Section 503 – Advertising — Permit required — Penalty for violation.
Effective 5/10/2016 72-7-503. Advertising — Permit required — Penalty for violation. (1) It is unlawful for any person to place any form of advertising upon any part of the public domain, or within 660 feet of a public highway, except within the corporate limits of a city or town, and except upon land in private […]
Section 504 – Advertising prohibited near interstate or primary system — Exceptions — Logo advertising — Department rules.
Effective 7/1/2021 72-7-504. Advertising prohibited near interstate or primary system — Exceptions — Logo advertising — Department rules. (1) As used in this section, “specific service trailblazer sign” means a guide sign that provides users with business identification or directional information for services and eligible activities that are advertised on a logo advertising sign authorized […]
Section 303 – Escaping water and other obstructions — Injuring or obstructing highway — Penalty for violations.
72-7-303. Escaping water and other obstructions — Injuring or obstructing highway — Penalty for violations. (1) A person may not willfully or carelessly: (a) obstruct or damage any public highway by causing or permitting flow or seepage of water; (b) permit water under the person’s control to escape in any manner that results in damage […]
Section 304 – Injury to trees on highways — Penalty for violations.
72-7-304. Injury to trees on highways — Penalty for violations. (1) A person may not dig up, cut down, or otherwise willfully damage or destroy any shade, ornamental, or other tree, planted and standing on any public highway in conformity to law. (2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class B […]
Section 305 – Driving animals over highways — Liability for damages.
72-7-305. Driving animals over highways — Liability for damages. (1) Except for a livestock highway, a person who drives a herd of domestic animals over a public highway is liable for any damage done by the animals in destroying the banks or rolling rocks into or upon the highway. (2) The damage may be recovered […]
Section 306 – Limited highways — Penalty for driving animals over.
72-7-306. Limited highways — Penalty for driving animals over. (1) A highway authority may declare a public highway that is laid out through improved lands that are not protected by fences along the lines of the highway passing through it, to be limited highways. A notice to that effect shall be posted at each end […]
Section 401 – Application of size, weight, and load limitations for vehicles — Exceptions.
Effective 7/1/2017 72-7-401. Application of size, weight, and load limitations for vehicles — Exceptions. (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2), the maximum size, weight, and load limitations on vehicles under this part apply to all highways throughout the state. (b) Local authorities may not alter the limitations except as expressly provided under Sections […]
Section 402 – Limitations as to vehicle width, height, length, and load extensions.
Effective 5/9/2017 72-7-402. Limitations as to vehicle width, height, length, and load extensions. (1) (a) Except as provided by statute, all state or federally approved safety devices and any other lawful appurtenant devices, including refrigeration units, hitches, air line connections, and load securing devices related to the safe operation of a vehicle are excluded for […]
Section 403 – Towing requirements and limitations on towing.
Effective 5/10/2016 72-7-403. Towing requirements and limitations on towing. (1) (a) The draw-bar or other connection between any two vehicles, one of which is towing or drawing the other on a highway, may not exceed 15 feet in length from one vehicle to the other except: (i) in the case of a connection between any […]
Section 404 – Maximum gross weight limitation for vehicles — Bridge formula for weight limitations — Minimum mandatory fines.
Effective 5/14/2019 72-7-404. Maximum gross weight limitation for vehicles — Bridge formula for weight limitations — Minimum mandatory fines. (1) (a) As used in this section: (i) “Axle load” means the total load on all wheels whose centers may be included between two parallel transverse vertical planes 40 inches apart. (ii) “Tandem axle” means two […]