ACCIDENT REPORTS; CONFIDENTIALITY; CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
Salt Lake City Code § 12.16.090
in effect12.16.090: ACCIDENT REPORTS; CONFIDENTIALITY; CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE:
A. All accident reports made by persons involved in accidents or by garages shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall be for the confidential use of the financial responsibility division of the state department of public safety, other state agencies having use for the records for accident prevention purposes, or for the administration of the laws of this state relating to the deposit of security and proof of financial responsibility by persons driving or the owners of motor vehicles; except that the financial responsibility division of the department of public safety of the state may disclose the identity of a person involved in an accident when such identity is not otherwise known or when such person denies his or her presence at such accident.
B. No such report shall be used as evidence in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident, except that the financial responsibility division of the department of public safety and the police department shall furnish, upon demand of any person who has or claims to have made such a report, or upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified accident report has or has not been made to the financial responsibility division of the department of public safety solely to prove a compliance or a failure to comply with the requirement that such a report be made to the financial responsibility division of the department of public safety of the state. (Prior code title 46, art. 5 § 103)
Source: Salt Lake City, Utah, City Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/saltlakecityut/latest/saltlakecity_ut/0-0-0-52400Fetched: 11/1/2026