Arizona Laws 28-4073. Suspension length; reinstatement; designated fund
A. The license, registration and nonresident operating privilege shall remain suspended and the director shall not renew or issue a license or registration in the name of the person, including a person not previously licensed, until each judgment is satisfied in full or to the extent provided by this chapter or unless the judgment creditor failed to renew the judgment as provided in Title 12, Chapter 9, Article 6 or the judgment is otherwise legally unenforceable and the person gives proof of financial responsibility subject to the exemptions stated in sections 28-4072 and 28-4075. If the judgment creditor fails to renew the judgment, the director shall consider the judgment satisfied beginning on the date of its expiration.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-4073
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Department: means the department of transportation acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Director: means the director of the department of transportation. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Judgment: means a judgment that has become final by expiration without appeal of the time within which an appeal might have been perfected or by final affirmation on appeal and that is rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of any state or of the United States on a cause of action either:
(a) Arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of either bodily injury to or death of a person or injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use of the property. See Arizona Laws 28-4001
- License: means a license, temporary instruction permit or temporary license issued under the laws of this state pertaining to the licensing of persons to operate motor vehicles. See Arizona Laws 28-4001
- Nonresident: means a person who is not a resident of this state as defined in section 28-2001. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Nonresident operating privilege: means the privilege conferred on a nonresident by the laws of this state pertaining to the nonresident's operation of a motor vehicle or the use of a motor vehicle owned by the nonresident in this state. See Arizona Laws 28-4001
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Proof of financial responsibility: means proof of ability to respond in damages for liability on account of accidents occurring after the effective date of the proof and arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle, in the amounts required by section 28-4009 or 28-4033. See Arizona Laws 28-4001
- Registration: means the registration certificate or certificates and license plates issued under the laws of this state pertaining to the registration of motor vehicles. See Arizona Laws 28-4001
- State: means a state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or a province of the Dominion of Canada. See Arizona Laws 28-4001
B. On receipt of an affidavit executed by a judgment debtor stating that a diligent search to locate the judgment creditor has been made and reciting with particularity the steps taken and that the judgment creditor or the successor in interest could not be found for the purpose of receiving payment of the judgment and on payment of the amount of the judgment to the department in a fund designated for that purpose, the director may reinstate the license, registration and nonresident operating privilege of the judgment debtor. The director shall hold the monies in trust for the purpose of satisfying the judgment. Monies deposited in the fund revert to the state general fund five years from the date of the deposit if not claimed by the judgment creditor.
C. Notwithstanding section 28-4088, a person whose license, registration or nonresident operating privilege is reinstated shall maintain proof of financial responsibility for two years after the judgment is satisfied.