DIVISION 7. FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAWS [16000. - 16560.]
Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.
§§ 16000–16560 · 78 sections
CHAPTER 1. Compulsory Financial Responsibility §§ 16000–16078 · 40 sections
ARTICLE 1. Accident Reports §§ 16000–16005 · 9 sections
- § 16000 (a) The driver of a motor vehicle who is in any manner involved in an accident originating from the operation of the motor vehicle on a street or highway, or…
- § 16000.1 (a) For purposes of this division, a “reportable off-highway accident” means an accident that includes all of the following: (1) Occurs off the street or…
- § 16000.7 As used in this division an “uninsured motor vehicle” is a motor vehicle for which financial responsibility as provided in Section 16021 was not in effect at…
- § 16000.8 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the failure of the driver of a motor vehicle involved in an accident to prove the existence of…
- § 16001 If the vehicle involved was a driverless runaway vehicle and was parked with the express or implied permission of the registered owner, the registered owner of…
- § 16002 (a) If the driver at the time of the accident was driving a motor vehicle owned, operated, or leased by the employer of the driver and with the permission of…
- § 16003 If any driver is physically incapable of making the report, and is not the owner of the motor vehicle involved in the accident, the owner shall, as soon as he…
- § 16004 (a) The department shall suspend the driving privilege of any person who fails, refuses, or neglects to make a report of an accident as required in this…
- § 16005 (a) All reports and supplemental reports required by this chapter including insurance information forms shall be without prejudice to the individual so…
ARTICLE 2. Financial Responsibility §§ 16020–16033 · 9 sections
- § 16020 (a) All drivers and all owners of a motor vehicle shall at all times be able to establish financial responsibility pursuant to Section 16021, and shall at all…
- § 16020.3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any employer that owns a vanpool vehicle, as described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 17149 of the…
- § 16021 Financial responsibility of the driver or owner is established if the driver or owner of the vehicle involved in an accident described in Section 16000 is: (a)…
- § 16025 (a) Every driver involved in the accident shall, unless rendered incapable, exchange with any other driver or property owner involved in the accident and…
- § 16027 (a) Whenever proof of financial responsibility has been established under subdivision (a) of Section 16054.2 and a period of four years has elapsed following…
- § 16028 (a) Upon the demand of a peace officer pursuant to subdivision (b) or upon the demand of a peace officer or traffic collision investigator pursuant to…
- § 16029 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a violation of subdivision (a) of Section 16028 is an infraction and shall be punished as follows: (a) Upon a first…
- § 16030 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), any person who knowingly provides false evidence of financial responsibility (1) when requested by a peace officer…
- § 16033 No public entity or employee, agent, or any person or organization authorized under Section 4610 to endorse receipts or validate registration cards or…
ARTICLE 3. Evidence of Financial Responsibility §§ 16050–16058.1 · 13 sections
- § 16050 In order to establish evidence of financial responsibility, every driver or employer involved in an accident and required to report the accident under Section…
- § 16050.5 The owner of a vehicle, who has a liability insurance policy with respect to the vehicle, shall, upon request, furnish insurance information to a person who,…
- § 16051 (a) Evidence may be established by filing a report indicating that the motor vehicle involved in the accident was owned, rented, or leased by or under the…
- § 16052 Evidence may be established if the owner of the motor vehicle involved in the accident was a self-insurer. Any person in whose name more than 25 motor vehicles…
- § 16053 (a) The department may in its discretion, upon application, issue a certificate of self-insurance when it is satisfied that the applicant in whose name more…
- § 16054 (a) Evidence may be established by filing with the department satisfactory documentation: (1) That the owner had an automobile liability policy, a motor…
- § 16054.2 Evidence may also be established by any of the following: (a) By depositing with the department cash in the amount specified in Section 16056. (b) By providing…
- § 16055 Evidence of insurance or bond shall be submitted by the insurer or surety in conformance with the requirements of Section 16057. In the event of notice to the…
- § 16056 (a) A policy or bond shall not be effective under Section 16054 unless issued by an insurance company or surety company admitted to do business in this state…
- § 16056.1 Notwithstanding the coverage limits specified in Section 16056, an automobile insurance policy described in Section 11629.71 of the Insurance Code shall be…
- § 16057 Upon receipt of notice of an accident from the department, the insurance company or surety company named in the notice shall notify the department within such…
- § 16058 (a) (1) An insurer that issues private passenger automobile liability insurance policies and coverages, or private passenger automobile policies and coverages…
- § 16058.1 The department shall develop a method by which law enforcement officers and court personnel, on and after July 1, 2006, may electronically verify that an…
ARTICLE 4. Suspensions §§ 16070–16078 · 9 sections
- § 16070 (a) Whenever a driver involved in an accident described in Section 16000 fails to provide evidence of financial responsibility, as required by Section 16020,…
- § 16071 The department shall suspend the driving privilege of any person upon receiving notice from another state that the person’s driving privilege in that state has…
- § 16072 (a) The suspension of the driving privilege of a person as provided in Section 16070 shall not be terminated until one year has elapsed from the date of actual…
- § 16073 (a) The privilege of a person employed for the purpose of driving a motor vehicle for compensation whose occupation requires the use of a motor vehicle in the…
- § 16074 Whenever the department has taken any action or has failed to take any action under this chapter by reason of having received erroneous information, or by…
- § 16075 (a) The suspension provisions of this article shall not apply to a driver or owner until 30 days after the department sends to the driver or owner notice of…
- § 16076 (a) The department shall notify every person whose driving privilege is suspended, pursuant to Section 16070, of that person’s right to apply for a restricted…
- § 16077 (a) The department, upon application and payment of a fifty dollar ($50) fee and a penalty fee of two hundred dollars ($200), may issue a restricted license to…
- § 16078 Any person who has paid the penalty fee prescribed in subdivision (a) of Section 16072, whether or not the person has received the license restriction…
CHAPTER 2. Suspensions Following Unsatisfied Judgments §§ 16250–16381 · 15 sections
ARTICLE 1. Definitions §§ 16250–16251 · 2 sections
- § 16250 As used in this chapter and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 16430), “judgment” means a final judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction in this or any…
- § 16251 (a) As used in this chapter and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 16430), “cause of action” means any cause of action for damage to property in excess of one…
ARTICLE 2. Suspension of Driving Privilege §§ 16370–16381 · 13 sections
- § 16370 The department shall suspend the privilege of any person to operate a motor vehicle upon receiving a certified copy of a judgment, or a certified copy of the…
- § 16370.5 The department shall suspend the privilege of any person to operate a motor vehicle as specified in Section 116.880 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Except as…
- § 16370.7 Documents filed with the department pursuant to Section 16370 shall be accompanied by a fee of not to exceed twenty dollars ($20) to pay for processing the…
- § 16371 The suspension shall remain in effect, and no license shall be issued to the judgment debtor until the judgment debtor gives proof of financial responsibility…
- § 16373 (a) The clerk of a court shall, subject to subdivision (b), issue upon the request of a judgment creditor a certified copy of any judgment or a certified copy…
- § 16374 Whenever after a judgment is satisfied and proof of financial responsibility is given, another judgment is rendered against the same person for any accident…
- § 16375 Any person whose driver’s license has been suspended, or is about to be suspended or shall become subject to suspension under this chapter, may relieve himself…
- § 16376 (a) If the person against whom judgment is rendered is a nonresident and the person fails within the prescribed time to satisfy the judgment in full or to the…
- § 16377 (a) For the purposes of this chapter, every judgment shall be deemed satisfied if any of the following apply: (1) Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) has been…
- § 16378 (a) Money deposited pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 16377 shall be: (1) Deposited by the department in the special deposit fund with…
- § 16379 (a) The department shall not suspend a license and shall restore any suspended license following nonpayment of a final judgment when the judgment debtor gives…
- § 16380 The trial court may order the payment of a judgment in installments only when the defendant is not insured or the insurance policy covering the automobile…
- § 16381 In the event that it is made to appear to the court that the judgment debtor has failed to pay any installment as permitted by the order of the court, upon the…
CHAPTER 3. Proof of Financial Responsibility §§ 16430–16484 · 17 sections
ARTICLE 1. Proof Requirements §§ 16430–16436 · 6 sections
- § 16430 (a) “Proof of financial responsibility,” when required by this code, means proof of financial responsibility resulting from the ownership or operation of a…
- § 16431 (a) Proof of financial responsibility may be given by the written certificate or certificates of any insurance carrier duly authorized to do business within…
- § 16433 A certificate or certificates shall certify, if the liability policy therein cited has been canceled, that the department shall be notified in writing within…
- § 16434 (a) Proof of financial responsibility may be given by a bond. The bond shall be conditioned for the payment of the amount specified in Section 16430, and shall…
- § 16435 (a) Proof of financial responsibility may be given by the deposit of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) as provided in Section 16054.2. The department…
- § 16436 Proof of financial responsibility may be given by the written certificate of a self-insurer holding a certificate of self-insurance for bodily injury and…
ARTICLE 2. Insurance Policy §§ 16450–16457 · 7 sections
- § 16450 A “motor vehicle liability policy,” as used in Chapters 1 (commencing with Section 16000), 2 (commencing with Section 16250), and 4 (commencing with Section…
- § 16451 (a) (1) An owner’s policy of motor vehicle liability insurance shall insure the named insured and any other person using any motor vehicle registered to the…
- § 16452 An operator’s policy of motor vehicle liability insurance shall insure the person named as insured therein against loss from the liability imposed on that…
- § 16453 Any motor vehicle liability policy may grant any lawful coverage in excess of or in addition to the coverage herein specified or contain any agreements,…
- § 16454 Any motor vehicle liability policy need not cover any liability for injury to the assured or any liability of the assured assumed by or imposed upon the…
- § 16455 The provisions of Section 16451 shall not apply to vehicles in storage if the current license plates and registration cards are surrendered to the department…
- § 16457 Whenever proof of financial responsibility is required to be filed pursuant to this chapter, no person of whom that proof is required shall drive any motor…
ARTICLE 3. Release of Proof §§ 16480–16484 · 4 sections
- § 16480 (a) The department shall upon request, or may at its own discretion, cancel any bond or any certificate of insurance, or the department shall direct the return…
- § 16482 (a) Any person whose privilege to operate a motor vehicle has been suspended because of failure to satisfy a judgment and the judgment has been outstanding for…
- § 16483 The department shall cancel any bond or any certificate of insurance or direct the return of any money or securities to the person entitled thereto, upon the…
- § 16484 Except when a nonresident minor’s certificate or minor’s license is canceled as required by Sections 12504 and 17704, respectively, whenever any evidence of…
CHAPTER 4. Commercial Vehicles §§ 16500–16503 · 5 sections
- § 16500 (a) (1) Every owner of a vehicle used in the transportation of passengers for hire, including taxicabs, when the operation of the vehicle is not subject to…
- § 16500.5 (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), the owner of the following commercial vehicles shall maintain proof of financial responsibility in the amount…
- § 16501 The provisions of this chapter shall not prevent local authorities, within the reasonable exercise of the police power, from adopting rules and regulations, by…
- § 16502 (a) An owner shall not use, or with his or her consent permit the use of, a vehicle used in the transportation of persons or property in the conduct of a…
- § 16503 The department shall suspend the registration of all vehicles used in the transportation of persons or property in the conduct of a business, except vehicles…
CHAPTER 6. Interstate Highway Carriers § 16560 · 1 section
- § 16560 (a) Any person or corporation who operates or causes to be operated on the highways of this state any motor vehicle in the interstate or foreign transportation…