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Utah Code § 41-6a-210 (2026)

Failure to respond to officer's signal to stop -- Fleeing -- Causing property damage or bodily injury -- Suspension of driver's license -- Forfeiture of vehicle -- Penalties

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An operator who receives a visual or audible signal from a law enforcement officer to bring the vehicle to a stop may not:
operate the vehicle in willful or wanton disregard of the signal so as to interfere with or endanger the operation of any vehicle or person; or
knowingly or intentionally attempt to flee or elude a law enforcement officer by vehicle or other means.
A person who violates Subsection (1)(a) is guilty of a felony of the third degree.
The court shall, as part of any sentence under this Subsection (1), impose a fine of not less than $1,000.
A law enforcement officer may impound a vehicle of a person who violates Subsection (1)(a).
An operator who violates Subsection (1) and while so doing causes death or serious bodily injury to another person, under circumstances not amounting to murder or aggravated murder, is guilty of a felony of the second degree.
The court shall, as part of any sentence under this Subsection (2), impose a fine of not less than $5,000.
In addition to the penalty provided under this section or any other section, a person who violates Subsection (1)(a) or (2)(a) shall have the person's driver license revoked under Subsection 53-3-220(1)(a)(ix) for a period of one year.
The court shall forward the report of the conviction to the division.
If the person is the holder of a driver license from another jurisdiction, the division shall notify the appropriate officials in the licensing state.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 21 cases (8 in the last 5 years), 2007–2026 · leading case: State v. Bird, 2015 UT 7 (Utah 2015).
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State v. Bird, 2015 UT 7 (Utah 2015). · cites it 25× “JUSTICE PARRISH , opinion of the Court: INTRODUCTION ¶1 On certiorari, we are asked to review the court of appeals’ ruling that the trial court erred by not providing a mens rea jury instruction for the charge of failure to respond to an officer’s signal to stop under Utah Code…”
United States v. West, 550 F.3d 952 (10th Cir. 2008). · cites it 6× “Addressing the prior version of this statute, the Utah Court of Appeals held that, [t]o be guilty of this offense, a driver must first willfully or wantonly disregard an officer's visual or audible signal to stop the vehicle.”
United States v. Wise, 597 F.3d 1141 (10th Cir. 2010). · cites it 4× “Wise was convicted in 2006 for violating Utah Code § 41-6a-210, which states: (l)(a) An operator who receives a visual or audible signal from a peace officer to bring the vehicle to a stop may not: *1144 (i) operate the vehicle in willful or wanton disregard of the signal so as…”
United States v. McConnell, 605 F.3d 822 (10th Cir. 2010). · cites it 3× “3d at 960 -61 (quoting Utah Code § 41-6a-210(l)(a)). We first concluded that “prior convictions for eluding and evading police, at least when they involve a vehicle, should .”
State v. Bird, 2012 UT App 239 (Utah Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 14× “§ 41-6a-210, and accordingly the State argues that the mental state requirements enunciated in section 76-2-101(1)(b) do not apply to that crime.”
State v. Horvath, 2018 UT App 165 (Utah Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 4× “2 As relevant here, Utah Code section 41-6a-210, the failure to respond statute, provides, (1)(a) An operator who receives a visual or audible signal from a peace officer to bring the vehicle to a stop may not: (i) operate the vehicle in willful or wanton disregard of the signal…”
Torrie v. Weber Cnty., 2013 UT 48 (Utah 2013). · cites it 2× “The defendants argue that Utah Code section 41-6a-210, which requires vehicles to stop when an officer signals them to do so and does not include a corollary to 41-6a-212's duty for emergency vehicle operators, is more applicable than section 41-6a-212. We disagree. An emergency…”
State v. Naranjo, 2023 UT App 131 (Utah Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 4× “” Utah Code § 41-6a-210(1)(a). The phrase “bring the vehicle to a stop” clearly anticipates that a vehicle is moving when the command to stop is given.”
State v. Alvarado, 2023 UT App 123 (Utah Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 4× “” ¶5 Alvarado was charged with two different failure-to-stop crimes: one based on his failure to stop when Patrol Officer attempted to pull him over (fleeing by vehicle), see Utah Code § 41-6a-210, and one based on his fleeing the scene after exiting the truck to avoid arrest…”
State v. Parkinson, 2018 UT App 62 (Utah Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 5× “3d 1141 (internal quotation marks omitted) (explaining that these are the mens rea requirements for a violation of Utah Code section 41-6a-210 ). The State did not point out that either of these instructions was incomplete, and the district court apparently did not notice their…”
State v. Young, 2015 UT App 286 (Utah Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “Young reasons that if his vehicle was in motion at the time of Townsend's command, then Young's failure to stop the vehicle violated Utah Code section 41-6a-210 and was thus *58 not a violation of section 76-8-805.”
State v. Lebeau, 2012 UT App 235 (Utah Ct. App. 2012). “§ 41-6a-210 (2010); and cruelty to an animal, a class *3 B misdemeanor, see id.”
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— Utah Code § 41-6a-210(1) — 3 cases
State v. Horvath, 2018 UT App 165 (Utah Ct. App. 2018). “2 As relevant here, Utah Code section 41-6a-210, the failure to respond statute, provides, (1)(a) An operator who receives a visual or audible signal from a peace officer to bring the vehicle to a stop may not: (i) operate the vehicle in willful or wanton disregard of the signal…”
Thayne v. Martin (D. Utah 2021).
State v. Anderson, 2015 UT 90 (Utah 2015).
— Utah Code § 41-6a-210(1)(a) — 9 cases
State v. Bird, 2015 UT 7 (Utah 2015). “JUSTICE PARRISH , opinion of the Court: INTRODUCTION ¶1 On certiorari, we are asked to review the court of appeals’ ruling that the trial court erred by not providing a mens rea jury instruction for the charge of failure to respond to an officer’s signal to stop under Utah Code…”
State v. Bird, 2012 UT App 239 (Utah Ct. App. 2012). “§ 41-6a-210, and accordingly the State argues that the mental state requirements enunciated in section 76-2-101(1)(b) do not apply to that crime.”
State v. Naranjo, 2023 UT App 131 (Utah Ct. App. 2023). “” Utah Code § 41-6a-210(1)(a). The phrase “bring the vehicle to a stop” clearly anticipates that a vehicle is moving when the command to stop is given.”
State v. Alvarado, 2023 UT App 123 (Utah Ct. App. 2023). “” ¶5 Alvarado was charged with two different failure-to-stop crimes: one based on his failure to stop when Patrol Officer attempted to pull him over (fleeing by vehicle), see Utah Code § 41-6a-210, and one based on his fleeing the scene after exiting the truck to avoid arrest…”
State v. Mancia, 2026 UT App 30 (Utah Ct. App. 2026).
— Utah Code § 41-6a-210(1)(a)(i) — 2 cases
United States v. Wise, 597 F.3d 1141 (10th Cir. 2010). “Wise was convicted in 2006 for violating Utah Code § 41-6a-210, which states: (l)(a) An operator who receives a visual or audible signal from a peace officer to bring the vehicle to a stop may not: *1144 (i) operate the vehicle in willful or wanton disregard of the signal so as…”
State v. Bird, 2012 UT App 239 (Utah Ct. App. 2012). “§ 41-6a-210, and accordingly the State argues that the mental state requirements enunciated in section 76-2-101(1)(b) do not apply to that crime.”
— Utah Code § 41-6a-210(1)(a)(ii) — 3 cases
State v. Naranjo, 2023 UT App 131 (Utah Ct. App. 2023). “” Utah Code § 41-6a-210(1)(a). The phrase “bring the vehicle to a stop” clearly anticipates that a vehicle is moving when the command to stop is given.”
State v. Bird, 2012 UT App 239 (Utah Ct. App. 2012). “§ 41-6a-210, and accordingly the State argues that the mental state requirements enunciated in section 76-2-101(1)(b) do not apply to that crime.”
State v. Chacon, 2026 UT App 22 (Utah Ct. App. 2026).
— Utah Code § 41-6a-210(1)(b)(i) — 2 cases
State v. Horvath, 2018 UT App 165 (Utah Ct. App. 2018). “2 As relevant here, Utah Code section 41-6a-210, the failure to respond statute, provides, (1)(a) An operator who receives a visual or audible signal from a peace officer to bring the vehicle to a stop may not: (i) operate the vehicle in willful or wanton disregard of the signal…”
State v. Parkinson, 2018 UT App 62 (Utah Ct. App. 2018). “3d 1141 (internal quotation marks omitted) (explaining that these are the mens rea requirements for a violation of Utah Code section 41-6a-210 ). The State did not point out that either of these instructions was incomplete, and the district court apparently did not notice their…”
— Utah Code § 41-6a-210(l)(a) — 2 cases
United States v. West, 550 F.3d 952 (10th Cir. 2008). “Addressing the prior version of this statute, the Utah Court of Appeals held that, [t]o be guilty of this offense, a driver must first willfully or wantonly disregard an officer's visual or audible signal to stop the vehicle.”
United States v. McConnell, 605 F.3d 822 (10th Cir. 2010). “3d at 960 -61 (quoting Utah Code § 41-6a-210(l)(a)). We first concluded that “prior convictions for eluding and evading police, at least when they involve a vehicle, should .”
— Utah Code § 41-6a-210(l)(a)(i) — 1 case
United States v. West, 550 F.3d 952 (10th Cir. 2008). “Addressing the prior version of this statute, the Utah Court of Appeals held that, [t]o be guilty of this offense, a driver must first willfully or wantonly disregard an officer's visual or audible signal to stop the vehicle.”
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