Title 50 — Motor and Non-Motor Vehicles and Traffic.
39 chapters · 624 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 50-1215 False statements as to liens; violations of law chapter
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Any person intentionally making a false statement with respect to liens in an application for a certificate, or wilfully violating any of the provisions of this chapter, shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or be impris…
D.C. Code § 50-1216 Appropriation
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Appropriation is hereby authorized to be made to carry out the provisions of this chapter, and the Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to include in his annual estimates provision for all the expenses of the Office of the Director incident to such purposes, and for pe…
D.C. Code § 50-1217 Terminal rental adjustment clauses: vehicle leases that are not sales or security interests
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In the case of motor vehicles or trailers, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, a transaction does not create a sale or security interest merely because it provides that the rental price is permitted or required to be adjusted under the agreement either upward or downward…
D.C. Code § 50-1218 Electronic creation, recordation, and transfer of liens
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, the Director may receive and transmit liens and lien information electronically, record liens electronically, and create and transfer titles electronically, in accordance with the following provisions: (1) Any lien informat…
D.C. Code § 50-1301.01 Short title
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This chapter may be cited as the “Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act of the District of Columbia.”
D.C. Code § 50-1301.02 Definitions
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The following words and phrases used in this chapter shall, for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this article except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) “Mayor” means the Mayor of the Distr…
D.C. Code § 50-1301.03 Administration
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(a) The Mayor shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter. The Mayor may issue rules necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter, including, but not limited to, the amendment and revision of Chapter 8 of 18 DCMR. The fee for the reinstatement of a licens…
D.C. Code § 50-1301.04 Review by Mayor
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(a) Any order or act of any agent of the Mayor under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to review by the Mayor. Application for review of any such order or act shall be in writing and shall set out in detail the reasons for such review. Such application shall be file…
D.C. Code § 50-1301.05 Abstract of operating record
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(a)(1) The Mayor shall, upon request, furnish any person a certified abstract of the District of Columbia operating record of any person subject to the provisions of this chapter, which abstract shall include enumeration of any motor vehicle accidents in which such person has bee…
D.C. Code § 50-1301.05a Production of documentary material
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(a) A certified copy of any record of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall be deemed authentic without further testimony as evidence in any judicial proceeding or administrative hearing. (b) The Director may satisfy a Superior Court subpoena directed to the production of docume…
D.C. Code § 50-1301.06 Information regarding financial responsibility to be furnished person injured
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The Mayor shall furnish to any person who may be injured in person or property by any motor vehicle, upon written request, a statement that the owner or operator of any motor vehicle has furnished evidence of his ability to respond in damages in accordance with the provisions of …
D.C. Code § 50-1301.07 Service of process on nonresident
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(a) The operation by a nonresident or by his agent of a motor vehicle on any public highway of the District of Columbia shall be deemed equivalent to an appointment by such nonresident of the Mayor or his successor in office to be his true and lawful attorney upon whom may be ser…
D.C. Code § 50-1301.08 Operator deemed to be agent of owner
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Whenever any motor vehicle, after the passage of this chapter, shall be operated upon the public highways of the District of Columbia by any person other than the owner, with the consent of the owner, express or implied, the operator thereof shall in case of accident, be deemed t…
D.C. Code § 50-1301.09 Motor Vehicle Owners’ and Operators’ Financial Responsibility Fund, D. C
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D.C. Code § 50-1301.10 Accident report — Required
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D.C. Code § 50-1301.11 Accident report — Form
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D.C. Code § 50-1301.12 Accident report — Not required during incapacity
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D.C. Code § 50-1301.13 Accident report — Additional information to be furnished on request
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D.C. Code § 50-1301.14 Accident report — Suspension authorized for failure to report
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D.C. Code § 50-1301.15 Accident report — Confidential
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D.C. Code § 50-1301.16 Deposit of security — When applicable
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D.C. Code § 50-1301.17 Deposit of security — Amount
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D.C. Code § 50-1301.18 Deposit of security — Exceptions
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D.C. Code § 50-1301.19 Automobile liability policy or bond; requirements
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D.C. Code § 50-1301.20 Deposit of security — Generally
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D.C. Code § 50-1301.21 Deposit of security — Suspension for failure
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D.C. Code § 50-1301.22 Deposit of security — Release from liability
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D.C. Code § 50-1301.23 Deposit of security — Adjudication of nonliability
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D.C. Code § 50-1301.24 Agreements for payment of damages
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D.C. Code § 50-1301.25 Payment upon judgment; release of judgment debtor
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D.C. Code § 50-1301.26 Termination of security requirement
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D.C. Code § 50-1301.27 Duration of suspension
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D.C. Code § 50-1301.28 Nonresidents; unlicensed drivers; unregistered vehicles; accidents in other states
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D.C. Code § 50-1301.29 Mayor authorized to decrease amount of security
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D.C. Code § 50-1301.30 Correction of Mayor’s action within 1 year
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D.C. Code § 50-1301.31 Disposition of security
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D.C. Code § 50-1301.32 Return of deposit
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D.C. Code § 50-1301.33 Matters not to be evidence in civil suits
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D.C. Code § 50-1301.34 Persons required to deposit proof of future responsibility
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The provisions of this chapter requiring the deposit of proof of financial responsibility for the future, subject to certain exemptions, shall apply with respect to persons who have been convicted of or forfeited bail for certain offenses under motor vehicle laws or who have fail…
D.C. Code § 50-1301.35 “Proof of financial responsibility for the future”, “proof”, or “proof of financial responsibility” defined
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The terms “proof of financial responsibility for the future” or “proof” or “proof of financial responsibility” as used in this chapter shall mean: Proof that the motor vehicle subject to registration or reciprocity under the laws of the District of Columbia is an insured motor ve…
D.C. Code § 50-1301.36 “Judgment” and “state” defined
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The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall, for the purpose of such sections, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section: (1) The term “judgment” shall mean any judgment which shall have become final by expiration without appeal of the…
D.C. Code § 50-1301.37 Suspension of license and registration for certain convictions; effect of proof of financial responsibility; vehicles owned or leased by the United States, a state, or a political subdivision thereof; suspension for foreign convictions
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(a) The license and registration of all vehicles registered in the name of any person who by a final order or judgment shall have been convicted of, or shall have forfeited any bond or collateral given to secure appearance for trial for a violation of any of the following provisi…
D.C. Code § 50-1301.38 Duration of suspension
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The suspension or revocation hereinbefore required shall remain in effect and the Mayor shall not issue to such person any new or renewal of license or register or reregister in the name of such person as owner of any such vehicle until permitted under the motor vehicle laws of t…
D.C. Code § 50-1301.39 Suspension of unlicensed or licensed person after certain convictions; proof of financial responsibility required; certificate of conviction to be forwarded to Mayor
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(a) If a person by final order or judgment is convicted of or forfeits any bail or collateral deposited to secure an appearance for trial for driving a motor vehicle within the District of Columbia at a time when his license is suspended or revoked, the operating privilege of suc…
D.C. Code § 50-1301.40 Suspension of nonresidents’ operating privilege; duration
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Whenever the Mayor suspends or revokes a nonresident’s operating privilege by reason of a conviction or forfeiture of bail, such privilege shall remain so suspended or revoked unless such person shall have previously given or shall immediately give and thereafter maintain proof o…
D.C. Code § 50-1301.41 Report by courts of nonpayment of judgments
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Whenever any person fails within 30 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 in which any such judgment is rendered within the District of Columbia to forward to the Mayor i…
D.C. Code § 50-1301.42 Judgment against a nonresident — Transmittal of copy to license and registration official of defendant’s state
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If the defendant named in any certified copy of a judgment reported to the Mayor is a nonresident, the Mayor 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.
D.C. Code § 50-1301.43 Judgment against a nonresident — Suspension for nonpayment
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The Mayor upon receipt of a certified copy of a judgment or a certificate of facts relative to such 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 hereinafte…
D.C. Code § 50-1301.44 Government vehicles; exception as to nonpayment of judgment provisions
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The provisions of § 50-1301.43 shall not apply with respect to any such judgment arising out of an accident caused by the ownership or operation with permission, of a vehicle owned by or leased to the United States, a state or any political subdivision thereof, the District of Co…
D.C. Code § 50-1301.45 Consent by judgment creditor to retention of license, registration, or operating privileges by judgment debtor
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If the judgment creditor consents in writing, in such form as the Mayor may prescribe, that the judgment debtor be allowed license and registration or nonresident’s operating privilege, the same may be allowed by the Mayor, in his discretion, for 6 months from the date of such co…