ACCIDENT REPORTS; DRIVER, WITNESS AND INVESTIGATING OFFICER DUTIES; SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS
Salt Lake City Code § 12.16.100
in effect12.16.100: ACCIDENT REPORTS; DRIVER, WITNESS AND INVESTIGATING OFFICER DUTIES; SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS:
A. The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or total property damage to the apparent extent of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) or more shall forward a written report of such accident to the financial responsibility division of the department of public safety of the state within five (5) days after such accident.
B. The financial responsibility division of the department of public safety may require any driver of a vehicle involved in an accident of which report must be made as provided in this section to file supplemental reports whenever the original report is insufficient, in the opinion of the department, and may require witnesses of accidents to render reports.
C. Every law enforcement officer who investigates a motor vehicle accident of which report must be made as required in this section, either at the time of and at the scene of the accident or thereafter by interviewing participants or witnesses, shall forward a written report of such accident to the financial responsibility division of the department of public safety within twenty four (24) hours after completing such investigation.
D. The city police department shall furnish upon request to any applicant copies of officers' reports of any traffic accident on file in such department. The mayor or the mayor's designee shall propose to the city council a fee for each copy of such report. The city council may consider including such a proposed fee on the Salt Lake City consolidated fee schedule. If the proposed fee is adopted by the city council, it shall be paid by the applicant in the office of the chief of police, which office shall then issue a receipt therefor which must be presented as a condition precedent to the delivery of such report; provided, however, that any person sixty five (65) years of age or over shall be exempt from the payment of such fee. (Ord. 46-16, 2016)
Source: Salt Lake City, Utah, City Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/saltlakecityut/latest/saltlakecity_ut/0-0-0-52403Fetched: 11/1/2026