The driver of an off-highway motor vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injuries to or the death of a person or resulting in damage to public or private property to the extent of five hundred dollars ($500) or more shall immediately notify a law enforcement agency of the accident and the facts relating to the accident. If the driver is under the age of eighteen, the driver's parent or legal guardian shall immediately notify a law enforcement agency of the accident and the facts relating to the accident. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-42-14, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 240, § 14; recompiled as 1953 Comp., § 64-3-1014, by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 210; 1985, ch. 189, § 14; 2005, ch. 325, § 17. The 2005 amendment, effective January 1, 2006, increased the minimum amount of property damage that requires an accident report from $50 to $500 or more; provided that if the driver is under the age of eighteen, the driver's parent or legal guardian shall immediately notify a law enforcement agency of the accident and the facts relating to the accident. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Products liability: All-Terrain vehicles (ATV's), 83 A.L.R.4th 70.
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