37 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.6 - Financial Responsibility Certificate (Form SR-22)
Current through Reg. 47, No. 14; April 8, 2022
(a) The SR-22 (insurance certificate) is a
form prescribed by the department and issued by insurance companies when
evidence of financial responsibility must be certified. Requirements for
acceptance of the filing are:
(1) issued by
an insurance company authorized to write liability insurance coverage for the
State of Texas;
(2) issued in the
name of the person required to file to include their driver
license/identification number, date of birth, and list all owned vehicles or
indicate non-owner policy;
(3)
issued for the State of Texas;
(4)
original document signed by an authorized representative of the insurance
company; and
(5) include the
complete name of the insurance company as licensed by the State Board of
Insurance.
(b) The SR-26
(cancellation of SR-22 insurance certificate) is a form submitted by an
insurance company to notify the department that the SR-22 (insurance
certificate) issued by that company has been canceled. The filing of form SR-26
may initiate suspension action by the department if the individual's driver
record indicates that the SR-22 (insurance certificate) is still required at
the time the SR-26 is received.
(c)
A second filing of form SR-22 (insurance certificate) by the same insurance
carrier cancels any SR-22 (insurance certificate) previously issued by that
company and filed with the department.
(d) To maintain compliance with statutory
suspension action, the SR-22 must remain on file for;
(1) 2 years from the date of the crash, when
depositing security as compliance for a crash case,
(2) 2 years from the date of the most recent
conviction, for conviction based suspensions, or
(3) 2 years from the date a judgment was
rendered in court for judgment cases.
(e) If the SR-22 (insurance certificate) is
required as the result of a security deposit in a crash or default case, it
must be accompanied by form SR-22A (certification of a 6 month prepaid
liability policy).
(f) An SR-22
(insurance certificate) on file more than 2 years will not be valid for any new
conviction that requires the filing of an SR-22 (insurance certificate). To
comply with the new action, the licensee will be required to file a subsequent
SR-22 (insurance certificate) or provide documentation from the insurance
company that the previous filing is still valid.
(g) An SR-22 on file will not be considered
valid if the driver receives a conviction for "No Motor Vehicle Liability
Insurance" with an offense date after the date the SR-22 was filed with the
department.
(h) An SR-22 on file
may no longer be considered valid if the department receives information
through the Financial Responsibility Verification Program indicating that the
insurance coverage is unconfirmed or the record is not on file.
Notes
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