Tuesday, January 16, 2007
New Auto Insurance Law in California Requires Uninsured Motorists ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On October 1, 2006 the California Department of Motor Vehicles ("DMV") began enforcing the new insurance law, Senate Bill 1500 ("SB 1500"), that requires the DMV to suspend a vehicle's registration if the vehicle does not have a valid insurance policy or bond. This change closes a loophole that allowed some residents to provide invalid proof of insurance to the DMV when registering their vehicles and allowed some to cancel their insurance policy shortly after obtaining their registration.
Related to this legislation, starting July 1st of this year Assembly Bill 2709 ("AB 2709") has given law enforcement officers in the State the ability to electronically verify if a vehicle has auto insurance using the same database as the DMV.
These changes may have a particular impact on those Hispanic communities that have a high percentage of uninsured motorists.
We recently came across your post addressing your experience with the California Department of Motor Vehicles, and we wanted to respond to you directly and provide you with a timely resource for DMV related information. One of the best ways you can learn more about the DMV, its new services and how to get answers is to visit the DMV Web site, www.dmv.ca.gov.
We noticed that you shared DMV related information with your readers. It’s important for California drivers to be aware of DMV services, so we thank you for sharing this information. We’d like to assist you should you choose to share additional information with your readers, so please remember that you can come to us as a resource.
If you’d like to learn more information or have any questions about how we can help, please feel free to send an email to askdmv@dmv.ca.gov or visit the DMV Web site at www.dmv.ca.gov. Thank you!
Sincerely,
Jessica Love
On behalf of the California DMV
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