Late SR22 Insurance

Q: I recieved my DUI in 2014 and I still havent gotten my SR22 insurance. I didn’t realize I needed it. WIll i have a legal issue if I start it now? Should I go to the DMV to inqure? Or should I speak with my insurance company first? Also, would my insurance complany drop me if I asked about the SR22 insurance?

A: Contact your insurance agent today!! You need to get this taken care of now.

Your agent will walk you through the process of how to get this situation taken care of so that you don’t have legal issues. In most states your SR22 requirement doesn’t start the date you get pulled over for a DUI, but the date you are convicted of it.  The state should have notified you that you are now required to have it and the effective date.

Your insurance company will not drop you (in most cases), but they may have to backdate the SR22 surcharge to the date that the state required you to have it so you can provide proof of it to the state for that time period.