Title 49 — MOTOR VEHICLES

49-1201. Department to administer — Court review. (1) The department shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter. (2) Any person aggrieved by an order or an act of the department, may, within ten (10) days after notice file a petition in the district court for Ada…

49-1202. Department to furnish operating record. The department shall upon request furnish any person a certified abstract of the operating record of any person subject to the provisions of this chapter providing fees have been paid pursuant to section 49-202, Idaho Code. Persona…

49-1203. Courts to report nonpayment of judgments — Nonresidents. (1) Whenever any person fails within sixty (60) days to satisfy a judgment, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the court, or of the judge of a court, which has no clerk, in which a judgment is rendered within thi…

49-1204. Suspension for nonpayment of judgments. (1) Upon receipt of a certified copy of a judgment, the department shall suspend, except as provided in section 49-1207, Idaho Code, the driver’s license or the nonresident’s driving privilege of any person against whom the judgmen…

49-1205. Suspension to continue until judgments paid and proof given. The driver’s license and nonresident’s driving privilege shall, except as provided in section 49-1207, Idaho Code, remain suspended and shall not be renewed, nor shall any driver’s license be issued in the name…

49-1206. Payments sufficient to satisfy requirements. Judgments in excess of the amounts specified in section 49-117, Idaho Code, shall, for the purpose of this chapter only, be deemed satisfied when payments in the amounts specified have been credited. Payments made in settlemen…

49-1207. Installment payment of judgments — Default. (1) A judgment debtor upon due notice to the judgment creditor may apply to the court in which judgment was rendered for the privilege of paying the judgment in installments and the court may, in its discretion and without prej…

49-1208. Proof required upon certain convictions. (1) If a person is not licensed, but by final order or judgment is convicted of, or forfeits any bail or collateral deposited to secure an appearance for trial, or has entered a plea of guilty for, any offense requiring the suspen…

49-1212. Expressed, permitted and implied provisions of motor vehicle liability policy. (1) An owner’s policy of liability insurance shall: (a) Designate by explicit description or by appropriate reference all motor vehicles with respect to which coverage is to be granted; and (b…

49-1213. Notice of cancellation or termination of certified policy. When an insurance carrier has certified a motor vehicle liability policy under section 49-1210, Idaho Code, the insurance so certified shall not be cancelled or terminated until at least ten (10) days after a not…

49-1214. Not to affect other policies. (1) This chapter shall not be held to apply to or affect policies of motor vehicle 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 indo…

49-1217. Owner may give proof for others. Whenever any person required to give proof of financial responsibility is or later becomes an operator in the employ of any owner, or is or later becomes a member of the immediate family or household of the owner, the department shall acc…

49-1220. Duration of proof — When proof may be canceled or returned. (1) The department shall upon request consent to the immediate cancellation of any certificate of insurance, or the department shall waive the requirement of filing proof, in any of the following events: (a) At …

49-1221. Transfer of registration to defeat purpose — Prohibited. If an owner’s registration has been suspended under the provisions of this chapter, that registration shall not be transferred nor the motor vehicle in respect of which the registration was issued registered in any…

49-1223. Exceptions from chapter. (1) This chapter shall not apply with respect to any motor vehicle owned by the United States, the state, any municipality or other political subdivision. (2) Sections 49-1212, 49-1229, 49-1230 and 49-1232, Idaho Code, shall not apply to vehicles…

49-1224. Self-insurers. (1) Any person in whose name more than twenty-five (25) motor vehicles are registered and titled in Idaho, or engaged in the operation of a railroad, street railway system or public utility subject to the regulation of the public utilities commission irres…

49-1225. Assigned risk plans. After consultation with insurance companies authorized to issue automobile liability policies in this state, the director of insurance shall approve reasonable plans for the equitable apportionment among those companies of applicants for policies and…

49-1226. Chapter not to prevent other process. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing the plaintiff in any action at law from relying for relief upon other processes provided by law.

49-1229. Required motor vehicle insurance. (1) Every owner of a motor vehicle which is registered and operated in Idaho by the owner or with his permission shall continuously, except as provided in section 41-2516, Idaho Code, provide insurance against loss resulting from liabili…

49-1230. Proof of compliance. Before any applicant required to register his motor vehicle may do so the applicant shall certify the existence of automobile liability insurance covering the motor vehicle on a form prescribed by the department. The department may immediately cancel…

49-1231. Certificate of liability insurance — How acquired. (1) A certificate of liability insurance to be effective must be issued by an insurance or surety company authorized to do business in this state, by an authorized agent of such a company, or by the director of the depar…

49-1232. Certificate or proof of liability insurance to be carried in motor vehicle. (1) A certificate or proof of liability insurance shall be in the possession of the operator of every motor vehicle or present in every motor vehicle at all times when the vehicle is operated wit…

49-1233. Motor carrier financial responsibility — Exemptions — Board rules. (1) Before registering any motor carrier for transporting persons or property, the department shall require verification from the motor carrier that it has obtained and has in effect liability and propert…

49-1234. online insurance verification system — peace officer duties — rulemaking. (1) The department shall establish and maintain an online insurance verification system for motor vehicle insurance coverage required by the provisions of this chapter, subject to the following: (a…