Left Plates on Vehicle

If you have disposed of a vehicle with the license plates left on and have received a delinquent letter from the Salt Lake City Justice Court you must do the following:

When a vehicle is sold, traded, junked, repossessed or given away in the State of Utah, the owner is required by state law to remove the license plates.

If you have disposed of a vehicle without removing the license plates and have received a delinquent letter from the Salt Lake Enforcement Office, you must notify the Department of Motor Vehicles in writing that you no longer have the vehicle in your possession and that the license plates were left on the vehicle when disposed of.

Please include the name and address of the individual or company that purchased the vehicle if you know it.

Or you can take the letter to the Department of Motor Vehicles at the following two locations:

DMV
380 West 2880 South
Salt Lake City, Utah 84115
Hours: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., M-F

or

SOUTH JORDAN
10433 S. Redwood Rd
South Jordan, Utah 84116
Hours 7:45 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. M-F
OPEN SATURDAYS 8 a.m. - Noon
801-297-7780

For additional information, call the Department of Motor Vehicles at 297-7780. Our office ours are 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., Monday through Friday. They are closed Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

Then you must see a hearing officer in the Salt Lake City Courts Building located at 333 South 200 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111, with a copy of your letter.