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Question: What is the fine for driving without insurance?
Answer: The No Insurance law in Arizona
(ARS 28-4135) carries
a civil, not criminal, penalty. The fines for breaking this law have a 77% surcharge
added to them and some courts also add "user fees", so the actual
fine is usually more than what is listed below. The penalties are as follows:
1st Offense - $250 fine with surcharge = $442.50
The Judge can also suspend your license and registration for Three Months,
although this is seldom done on a first offense.
2nd Offense - $500 with surcharges = $885.00 Drivers
license and registration suspension for Six Months is sometimes given on second
offenses.
3rd Offense - $ 750 with surcharges = $ 1,327.50
A one-year license and registration suspension is required.
The law contains a provision (ARS
28-4137) that allows the Judge to waive some or all of the fines if you
bring proof to court showing you have purchased a six-month insurance policy
on the vehicle. Often the Court will reschedule the case for about a month to
give you a chance to get the insurance, since the main reason for the law is
to make sure everyone is driving with insurance. You are better off using your
money to get insurance than to keep paying big fines for not having it.
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On 09/04/08
jen from AZ said:
i got a ticket for driving my mothers car whose imsurance was suspended two hours prior to the incident. i was furious being that at the age of 17, i was unable to even lagally fix the problem, you must be 18 in order to register your vehicle. i had no knowledge that the plates were even bad. but i eventually got stuck paying 500 dollars. im still bitter. they should have sent the ticket to my mother.
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On 08/15/08
Brenda from CA said:
I got ticket on2003 for driving without a licence and insuarance idid not show up to court so igot a warrant what can i do to get my drivers licence
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On 02/23/06
Yvette from CA said:
I had an accident two days before my 18th birthday. Some kid from my school purposely rear ended me and knocked off my bumper. My insurance had expired five days before due to non-payment. I re-instated on the same day of the accident. The other guy has insurance. Can they cover the damages still?
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On 04/20/05
AL from KS said:
I HAD AN ACSIDENTE AND THA GIRL HAD PRUF OF INSURANCE TREE DAYS LATER PROGRESSIVE COMPANY CALLED ME AND THEY SED THAT HER POLICY WAS CANCELLED A MONTH AGO BECAUSE SHE DIDNT PAY THE PAYMENT ON THE INSURANCE NOW I HAVE TO CAMUP WITH THE $500.00 DEDUCTIBLE NOW I TINK PEOPLE THAT DONT HAVE CAR INSURANSE AND THEY GET CAGUT OR HAVE AN ACSIDENT WITH OUT INSURANCE THEY NEED TO SUSPEND THEYR LISENCE FOR LIFE SO THEY LEARN. THANK YOU FOR LETING ME POST MY COMMENT
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On 12/28/04
simian from AZ said:
"The law contains a provision (ARS 28-4137) that allows the Judge to waive some or all of the fines if you bring proof to court showing you have purchased a six-month insurance policy on the vehicle." Well, I think that is very reasonable. I am a student and a financial dependent. I can only purchase what my financial benefactor authorizes me to, though I did tell him thrice, "I need auto insurance!" A student's hands are often tied, financially, trying to make it in a world where everybody has their hands stretched out to take all of the shekels from us that they can.
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