CHAPTER 2. Suspensions Following Unsatisfied Judgments [16250. - 16381.]

Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.

§§ 16250–16381 · 15 sections

1. 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…
2. 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…