CHAPTER 1. Compulsory Financial Responsibility [16000. - 16078.]

Chapter 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1409.

§§ 16000–16078 · 40 sections

1. 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…
2. 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…
3. 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…
4. 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…