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Utah law uses "brands" — labels placed on vehicle titles — to flag cars with troubled histories such as fire, flood, or hail damage, or vehicles that were stolen and later recovered. This bill would formally define these brand categories in state law, along with a new "compliant gray market" label for foreign-made vehicles that didn't originally meet U.S. safety or emissions standards but have since been altered to meet them and passed a safety inspection. It would also specify that a vehicle with a fire, flood, or hail damage brand could receive a "rebuilt and restored" brand once it's been repaired enough to be safely driven, with the title noting the original type of damage, and it would require titles to note an "odometer discrepancy" when a vehicle's mileage doesn't match its disclosure records. Finally, the bill would require the Motor Vehicle Division to check a national vehicle history database (NMVTIS) before issuing a new Utah title to any vehicle lacking a title or carrying an out-of-state title, and to apply the appropriate brand if that database shows the vehicle was previously flagged as salvage, a total loss, or damaged; these changes would take effect January 1, 2027.