' written into Article…

In Orem's mapped special flood hazard areas, new homes and substantially improved structures must have the lowest floor built at least one foot above the base flood elevation (BFE)…

Orem requires a development permit before any construction or land-disturbing work begins in a mapped area of special flood hazard. City Code 10-4-3 covers plats, site plans, and…

Orem makes it unlawful to obstruct, cover, or contribute to blocking any part of the City's storm water system, including drain inlets. Anyone connecting to that system, directly by…

Orem requires a Land Disturbance Permit before any activity disturbing 500 or more square feet of land, backed by a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan. Disturbed soil must be…

In unincorporated Utah County's Wildland/Urban Interface zone, Utah County Code § 6.11.060 sets exact defensible-space clearances: grass kept under 5 inches within 30 feet of a…

Anyone building a marina, mooring dock, or boat launch along Utah Lake or another water body in unincorporated Utah County needs a permit from the Zoning Administrator under UCLUO…

Orem imposes a 1% transient room tax on rents charged to any 'transient' who occupies a public accommodation for 30 consecutive days or less. The code defines public accommodation…

Any parade or procession in Orem, except a funeral procession, needs a permit from the Chief of Police before it can march or proceed along a city street. Organizers must give the…

Anyone who wants to run a revenue-generating event on Orem city-owned property, including parks, must first get permission from the Department of Recreation under Orem City Code…

Orem bars minors under 16 from public places between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. every night, and bars minors under 18 between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and between 1 a.m. and…

Every City park in Orem closes at 11:00 p.m. and stays closed until 5:00 a.m. under Orem City Code 13-1-11. Anyone other than a City employee on duty who is found in a park during…

Orem allows commercial child and adult day care facilities only in the C1, C2, and HS zones, and every operator must submit a site plan under 22-14-20 showing a loading/unloading area…

Before Orem's Building Safety Division will issue a building permit, every fee has to be paid and every required bond posted: permit fees, City utility fees like sewer and water…

Orem City Code 7-1-1 adopts the Utah State Construction Code, defined in Utah Code 15A-2-103 and 15A-2-104, as the design and construction standard for every structure in the city, a…

Utah County Code § 8.18.080 gives anyone seeking a single-family residential building permit the right to request review of an inspection performed by the county's building inspector…

Unincorporated Utah County requires automatic fire sprinkler systems in every dwelling built, added onto, or more-than-50%-remodeled inside the mapped Wildland/Urban Interface overlay…

Every rental dwelling in Orem needs a valid rental dwelling license under Orem City Code 12-9-3 before an owner, lessee or agent may keep, operate or maintain it. One license covers…

Utah eviction begins with a notice to quit under Utah Code 78B-6-802. Nonpayment of rent requires a 3-business-day pay-or-quit notice; lease violations require a 3-calendar-day…

The Utah Fit Premises Act requires owners to keep rentals fit for human habitation, with working electrical, heating, plumbing, and hot and cold water (Utah Code 57-22-3, 57-22-4)…

Utah does not require just-cause for eviction and uses a streamlined unlawful detainer process under Title 78B Chapter 6 Part 8. Landlords may terminate month-to-month tenancies with…

Under the Utah Fit Premises Act, a landlord must give the renter at least 24 hours' prior notice before entering the rental unit, unless the rental agreement provides otherwise (Utah…

Utah does cap residential late fees. Under the Fit Premises Act, an owner may not charge a late fee exceeding the greater of 10% of the rent or $75 (Utah Code 57-22-4(5)(a)). Any fee…

To end a month-to-month tenancy in Utah, the owner must serve notice to quit at least 15 calendar days before the end of the rental period (Utah Code 78B-6-802(1)(b)(i)). A tenancy at…

Utah prohibits local rent control. State law bars any county, city, or town from enacting an ordinance or resolution that controls rents or fees on private residential property unless…

Utah sets no statutory cap on how much a landlord can charge for a security deposit. After a tenant moves out, the landlord has 30 days to return the deposit and any prepaid rent, with…

Utah adverse possession requires continuous occupation and claim of land for seven years AND payment of all taxes levied and assessed on it during that period (Utah Code 78B-2-208…

Billboards are banned everywhere in Orem, with only a handful of grandfathered signs surviving under Orem City Code 14-3-3, so a freestanding digital billboard has no path to approval…

Along 1200 West and Sandhill Road, Orem's Sign Zone E bars freestanding pole signs from facing the freeway unless the business caters to travelers and sits within 660 feet of an I-15…

Orem lets businesses cover up to 80% of any window's total transparent area with signage, no City permit needed. The rule applies to window signs in the C1, C2, C3, M1, M2, HS, BP…

Orem has no separate political-sign permit. Political signs are noncommercial signs under Chapter 14: no permit needed, but each sign is capped at 6 feet tall and 32 square feet, with…

Orem allows garage-sale signs as a type of accessory residential sign under City Code Section 14-3-3: no permit is needed, but each sign is capped at six feet in height (unless mounted…

Orem lets adjacent property owners plant new trees in the parkway strip between the sidewalk and the street, but only under Orem City Code 13-3-4: the species must be approved by the…

Anyone going door-to-door in Orem to sell goods or seek donations must first obtain a Certificate of Registration from the Community Development Director, wear it visibly, and produce…

Posting a "No Soliciting," "No Solicitors," or "No Trespassing" sign near an Orem front door or property line puts every solicitor on notice to stay away. Even without a sign, no…

Orem only licenses mobile vendors that sell food, and every one needs Utah County Health Department licensing on top of its Orem business license. Food prep must stay inside a…

Orem caps electronic message center (EMC) sign brightness, the illuminated displays allowed on legal billboards, at 0.3 lumens above ambient light. EMC signs need a City sign permit…

In Orem's PD-21 Zone (Student Housing Village at 1200 South Geneva Road), every development site plan must include a lighting plan, and city code spells out the fixtures: decorative…

Orem City Code 22-9-9(F) requires outdoor lighting in the city's manufacturing, research-and-development, and public-facilities zones to be designed so it does not throw direct glare…

Anyone who wants to place a collection trailer or container for recyclables anywhere in Orem needs sign-off from the Development Review Committee first. The DRC keeps them off required…

Orem lets the City or a licensed solid waste contractor run recyclables collection outside the regular receptacle or container service, but the material has to go into containers built…

Orem does not guarantee trash pickup on holidays: Section 15-1-13 lets the Public Works Director or the City's solid waste contractor suspend collection on any holiday they designate…

Orem residents must set receptacles out in the gutter or at the curb, never earlier than the evening before pickup, and out by 7:00 a.m. on collection day. Empty carts must come back…

Orem's Chapter 15 treats bulky items like furniture and appliances as waste too large for a standard receptacle, while brush, bushes and tree limbs must be cut to fit inside the cart…

Orem City Code 15-2-9 makes it unlawful to place, deposit, bury or dump solid waste on any lot, street, alley, or into any water, waterway or container not meant for that use anywhere…

Orem limits when solid waste contractors can run pickups: containers may be emptied only between 4:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, under City Code 15-1-3 and 15-3-1…

Orem's solid waste system is not opt-in: City Code 15-1-2 makes the City responsible for ensuring every residential, commercial and multi-dwelling property is serviced, and Section…

In Orem, a dumpster or trash container of one and one-half cubic yards or more can't sit inside a building, within 5 feet of a combustible wall or roof eave, or in a front or side…

In Orem's PD-12 zone at the southwest corner of 1300 South and Main Street, businesses within 200 feet of a residential zone may only load and receive deliveries between 7:00 a.m. and…

Any Orem site plan for commercial, industrial, or multi-family development must show on the drawings where mechanical equipment is placed and what steps will cut its noise impact, per…

Orem City Code 16-1-3 makes it unlawful to obstruct any street or sidewalk, or any portion of one, in a way that stops vehicles or pedestrians from passing or forces them to detour…

Digging into, building on, or blocking an Orem street, curb, gutter, or sidewalk requires a City permit first. Orem City Code Section 16-2-1 makes unpermitted construction or…

Orem's City Center District (CCD) zones along State Street impose detailed downtown design standards: minimum building heights, maximum (not minimum) street setbacks, mandatory…

Orem City Code Section 22-16-7 requires any condominium or townhouse conversion project to record a Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions that establishes a unit…

When a homeowners association in an Orem clustered subdivision dissolves or stops maintaining required open space, the City does not just let the land go unkept. Orem City Code Section…

Orem does not leave open space maintenance to chance in its ROS and OS5 clustered developments. Before the City approves a final plat, Orem City Code Section 22-10-4(D) requires the…

Utah Code § 57-8a-227 gives a lot owner a records right with hard numbers attached: the association must answer a written request within 10 business days, may charge no more than 10…

Utah Code § 57-8a-231(2) bars an association from enacting or enforcing a governing document that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, the owner of a detached dwelling from…

Utah Code § 57-8a-802 overrides any contrary governing document and forbids a homeowners association from prohibiting a lot owner from installing or using an electric vehicle charging…

Utah Code § 57-8a-219 bars a homeowners association from prohibiting a lot owner's display of a United States flag inside the dwelling, on a limited common area, or on the lot, so long…

Utah Code § 57-8a-208 puts no dollar limit on an association fine. Subsection (3)(b) says only that the fine shall be in the amount provided for in the association's governing…

A Utah association can sell your home without a lawsuit, but Utah Code 57-8a-303 puts four separate locks on that power. It must deliver notice at least 30 calendar days before…

Utah Code § 57-8a-209(1)(a) expressly allows a homeowners association to cap the number and term of rentals or to prohibit rentals outright, so Utah runs the opposite way from states…

Orem caps residential structure height at 35 feet above grade in every zone except R12 and R20, where up to 20% of the roof area may reach 45 feet if set back 50 feet from all property…

Orem sets minimum yard setbacks by residential zone under Orem City Code Section 22-6-8(B). In the R8 zone, interior lots need a 25-foot front and rear setback, with combined side…

In unincorporated Utah County's RR-5 Rural Residential Zone, accessory buildings such as barns, sheds and greenhouses cannot together cover more than 15% of the lot, measured by roofed…

Orem's Agriculture Overlay Zone (-AG), created in City Code 22-12-6, layers protection for existing orchards and farmland onto the underlying zoning. Owners can apply the overlay to…

Orem's Agriculture Overlay Zone comes with a built-in right-to-farm shield: City Code 22-12-6 says occasional excess light, noise, dust, or smoke from permitted farming is not a…

Orem confines cannabis production establishments to the M2 manufacturing zone and allows medical cannabis pharmacies in any zone that isn't primarily residential, under City Code…

Cannabis production establishments and medical cannabis pharmacies in Orem must stay at least 600 feet from any primarily residential zone, plus 1,000 feet from a school, church…

Orem's Historic Preservation Advisory Commission can designate a building, site, or district to the Historic Landmark Register if it's listed or eligible for the National Register…

Orem residents can hold at most two garage sales a year, each capped at three consecutive calendar days, confined to the garage, patio, or yard, and limited to the residents' own…

Unincorporated Utah County requires a temporary use permit from the Zoning Administrator for any commercial filming lasting more than two days, valid up to six weeks and renewable…

Unincorporated Utah County bans open fires in its Wildland/Urban Interface zone without a written Fire Marshal permit, but Utah County Code § 6.11.090 carves out permanent and portable…

Utah County bans camping or setting up a campsite anywhere on county property, whether inside an incorporated city or in unincorporated territory, unless the site is a designated…

Utah County can declare a plant a County noxious weed even if it is not on the state's list, and can force any property owner to control or destroy it. Utah County Code § 7.11.060 lets…

In unincorporated Utah County, a free-standing solar array only qualifies as an allowed yard obstruction if it stays out of the front setback, tops out at 12 feet at maximum tilt, and…

Utah Code § 57-8a-701(2)(a) says no governing document other than a declaration may prohibit a detached dwelling owner from installing a solar energy system, which is the crucial…

Commercial drone use in Utah is governed primarily by FAA Part 107 with Utah's UAS preemption statute limiting local interference. State law adds restrictions for emergencies…

Utah expressly preempts local regulation of unmanned aircraft systems, reserving authority to the state and federal governments. Recreational drone operators must follow FAA rules and…

Utah Title 34 Chapter 40 establishes the state minimum wage and preempts local governments from enacting their own minimum wage ordinances.

Utah recognizes both a concealed firearm permit under Title 53 Chapter 5 and permitless concealed carry for qualifying adults statewide, preempting local restrictions.

Utah Code 53-5a-102 broadly preempts local firearm regulation, reserving authority to the Legislature with limited exceptions for state property and government buildings.

Utah generally allows open carry of firearms by adults who may lawfully possess them, with local regulation preempted by Utah Code 53-5a-102.

Utah's gambling statute defines a "lottery" to include any raffle or gift enterprise where entrants pay for a chance at a prize, and folds lottery directly into the criminal definition…

Utah Code § 76-9-1401(8) defines "gambling" as risking anything of value on a chance-based outcome tied to an agreement that someone will receive value: a definition with no exception…

Utah is one of only two states with zero legal gambling, and that includes sports betting: no retail sportsbooks, no mobile betting apps, and no daily-fantasy cash contests. Utah…

Utah allows sobriety checkpoints, but only with a magistrate's written authorisation obtained in advance. Utah Code Section 77-23-104 requires a command level officer to file a signed…

Utah wrote the protection directly into the interference offense. Utah Code Section 76-8-305(4) says that recording a peace officer with a camera, mobile phone or other photographic…

Utah is one of the states with a genuine stop-and-identify duty, but the duty is narrower than the questions an officer is allowed to ask. Utah Code Section 77-7-15 lets a peace…

Utah has no statute regulating consent to search a vehicle, no odour-based probable cause provision and no pretextual-stop reform. The one statutory limit on what a Utah officer may…

In Utah a golf cart may not be driven on any highway unless the municipality whose jurisdiction that highway sits in has passed an ordinance allowing it. Utah Code 41-6a-1510(1)(b)…

As of March 25, 2025, Utah bans selling electronic cigarette products with any characterizing flavor other than tobacco or menthol. The ban applies to all retailers, and every vape…

Utah wrote a dedicated auxiliary lighting provision into the traffic code in 2024. Utah Code Section 41-6a-1604(7) says an auxiliary light installed on a motor vehicle may only be…

Utah has no statute naming dash cameras, so the answer comes from three provisions that do apply. Utah Code Section 41-6a-1635(2)(a) prohibits operating a motor vehicle with an object…

Utah runs two rules at once and they are not the same thing. Lane splitting, riding a motorcycle between clearly marked lanes while traffic is in motion, is flatly prohibited by Utah…

Utah Code 41-1a-403(2)(a) says an individual may not attach to or over a license plate a license plate cover. There is no tint qualifier, no transparency exception and no exception…

A radar detector is legal in a private vehicle in Utah. The Utah Code contains no provision on radar detectors at all; what it does contain is Section 41-6a-609, which prohibits radar…

Utah Code 41-6a-1636(3) makes any stud, cleat, spike or other non-rubber protuberance on a tire unlawful, and then Subsection (5)(a) carves out the one thing most Utah drivers want…

Utah Code Section 41-6a-1635(1) bars operating a motor vehicle with a windshield allowing less than 70% light transmittance or a front side window allowing less than 35%, with no more…