Indiana Code 9-25-7-3. Cancellation, return, or waiver of proof of financial responsibility
(1) At any time after three (3) years from the date the proof was required, if during the three (3) year period preceding the request the person furnishing the proof has not been convicted of an offense referred to in IC 9-30-4-6.1.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 9-25-7-3
- 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.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(3) If the person who has given proof of financial responsibility surrenders the person’s driver’s license, registration certificates, and registration plates to the bureau. The bureau may not release the proof if an action for damages upon a liability referred to in this article is pending, a judgment upon a liability is outstanding and unsatisfied, or the bureau has received notice that the person has, within the period of three (3) months immediately preceding, been involved as a driver in a motor vehicle accident. An affidavit of the applicant of the nonexistence of the facts referred to in this subdivision is sufficient evidence of the nonexistence of the facts in the absence of evidence to the contrary in the records of the department.
(b) Whenever a person to whom proof has been surrendered under subsection (a)(3) applies for a driver’s license (issued under IC 9-24-3) or chauffeur’s license or the registration of a motor vehicle within a period of three (3) years from the date the proof of financial responsibility was originally required, the bureau shall reject the application unless the applicant reestablishes the proof for the remainder of the period.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-2-1-28.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.1-2001, SEC.7; P.L.59-2013, SEC.27; P.L.198-2016, SEC.545; P.L.111-2021, SEC.82.