Utah County, UT Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Time limit
- 30 days to remove a wrecked/junked vehicle
- Street ban
- Wrecked vehicles banned on any street outright
- Abandonment test
- Unregistered 30+ days is presumed abandoned
- Enforcement
- County Sheriff impounds violating vehicles
- Notice period
- Owner gets 10+ days to comply first
- Cost recovery
- County can sue owner for removal cost, fees
Summary
Utah County bans abandoning a vehicle anywhere in the county and gives owners just 30 days to remove a dismantled, wrecked, or junked vehicle from their own property before the County steps in. Utah County Code § 7.10.040 outlaws leaving a vehicle where it reasonably appears abandoned, and § 7.10.070 lets the County Sheriff impound any vehicle that violates the chapter.
No person shall abandon any vehicle within the County and no person shall leave any vehicle at any place within the County for such time and under such circumstances as to cause such vehicle reasonably to appear to have been abandoned. ... No person in charge or control of any property within the County ... shall allow any partially dismantled, nonoperating, wrecked, junked, or discarded vehicle to remain on such property longer than thirty (30) days; and no person shall leave any such vehicle on any property within the County for a longer time than thirty (30) days.
Full Breakdown
050. 060 gives a property owner, tenant, or occupant a 30-day window to remove a dismantled, wrecked, junked, or discarded vehicle from private property; a vehicle can stay longer only if it sits inside an enclosed building, is on a business's premises and necessary to that business's operation, or is in a County storage depository. 080, a vehicle is presumed abandoned once it goes 30 days without the state registration and inspection the law requires. 070 to remove and impound any vehicle that appears to violate the chapter, or that appears lost, stolen, or unclaimed, holding it until it is lawfully claimed or disposed of under state law.
130 lay out a notice-and-cure process: the County serves written notice giving the owner at least 10 days to remove the vehicle or other violation, and if the owner does not comply, the County can hire crews to remove it, bill the owner within 20 days, and sue for the cost plus attorney's fees and interest if the owner does not pay within 20 days of that demand.
Violations & Fines
Abandoning a vehicle or leaving a wrecked, junked vehicle beyond the 30-day limit violates §§ 7.10.040-7.10.060, and the County Sheriff can impound it under § 7.10.070. An owner who ignores a written cleanup notice faces County-hired removal at the owner's expense under § 7.10.110, plus a lawsuit for the removal cost, attorney's fees, interest, and court costs under § 7.10.130 if the bill goes unpaid within 20 days.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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