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Home » US Law » 2022 Colorado Code » Title 42 - Vehicles and Traffic » Article 7 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law » Part 4 - Proof of Financial Responsibility - Judgments and Convictions

§ 42-7-401. Proof Required on Judgments

The director shall also suspend the license issued to any person upon receiving an affidavit from the judgment creditor that such person has failed for a period of thirty days to satisfy any final judgment in amounts and upon a cause of action as stated in this article, or, in a criminal proceeding arising from […]

§ 42-7-402. Suspension, Duration, Bankruptcy

The suspension required in section 42-7-401 shall remain in effect and no new license shall be issued to such person unless and until such judgment is satisfied or vacated or execution therein stayed and proof of financial responsibility given, except under the conditions stated in this article. A discharge in bankruptcy following the rendering of […]

§ 42-7-403. Sufficiency of Payments

Every judgment referred to in this article and for the purposes of this article shall be deemed satisfied: When twenty-five thousand dollars has been credited upon any judgment rendered in excess of that amount for or on account of bodily injury to or the death of one person as the result of any one accident; […]

§ 42-7-404. Payment of Judgment in Installments

The director shall not suspend a license and shall restore any suspended license following nonpayment of a final judgment when the judgment debtor gives proof of financial responsibility and obtains an order from the trial court in which such judgment was rendered permitting the payment of such judgment in installments of not less than twenty-five […]

§ 42-7-405. Suspension Upon Second Judgment

After one judgment is satisfied and proof of financial responsibility is given as required in this article and another such judgment is rendered against the judgment debtor for any accident occurring prior to the date of the giving of said proof and such person fails to satisfy the latter judgment within the amounts specified in […]

§ 42-7-406. Proof Required Under Certain Conditions

[ Editor’s note: This version of subsection (1) is effective until January 1, 2022.] Whenever the director revokes the license of any person under section 42-2-125 or 42-2-126, or cancels any license under section 42-2-122 because of the licensee’s inability to operate a motor vehicle because of physical or mental incompetence, or cancels any probationary […]

§ 42-7-407. Duty of Courts to Report

The clerk of a court or the judge of a court which has no clerk shall forward to the director a certified record of any judgment for damages, the rendering and nonpayment of which judgment requires the director to suspend the license and registrations in the name of the judgment debtor under this article. This […]

§ 42-7-409. Proof for Member of Family or Chauffeur

Whenever the director determines that any person required to give proof by reason of a conviction is not the owner of a motor vehicle but was at the time of such conviction a chauffeur or motor vehicle operator, however designated, in the employ of an owner of a motor vehicle or a member of the […]

§ 42-7-410. Certificate for Insurance Policy

Proof of financial responsibility may be made by filing with the director the written certificate of any insurance carrier duly authorized to do business in this state, certifying that it has issued to or for the benefit of the person furnishing such proof and named as the insured a motor vehicle liability policy or in […]

§ 42-7-411. Restrictions in Certain Type of Policy

When a certificate is filed showing that a policy has been issued covering all motor vehicles owned by the insured but not insuring such person when operating any motor vehicle not owned by that person, it is unlawful for such person to operate any motor vehicle not owned by that person or not covered by […]

§ 42-7-412. Certificate Furnished by Nonresident

The nonresident owner of a foreign vehicle may give proof of financial responsibility by filing with the director a written certificate of an insurance carrier authorized to transact business in the state in which the motor vehicle described in such certificate is registered or if such nonresident does not own a motor vehicle then in […]

§ 42-7-413. Motor Vehicle Liability Policy

“Motor vehicle liability policy”, as used in this article, means a policy of liability insurance issued by an insurance carrier authorized to transact business in this state to or for the benefit of the person named therein as insured, which policy shall meet the following requirements: The policy of liability insurance shall designate by explicit […]

§ 42-7-414. Requirements to Be Complied With

Except as provided in section 42-7-417, no motor vehicle liability policy or operator’s policy of liability insurance shall be issued in this state unless and until all of the requirements of subsection (2) of this section are met. Every motor vehicle liability policy and every operator’s policy of liability insurance accepted as proof under this […]

§ 42-7-415. When Insurance Carrier to Issue Certificate

An insurance carrier which has issued a motor vehicle liability policy or an operator’s policy of liability insurance meeting the requirements of this article shall upon request of the insured therein deliver to the insured for filing or at the request of the insured shall file directly with the director an appropriate certificate showing that […]

§ 42-7-416. Notice Required Upon Cancellation

When an insurance carrier has certified a motor vehicle liability policy under this article, it shall give written notice to the director during the ten-day period immediately following the effective date of the cancellation of such policy stating that the policy has been canceled. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2486, § […]

§ 42-7-417. Article Not to Affect Other Policies

This article shall not be held to apply to or affect policies of automobile insurance against liability which may be required by any other law of this state, and such policies, if endorsed to conform to the requirements of this article, shall be accepted as proof of financial responsibility when required under this article. This […]

§ 42-7-418. Money – Securities for Financial Responsibility

A person may give proof of financial responsibility by delivering to the director money in an amount or securities approved by said director and of a market value in a total amount as would be required for coverage in a motor vehicle liability policy furnished by the person giving such proof under this article. Such […]

§ 42-7-419. Substitution of Proof

The director shall cancel any bond or return any certificate of insurance or the director shall direct and the state treasurer shall return any money or securities to the person entitled thereto, upon the substitution and acceptance of other adequate proof of financial responsibility pursuant to this article. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with […]

§ 42-7-420. Failure of Proof – Other Proof

Whenever any evidence of proof of ability to respond in damages filed by any person under the provisions of this article no longer fulfills the purpose for which required, the director, for the purpose of this article, shall require other evidence of ability to respond in damages as required by this article and shall suspend […]