California Vehicle Code Section 16020 (duty to establish and carry evidence of financial responsibility)
Published by California Legislative Counsel (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov). Jurisdiction CA.
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Section 16020(a) requires all drivers and all owners of a motor vehicle to be able to establish financial responsibility pursuant to Vehicle Code section 16021 at all times, and to carry in the vehicle at all times evidence of the form of financial responsibility in effect for the vehicle.
claim ca-veh-code-16020#c1Section 16020(b)(1) provides that evidence of financial responsibility includes a form issued by an insurance company or charitable risk pool, as specified by the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to Vehicle Code section 4000.37.
claim ca-veh-code-16020#c2Section 16020(b)(2) provides that evidence of financial responsibility includes, where the owner is a self-insurer under Vehicle Code section 16052 or a depositor under Vehicle Code section 16054.2, the certificate of self-insurance or the assignment of deposit letter issued by the department.
claim ca-veh-code-16020#c3Section 16020(b)(3) provides that evidence of financial responsibility includes an insurance covering note or binder pursuant to Insurance Code section 382 or 382.5.
claim ca-veh-code-16020#c4Section 16020(b)(4) provides that evidence of financial responsibility includes a showing that the vehicle is owned or leased by, or under the direction of, the United States or a public entity as defined in Government Code section 811.2.
claim ca-veh-code-16020#c5Section 16020(c) provides that evidence of financial responsibility may also be obtained by a law enforcement officer and court personnel from an electronic reporting system when that system becomes available for use by law enforcement officers.
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The duty in subdivision (a) is two duties, and only one of them is insurance: being able to establish financial responsibility, and carrying evidence of it in the vehicle. A binder satisfies the evidence requirement under subdivision (b)(3), which matters in the days between binding and delivery of the card.