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  "title": "Insurance Requirements - California Department of Motor Vehicles",
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      "text": "The California DMV lists the current minimum liability insurance amounts as $30,000 for injury or death to one person, $60,000 for injury or death to more than one person, and $15,000 for damage to property."
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