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WV Code § 17D-2-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17D. Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law|Article 2. Administration of Law|§17D-2-2. Commissioner to Furnish Abstract of Operating Record; Fee for Abstract

The commissioner shall upon request and subject to the provisions of article two-a, chapter seventeen-a of this code, furnish any person a certified abstract of the operating record of any person subject to the provisions of this chapter, and if there is no record of any conviction of the person of a violation of any law relating to the operation of a motor vehicle or of any injury or damage caused by the person, the commissioner shall so certify. The commissioner shall collect $7.50 for each abstract. The Division of Motor Vehicles may adjust this fee every five years on September 1, based on the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics most current Consumer Price Index: Provided, That an increase in such fee may not exceed ten percent of the total fee amount in a single year.The provisions of this section enacted in 2017 take effect on July 1, 2017.
WV Code § 17D-2A-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17D. Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law|Article 2A. Security Upon Motor Vehicles|§17D-2A-1. Purpose of Article

The purpose of this article is to promote the public welfare by requiring every owner or registrant of a motor vehicle licensed in this state or operated in this state to maintain certain security during the registration period for the vehicle and to provide the means for the Division of Motor Vehicles, law enforcement and the judicial branch to electronically verify evidence of current insurance coverage at any time while a vehicle has a current registration or is operated on the roads and highways.
WV Code § 17D-2A-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17D. Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law|Article 2A. Security Upon Motor Vehicles|§17D-2A-2. Scope of Article

This article applies to the operation of all motor vehicles required to be registered or operated on the roads and highways to have the security in effect, as provided in section three, article two-a of this chapter, with the exception of motor vehicles owned by the state, any of its political subdivisions or by the federal government.For the purposes of this article, "commercial auto coverage" is defined as any coverage provided to an insured, regardless of number of vehicles or entity covered, under a commercial coverage form and rated from a commercial manual approved by the Department of Insurance. This article does not apply to commercial vehicles insured under commercial auto coverage; however, insurers of such vehicles may participate on a voluntary basis.
WV Code § 17D-2A-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17D. Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law|Article 2A. Security Upon Motor Vehicles|§17D-2A-3. Required Security; Exceptions

(a) Every owner or registrant of a motor vehicle required to be registered and licensed in this state shall maintain security as hereinafter provided in effect continuously throughout the registration or licensing period except in case of a periodic use or seasonal vehicle, in which case the owner or registrant is required to maintain security upon the vehicle only for the portion of the year the vehicle is in actual use. As used in this section, a periodic use or seasonal vehicle means a recreational vehicle, antique motor vehicle, motorcycle or other motor vehicle which is stored part of the year and used seasonally.(b) The owner or registrant shall immediately surrender the registration plate to the Division of Motor Vehicles when he or she drops the required security during the registration period. An owner of a periodic use or seasonal vehicle may retain a registration plate subject to legislative rules promulgated by the commissioner.(c) Every nonresident owner or registrant of a motor vehicle, which is operated upon any road or highway of this state and which has been physically present within this state for more than thirty days during the preceding three hundred sixty-five days shall thereafter maintain security as hereinafter provided in effect continuously throughout the period the motor vehicle remains within this state.(d) No person may knowingly drive or operate upon any road or highway any motor vehicle upon which security is required by the provisions of this article unless the required security is in effect.(e) The security shall be provided by one of the following methods:(1) By an insurance policy delivered or issued for the delivery in this state by an insurance company authorized to issue vehicle liability and property insurance policies in this state within limits which may not be less than the requirements of section two, article four of this chapter; or(2) By qualification as a self-insurer under the provisions of section two, article six of this chapter.(f) This article does not apply to any motor vehicle owned by the state or by a political subdivision of this state, nor to any motor vehicle owned by the federal government.
WV Code § 17D-2A-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17D. Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law|Article 2A. Security Upon Motor Vehicles|§17D-2A-5. Minimum Policy Term

No policy of motor vehicle liability insurance issued or delivered for issuance in this state shall be contracted for a period of less than ninety days: Provided, That the Insurance Commissioner may establish exceptions thereto by rules proposed for legislative approval pursuant to chapter twenty-nine-a of this code.
WV Code § 17D-2A-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17D. Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law|Article 2A. Security Upon Motor Vehicles|§17D-2A-6. Investigation by Duly Authorized Law-Enforcement Officer to Include Inquiry Regarding Required Security; Notice by Officer or Court to Division of Motor Vehicles

(a) At the time of investigation of a motor vehicle offense or crash the State Police or other law-enforcement agency or when a vehicle is stopped by a law-enforcement officer for reasonable cause, the officer of the agency making the investigation shall inquire of the operator of any motor vehicle involved and, by an inquiry through the on-line insurance verification program established in accordance with section six-a of this article if available as to the existence upon the vehicle or vehicles of the evidence of insurance or other security required by the provisions of this code and upon a finding by the law-enforcement agency, officer or agent thereof that the security required by the provisions of this article is not in effect, as to any vehicle, he or she shall notify the Division of Motor Vehicles of the finding within five days: Provided, That the law-enforcement officer or agent may not stop vehicles solely to inquire as to the certificate of insurance.(b) A defendant who is charged with a traffic offense that requires an appearance in court shall present the court at the time of his or her appearance or subsequent appearance with proof that the defendant had security at the time of the traffic offenses as required by this article subject to verification by the court through the Division of Motor Vehicles or its agent or by an on-line insurance verification program if available.(c) If, as a result of the defendant's failure to show proof, the court determines that the defendant has violated this article, the court shall notify the Division of Motor Vehicles within five days.
WV Code § 17D-2A-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17D. Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law|Article 2A. Security Upon Motor Vehicles|§17D-2A-8. Rules

The Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles is hereby authorized to promulgate rules, in accordance with chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, for the administration, operation and enforcement of the provisions of this article. Any rules or procedures which pertain to an electronic insurance verification program shall be consistent with the provisions and intent of the standards and specifications of the Insurance Industry Committee for Motor Vehicle Administration Model.
WV Code § 17D-2A-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17D. Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law|Article 2A. Security Upon Motor Vehicles|§17D-2A-9. Criminal Penalty

In addition to any administrative penalty provided for violation of any provision of this article, any person who violates any provision of this article for which another penalty is not provided in this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $200 nor more than $500, or confined in the county or regional jail not less than fifteen days nor more than one year, or both.The arrest procedures authorized in section four, article nineteen, chapter seventeen-c of this code shall apply to the enforcement of the provisions of this article.
WV Code § 17D-4-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17D. Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law|Article 4. Proof of Financial Responsibility for the Future|§17D-4-2. &Quotproof of Financial Responsibility" Defined

As used in this chapter:(a) "Proof of financial responsibility" means proof of ability to respond in damages for liability, on account of accident occurring subsequent to the effective date of the proof, arising out of the ownership, operation, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer in the amount of $20,000 because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident, and, subject to the limit for one person, in the amount of $40,000 because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident, and in the amount of $10,000 because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident.(b) Beginning January 1, 2016, "proof of financial responsibility" means proof of ability to respond in damages for liability, on account of accident occurring subsequent to the effective date of the proof, arising out of the ownership, operation, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer in the amount of $25,000 because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident, and, subject to the limit for one person, in the amount of $50,000 because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident, and in the amount of $25,000 because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident: Provided, That proof of financial responsibility provided by an insurance policy in effect on December 31, 2015 in the minimum amounts required in subdivision (a) of this section shall continue to provide adequate proof of financial responsibility required by this chapter until the policy expires or is renewed.
WV Code § 17D-4-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17D. Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law|Article 4. Proof of Financial Responsibility for the Future|§17D-4-3. Additional Definitions

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall, for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:(a) The term "judgment" shall mean: Any judgment which shall have become final by expiration without appeal of the time within which an appeal might have been perfected, or by final affirmation on appeal, rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of any state or of the United States, upon a cause of action arising out of the ownership, operation, maintenance, or use of any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof, or upon a cause of action on an agreement of settlement for such damages.(b) The term "license" shall mean: Any license, temporary instruction permit, or temporary license issued under the laws of this state pertaining to the licensing of persons to operate motor vehicles.(c) The term "nonresident operating privilege" shall mean: The privilege conferred upon a nonresident by the laws of this state pertaining to the operation by him of a motor vehicle, or the use of a vehicle owned by him in this state.(d) The term "registration" shall mean: The registration certificate or certificates and registration plates issued under the laws of this state pertaining to the registration of vehicles.(e) The term "state" shall mean: Any state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any province of the Dominion of Canada.
WV Code § 17D-4-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17D. Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law|Article 4. Proof of Financial Responsibility for the Future|§17D-4-4. When Courts to Report Nonpayment of Judgments

Whenever any person fails within thirty days to satisfy any judgment, then upon the written request of the judgment creditor or his attorney it shall be the duty of the clerk of the court, or of the judge of a court which has no clerk, in which any such judgment is rendered within this state to forward to the commissioner immediately upon such request a certified copy of such judgment.If the defendant named in any certified copy of a judgment reported to the commissioner is a nonresident, the commissioner shall transmit a certified copy of the judgment to the official in charge of the issuance of licenses and registrations of the state of which the defendant is a resident.
WV Code § 17D-4-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17D. Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law|Article 4. Proof of Financial Responsibility for the Future|§17D-4-5. Suspension for Nonpayment of Judgments; Exceptions

(a) The commissioner upon receipt of a certified copy of a judgment, shall forthwith suspend the license and registration and any nonresident's operating privilege of any person against whom such judgment was rendered, except as hereinafter otherwise provided in this section and in section eight of this article.(b) If the judgment creditor consents in writing, in such form as the commissioner may prescribe, that the judgment debtor be allowed license and registration or nonresident's operating privilege, the same may be allowed by the commissioner, in his discretion, for six months from the date of such consent and thereafter until such consent is revoked in writing, notwithstanding default in the payment of such judgment, or of any installments thereof prescribed in section eight of this article. (c) The commissioner shall not, however, suspend a license, registration, or nonresident's operating privilege of any person if the insurance applicable to such person or the vehicle being operated by him was with a company which was authorized to transact business in this state and which, subsequent to an accident involving the owner or driver and prior to settlement of the claim therefor went into liquidation so that no benefit accrued to the owner or driver by reason of having provided such insurance.
WV Code § 17D-4-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17D. Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law|Article 4. Proof of Financial Responsibility for the Future|§17D-4-6. Suspension to Continue Until Judgments Paid and Proof Given; Effect of Discharge in Bankruptcy

(a) Such license, registration and nonresident's operating privileges shall remain so suspended and shall not be renewed, nor shall any such license or registration be thereafter issued in the name of such person, including any person not previously licensed, unless and until every such judgment is stayed, satisfied in full or to the extent hereinafter provided subject to the exemptions stated in sections five and eight of this article.(b) A discharge in bankruptcy following the rendering of any such judgment shall not relieve the judgment debtor from any of the requirements of this article.
WV Code § 17D-4-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17D. Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law|Article 4. Proof of Financial Responsibility for the Future|§17D-4-7. Payments Sufficient to Satisfy Requirements

(a) Judgments herein referred to shall, for the purpose of this chapter only, are deemed satisfied:(1) When $20,000 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or death of one person as the result of any one accident; or(2) When, subject to such limit of $20,000 because of bodily injury to or death of one person, the sum of $40,000 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons as the result of any one accident; or(3) When $10,000 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of injury to or destruction of property of others as a result of any one accident.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, judgments herein referred to that are rendered upon a cause of action that arose on or after January 1, 2016, for the purpose of this chapter only, are deemed satisfied:(1) When $25,000 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or death of one person as the result of any one accident; or(2) When, subject to such limit of $25,000 because of bodily injury to or death of one person, the sum of $50,000 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons as the result of any one accident; or(3) When $25,000 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of injury to or destruction of property of others as a result of any one accident.(c) Payments made in settlement of any claims because of bodily injury, death or property damage arising from such accident shall be credited in reduction of the amounts provided for in this section.
WV Code § 17D-4-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17D. Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law|Article 4. Proof of Financial Responsibility for the Future|§17D-4-8. Installment Payment of Judgments; Default

(a) A judgment debtor upon five days' notice to the judgment creditor may, for the sole purpose of giving authority to the commissioner to authorize such judgment debtor to operate a motor vehicle thereafter, apply to the court in which such judgment was rendered for the privilege of paying such judgment in installments and the court, in its discretion and without prejudice to any other legal remedies which the judgment creditor may have, may so order and fix the amounts and times of payment of the installments.(b) The commissioner shall not suspend a license, registration, or nonresident's operating privilege, and shall restore any license, registration, or nonresident's operating privilege suspended following nonpayment of a judgment, when the judgment debtor obtains such an order permitting the payment of such judgment in installments, and while the payment of any said installment is not in default.(c) In the event the judgment debtor fails to pay any installment as specified by such order, then upon notice of such default, the commissioner shall forthwith suspend the license, registration, or nonresident's operating privilege of the judgment debtor until such judgment is satisfied, as provided in this chapter.
WV Code § 17D-4-14 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17D. Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law|Article 4. Proof of Financial Responsibility for the Future|§17D-4-14. Chapter Not to Affect Other Policies

(a) This chapter shall not be held to apply to or affect policies of automobile insurance against liability which may now or hereafter be required by any other law of this state and such policies, if they contain an agreement or are endorsed to conform with the requirements of this chapter, may be certified as proof of financial responsibility under this chapter.(b) This chapter shall not be held to apply to or affect policies insuring solely the insured named in the policy against liability resulting from the maintenance or use by persons in the insured's employ or on his behalf of vehicles not owned by the insured.
WV Code § 17D-5-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17D. Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law|Article 5. Violation of Provisions of Chapter; Penalties|§17D-5-1. Transfer of Registration to Defeat Purpose of Chapter Prohibited

If an owner's registration has been suspended hereunder, such registration shall not be transferred nor the vehicle in respect to which such registration was issued registered in any other name until the commissioner is satisfied that such transfer of registration is proposed in good faith and not for the purpose or with the effect of defeating the purposes of this chapter. Nothing in this section shall in any wise affect the rights of any conditional vendor, chattel mortgagee or lessor of such a vehicle registered in the name of another as owner who becomes subject to the provisions of this chapter.
WV Code § 17D-5-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17D. Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law|Article 5. Violation of Provisions of Chapter; Penalties|§17D-5-3. Forgery; Suspension of License or Registration; Penalty for Violations of Chapter

(a) Any person who forges or, without authority, signs any evidence or proof of insurance, who files or offers for filing any such evidence of proof knowing or having reason to believe that it is forged or signed without authority or who provides false or fraudulent information is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in jail for not more than one year, or both.(b) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter for which no penalty is otherwise provided is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned in jail not more than ninety days, or both.(c) The commissioner shall suspend the person's driver's license for a period of ninety days and shall revoke the motor vehicle registration upon receipt of a conviction under subsection (a) of this section: Provided, That the motor vehicle registration may be reinstated upon current proof of the security required by this chapter.(d) If the commissioner determines that any person has provided false or fraudulent insurance information on any application, form or document to the division or has provided a fraudulently altered or forged evidence or proof of insurance to the division, the division shall suspend the person's driver's license for ninety days and revoke the motor vehicle registration until genuine proof of insurance is provided to the division.(e) The person shall be afforded due process in accordance with the provisions of section seven, article two-a of this chapter.
WV Code § 17D-6-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17D. Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law|Article 6. General Provisions|§17D-6-1. Chapter Inapplicable to Government-Owned Vehicles

This chapter shall not apply with respect to any vehicle owned by the United States, this state or any political subdivision of this state or any municipality therein.