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OHV advocates urge council to end out-of-state registration reciprocity
Summary
Brett Stewart of Utah OHV Advocates asked the council to support eliminating registration reciprocity for out-of-state street‑legal OHVs, citing instances of out‑of‑state users registering in other states to avoid contributing to Utah's OHV restricted fund; legal counsel said state code mandates decals, and the inconsistency appears to lie in an administrative rule.
Brett Stewart, representing Utah OHV Advocates, asked the advisory council to back a policy shift to end registration reciprocity for out-of-state street-legal OHVs, saying some users register vehicles in South Dakota or Montana to avoid contributing to Utah’s OHV restricted fund.
Legal counsel Nicole Hannah reviewed controlling statutes and told the council that state code already mandates decal purchases for these vehicles; she said the inconsistency appears to be in the administrative rule rather than the statute itself. The exchange framed potential policy work as an administrative-rule issue requiring staff and legal follow-up rather than immediate statutory change.
