Government Operations

Fleet Operations

Rule 10: Identification Markings for State Motor Vehicles

Effective Date:

Admin. Code Reference: R27-10

Rule Type: Proposed Rule

NOTICE OF SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE

TYPE OF FILING: Amendment

Filing ID: 58139

Rule or section number:

R27-10

1. Agency Information

Title catchline:

Government Operations, Fleet Operations

Building:

Taylorsville State Office Building

Street address:

4315 S 2700 W

City, state:

Taylorsville, UT

Mailing address:

4315 S 2700 W

City, state and zip:

Taylorsville, UT 84129

2. Contact Persons

Name:

Phone:

Email:

Cory Weeks

801-419-6729

coryweeks@utah.gov

Please address questions regarding information on this notice to the persons listed above.

3. General Information

A. Rule or section catchline:

R27-10. Identification Markings for State Motor Vehicles

B. Purpose of the new rule or reason for the change:

This rule is changing to comply with the Governor's new branding guidelines.

C. Summary of the new rule or change:

This rule modifies the vehicle marking requirements to comply with branding guidelines provided by the governor's office in 2026.

5. Fiscal Information

Provide an estimate and written explanation of the aggregate anticipated cost or savings to:

A. State budget:

This change will not have an impact on the state budget because the change will be made moving forward and there were no costs associated with managing the change.

B. Local governments:

This rule does not apply to local governments.

C. Small businesses ("small business" means a business employing 1-49 persons):

This rule does not apply to small businesses.

D. Non-small businesses ("non-small business" means a business employing 50 or more persons):

This rule does not apply to non-small businesses.

E. Persons other than small businesses, non-small businesses, state, or local government entities ("person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or public or private organization of any character other than an agency):

This rule does not apply to any other group of people.

F. Compliance costs for affected persons:

Because the governor's office allowed the Division of Fleet Operations to make the changes moving forward, without having to modify vehicles with the previous branding, there will be no additional costs.

6. Regulatory Impact Summary Table

Enter the cost or savings in the relevant cell. If there is no cost or savings, enter, "$0." If a cost or savings is inestimable, enter, "inestimable."

Fiscal Cost

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Non-Small Businesses

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Fiscal Benefits

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Net Fiscal Benefits

7. Regulatory Impact Analysis Approval

The Commissioner of the Department of Government Operations, Marvin Dodge, has reviewed and approved this regulatory impact analysis.

8. Family Impact Information

A. The agency has considered this rule's impact on family health, stability, and formation:

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B. Summary of reasonable alternatives or modifications:

The major alternative would have been to require all existing fleet vehicles to be modified with updated branding.

This would have created significant cost and logistical difficulties.

9. Citation Information

Provide citations to the statutory authority for the rule. If there is also a federal requirement for the rule, provide a citation to that requirement:

Subsection 63A-9-601(1)(c)

11. Public Notice Information

The public may submit written or oral comments to the agency identified in box 1.

A. Comments will be accepted until:

10/01/2026

12. Effective Date Information

This rule change MAY become effective on:

(NOTE: This is the date the agency anticipates making the filing effective. It is NOT the effective date)

10/08/2026

13. Agency Authorization Information

Agency head or

designee and title:

Cory Weeks, Director

Date:

08/03/2026

R27. Government Operations, Fleet Operations.

R27-10. Identification Markings for State Motor Vehicles.

R27-10-1. Authority and Purpose.

(1) Pursuant to Subsection 63A-9-601(5), the division is responsible for ensuring that state vehicles for agencies are marked as required by Section 41-1a-407. If "EX" license plates are required, then the identification mark is also required.

(2) This rule is authorized by Subsection 63A-9-601(1)(c).

R27-10-2. Identification Markings.

(1) The standard identification mark shall be a likeness of the [Great Seal of the state of Utah]Utah icon from the State of Utah Branding

Guidelines.

(a) [Light-, Medium-, and Heavy-duty trucks, service vehicles, and off-road equipment shall be clearly marked, on each front door, with an

eight-inch State Seal. At the option of the entity operating the state vehicle or equipment, the identification mark may include a banner not more than

four inches high which may bear the agency's logo and the name of the department or division. All identification markings must be approved by the

division before use.

(b) ]Non-law enforcement passenger vehicles shall be marked with a translucent identification sticker, [four]six inches in diameter on the

furthest rearward window in the lower-most rearward corner, on each side of the vehicle.

(b) Agencies may choose to use an agency specific 10 inch decal door marking on the front driver and passenger side doors that complies

with the state branding guidelines for the purposes of identifying the vehicle's use.

(2) Identification mark requirements are not intended to preclude other markings used to identify special purpose vehicles.

(3) [Vehicles used for law enforcement purposes may, at the discretion of the operating agency, display a likeness of the Great Seal of the

state of Utah in the center of a gold star for identification purposes. Other]Law enforcement and other emergency response vehicles are not

precluded from displaying additional appropriate markings.[ At the option of the agency, the State Seal may be placed on the front door above any

molding and, where practicable, shall be at least four inches below the window. The optional banner portion of the identification mark shall be

placed immediately below the State Seal.]

(4) Identification markings shall clearly identify vehicles or equipment as being the property of the state. Additional markings should be applied with discretion so as not to detract from that intent.

R27-10-3. License Plates.

(1) Every vehicle owned, operated, or leased for the exclusive use of the state shall bear a license plate displaying the letters "EX."

(2) Plates issued to Utah Highway Patrol vehicles may bear the capital letters "UHP" a beehive logo, and the call number of the vehicle for which the plate is issued. In lieu of the identification mark described in this rule, the Utah Highway Patrol may use a substitute identification mark of its own specification.

R27-10-4. Exceptions.

(1) Neither the "EX" license plates nor the standard identification marks need be displayed on state vehicles if:

(a) the state vehicle is in the direct service of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Auditor, or State Treasurer;

(b) the state vehicle is used in official investigative work where secrecy is essential;

(c) the state vehicle is provided to an official as part of a compensation package allowing unlimited personal use of that vehicle; or

(d) the personal security of the state vehicle's occupants would be jeopardized if the identification mark were in place.

(2) If a vehicle does not have EX plates, the agency must assist the division with annual registration requirements.

(3) An agency marker that does not meet the specifications of Section R27-10-3 must be approved by the division.

KEY: motor vehicles

Date of Last Change: 2026[February 21, 2023]

Notice of Continuation: August 3, 2026

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 41-1a-407; 63A-9-401; 63A-9-601(1)(c)

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