Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility

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Section
485.010

Short title.

Section
485.020

Definitions.

Section
485.028

"Certificate of financial responsibility" defined.

Section
485.034

"Evidence of insurance" defined.

Section
485.035

"Judgment" defined.

Section
485.037

"Insurance" defined.

Section
485.040

"License" defined.

Section
485.050

"Motor vehicle" defined.

Section
485.055

"Motor vehicle liability policy" defined.

Section
485.060

"Nonresident" defined.

Section
485.070

"Nonresident’s operating privilege" defined.

Section
485.080

"Operator" defined.

Section
485.090

"Owner" defined.

Section
485.0335

"Dormant vehicle" defined.

Section
485.105

"Proof of financial responsibility" defined.

Section
485.108

"Registered owner" defined.

Section
485.110

"Registration" defined.

Section
485.120

"State" defined.

Section
485.130

General duties of Department.

Section
485.135

Department to furnish operating record.

Section
485.137

Department to publish and disseminate informational leaflet.

Section
485.140

Judicial review.

Section
485.185

Insurance for payment of tort liabilities arising from maintenance or use of motor vehicle: Coverage to be obtained from insurance company duly licensed and approved; minimum thresholds of coverage.

Section
485.186

Operator’s policy of liability insurance: Use in lieu of owner’s policy of liability insurance; requirements for issuance; required statements; operation of motor vehicle by person other than insured; required and excluded coverages; applicability.

Section
485.187

Unlawful acts; fines and penalties; exceptions.

Section
485.190

Department to determine amount of security required; hearing; suspension of license and registration; procedure regarding erroneous information.

Section
485.191

Right to hearing; notice; request for hearing; waiver.

Section
485.193

Scope of hearing.

Section
485.195

Powers of officer conducting hearing.

Section
485.197

Enforcement of subpoenas issued by Director.

Section
485.200

Exceptions to requirements as to security and suspension of license and registration.

Section
485.210

Requirements as to policy or bond.

Section
485.220

Form and amount of security.

Section
485.230

Duration of suspension; requirements for reinstatement.

Section
485.240

Application to nonresidents, unlicensed drivers, unregistered motor vehicles and crashes in other states.

Section
485.250

Authority of Department to reduce amount of security.

Section
485.260

Custody of security.

Section
485.270

Disposition of security.

Section
485.280

Return of deposit.

Section
485.290

Transfers of deposits to State Highway Fund; procedure for payment of claimants after transfer.

Section
485.300

Matters not to be evidence in civil suits.

Section
485.301

Judgment creditor authorized to report nonpayment of judgment entered as result of motor vehicle crash; Department to transmit copy of judgment to nonresident’s state.

Section
485.302

Suspension for nonpayment of judgment; exceptions.

Section
485.303

Suspension to continue until judgments paid and proof given.

Section
485.304

Payments sufficient to satisfy requirements.

Section
485.305

Payment of judgment in installments; default.

Section
485.307

Alternate methods of giving proof; proof required before registration is restored.

Section
485.308

Certificate of insurance as proof; filing of certificate by electronic or other means; insurance carrier to notify Department before cancelling or terminating policy.

Section
485.309

Certificate furnished by nonresident as proof.

Section
485.313

Department to create system for verifying that owners of motor vehicles maintain insurance; regulations.

Section
485.314

Insurer to maintain record of each contract of insurance and provide Department access to any such record; Department to notify Commissioner of Insurance of noncompliance or receipt of false, incomplete or misleading information.

Section
485.316

Confidentiality of information in system; exceptions; penalty.

Section
485.317

Department to verify insurance for each motor vehicle registered in this State; owner to respond to inquiry when Department unable to verify insurance; suspension of registration when insurance cannot be verified; reinstatement of registration.

Section
485.318

Immunity from liability for actions in good faith and without gross negligence.

Section
485.320

Surrender of license, registration and license plates; owner of dormant vehicle required to cancel registration if policy covering vehicle is cancelled or expires; regulations.

Section
485.326

Suspension of license for failure to maintain insurance.

Section
485.330

Operating motor vehicle when license or registration suspended.

Section
485.340

Failure to return license, registration or license plate.

Section
485.350

False or forged policy of insurance, certificate of self-insurance, proof of financial responsibility, evidence of insurance or other document; misrepresentation of documents.

Section
485.360

Penalty for other violations.

Section
485.370

Applicability.

Section
485.380

Self-insurers.

Section
485.385

Department to take appropriate action after receipt of correct information.

Section
485.387

Suspension of registration does not prevent owner from effecting bona fide sale; rights of vendor, mortgagee or lessor.

Section
485.390

Chapter supplemental to laws regarding motor vehicles.

Section
485.400

Chapter not retroactive.

Section
485.410

Chapter not to prevent other process.

Section
485.420

Uniformity of interpretation.

Section
485.3075

Proof required before reinstatement of license or registrations suspended for failure to maintain proof; duration; penalty.

Section
485.3091

Motor vehicle liability policy: Requirements.

Section
485.3092

Cancellation or termination of policy: Notice required; suspension required if effective date within 3 years after reinstatement.

Section
485.3093

Chapter not to affect other policies.

Section
485.3098

Other proof may be required.

Section
485.3099

Department, under certain circumstances, to consent to cancellation of certificate or waive requirement of proof; re-establishment of proof.