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What is SR-22 Insurance?
An SR-22 is a document required as proof of financial responsibility by the court or under state law for persons convicted of certain traffic violations.
Definition of an SR-22 from
the Car Insurance Learning Center: SR-22 is a form which must be filed
by the insurance company stating that auto liability insurance is in
effect for a particular individual. Required when insurance is provided
to an individual who was in an accident or was convicted of a traffic
offense and was unable to show financial responsibility. Each state
has different variations of this form and requirements.
SR-22s Insurance is associated with the following:
- DUI or DWI or any serious moving violation
- At-fault accidents while driving without insurance
- Repeat traffic offenses or getting too many tickets in a short time period
- License suspension or revoked license
Do I Need an SR-22 Insurance Quote?
Expect a long relationship with your SR-22 Insurance policy, most likely three years. This is similar to a probationary period after a criminal offense. You must carry continuous insurance coverage during the specified period of time before SR-22 status is removed. If your policy lapses or is canceled, your auto insurance company is required to notify the state immediately and your drivers license will be suspended again.
Details and Specifics of SR-22 Forms
You must file the actual SR-22 form with your state's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to show proof of insurance for you. Once you file your SR-22, your license suspension will be lifted and you can drive again legally.
SR-22s are state specific - what's required in one state may not apply in another state.
SR22 Requirements:
If you currently carry an SR-22 in one state but move to another state,
you must fulfill the SR-22 filing period for your former state, even
though you no longer reside there. Also, your insurance policy for your
new state must have liability limits which meet the minimums required
by law in your former (SR-22) state.
SR-22 Example:
If you have an Arizona SR-22, where minimum liability limits may be
50/100/25, and you move to Indiana, a state with 25/50/10 liability
limits, you'll need to carry Arizona's minimum limits of 50/100/25 on
your Indiana policy and continue your SR-22 filing with Alaska until
the filing period ends.
States without SR-22 Requirements:
Delaware, Kentucky, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania
don't require SR-22s, but if you have an SR-22 and then move to one
of these states, you must continue to meet the requirements of the SR-22
state where the offense was committed.
Example:
If you have an SR-22 in Texas and then move to Delaware, you'll need
to continue filing an SR-22 with Texas until you've met the three-year
probationary period for Texas. Even though you've got a Delaware policy,
you'll be able to file an SR-22 for Texas until the probationary period
expires.
Conclusion:
Though the SR-22 concept is similar from state to state, you always should check with your insurance company or agent to verify SR-22 specifics for your state
DUI Penalties State by State
All 50 states and the District of Columbia have per se laws defining it as a crime to drive with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) at or above a proscribed level, 0.08 percent.
License suspension or revocation traditionally follows conviction for alcohol-impaired driving. Under a procedure called administrative license suspension, licenses are taken before conviction when a driver fails or refuses to take a chemical test. Because administrative license suspension laws are independent of criminal procedures and are invoked right after arrest, they’ve been found to be more effective than traditional post-conviction sanctions. Forty-one states and the District of Columbia have administrative license suspension laws.
Forty-five states permit some offenders to drive only if their vehicles have been equipped with ignition interlocks. These devices analyze a driver’s breath and disable the ignition if the driver has been drinking.
In 30 states, multiple offenders may forfeit vehicles that are driven while impaired by alcohol.
Forty-three states and Washington
D.C. have laws prohibiting the driver, passengers or both from possessing
an open container of alcohol in the passenger compartment of a vehicle.
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Notes
- Information pertains to drivers in violation of the BAC defined as illegal per se for all drivers, not the special BAC for young drivers.
- Drivers usually must demonstrate special hardship to justify restoring privileges during suspension, and then privileges often are restricted.
- A multiple offender's vehicle may be seized and disposed.
- The 0.08 per se BAC law in Michigan contains a sunset clause which states that the legal BAC will revert to 0.10 on October 1, 2013.
- In New York, administrative license suspension lasts until prosecution is complete.
- In Tennessee, the open container law does not prohibit any municipality, by ordinance, or any county, by resolution, from prohibiting passengers from possessing an open container.
Source: Insurance Institute
for Highway Safety