Keeping Your SR-22 Active

Keeping the SR22 on-file and active with the state (DMV, DPS, DOL) is essential for keeping your driver’s license.

When an SR-22 insurance policy cancels for any reason, the SR22 is cancelled with the state and the driver’s license is immediately suspended.

Paying your monthly premium on-time, or even early, keeps the state from receiving negative notification about the SR-22.

Paying the renewal bill as early as five to ten days in advance helps in many states where the DMV watches for lapses at renewal time.

Steve Baumann
Customer Service Manager
Serenity Insurance

Maricopa Police Target Arizona DUI

The Police Department in the town of Maricopa, Arizona is making drunk drivers a target of a new enforcement program.

Police in Maricopa are funnded by a grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety and plan to crack down hard on drunk driving.

The new Maricopa Arizona (Not to be confused with Maricopa County, Arizona) police department  has made drunk driving a target.  The fast growing suburb of Phoenix has created a DUI task force to arrest motorists driving under the influence of alcohol.

Police enforcement efforts include sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols and undercover officers.

Sample SR-22 Form

This sample SR-22 form for the state of CA is what your insurance agent may issue for you as proof of auto liability coverage to meet the sate requirements for an SR-22. This form is what you need to present to the DMV to reinstate your driving privileges along with your reinstatement fee.

An SR-22 may be required of you if you are arrested and/or convicted of a DUI/DWI, Negligent Driving, or perhaps a “Wet Wreckless” and who are in a program and who want to get their driving privileges back.

To get your driver’s license back after your arrest or conviction you must do these 3 things:

1. Pay a re-issue fee

2. Show proof of financial responsibility (SR-22)

3. Show proof of enrollment in an approved DUI program.

Proof of insurance must be kept for a term of up to three years (from the date of your suspension being over). Proof of insurance must stay active (and there is no need to keep re-submitting an SR-22) if you do not cancel the coverage or get dropped during that 3-year time frame. The insurance policy that the SR-22 is filed under must remain in effect. If for any reason the policy is no longer in force the insurance company is REQUIRED by law to notify the DMV. This may result in IMMEDIATE suspension of your driving privileges and another re-issue fee by the DMV.