Alaska Statutes Title 28, Chapter 28.20 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act

• Sec. 28.20.010 Declaration of Purpose.
  The legislature is concerned over the rising toll of motor vehicle accidents and the suffering and loss inflicted by them. The legislature determines that...
• Sec. 28.20.020 Administration.
  (a) The department shall administer and enforce this chapter and may adopt regulations necessary for its administration.(b) The department shall receive and consider any...
• Sec. 28.20.030 Court Review. [Repealed, Sec. 4 Ch 140 Sla 1977].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 28.20.040 Department to Furnish Operating Record. [Repealed, Sec. 20 Ch 241 Sla 1976].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 28.20.050 Application of Chapter.
  (a) The provisions of this chapter requiring deposit of security and suspension for failure to deposit security apply to the driver and owner of...
• Sec. 28.20.060 Exceptions to Requirement of Security.
  The requirements as to security and suspension in this chapter do not apply to(1) the driver or owner if the owner had in effect...
• Sec. 28.20.070 Requirements As to Policy or Bond.
  (a) A policy or bond is not effective under AS 28.20.060 unless it is issued by an insurance company or surety company authorized to...
• Sec. 28.20.080 Form and Amount of Security.
  (a) The security required by this chapter must be in the form and amount the department requires, but in no case in excess of...
• Sec. 28.20.090 Suspension for Failure to Deposit Security.
  (a) If a person required to deposit security under this chapter fails to deposit security within 10 days after the department sends notice, the...
• Sec. 28.20.100 Release From Liability.
  (a) A person is relieved from the requirement for deposit of security for the benefit or protection of another person injured or damaged in...
• Sec. 28.20.110 Adjudication of Nonliability.
  A person is relieved from the requirement for deposit of security for a claim for injury or damage arising out of the accident if...
• Sec. 28.20.120 Agreements for Payment of Damages.
  (a) Two or more persons involved in or affected by an accident as described in AS 28.20.050 may at any time enter into a...
• Sec. 28.20.130 Payment Upon Judgment.
  The payment of a judgment arising out of an accident, or the payment upon judgment of an amount equal to the maximum amount that...
• Sec. 28.20.140 Termination of Security Requirement.
  If satisfied as to the existence of a fact that under AS 28.20.100 - 28.20.130 entitles a person to be relieved from the security...
• Sec. 28.20.150 Duration of Suspension.
  (a) Unless a suspension is terminated under other provisions of this chapter, an order of suspension by the department remains in effect until terminated...
• Sec. 28.20.160 Application to Nonresidents, Unlicensed Drivers, Unregistered Vehicles, and Accidents in Other States.
  (a) If a driver or owner of a vehicle subject to registration under the laws of this state involved in an accident in this...
• Sec. 28.20.170 Authority of Department to Decrease Amount of Security.
  The department may reduce the amount of security ordered within six months after the date of the accident if in its judgment the amount...
• Sec. 28.20.180 Correction of Action of Department.
  If the department takes action or fails to take action under this chapter due to erroneous information or no information, upon receiving correct information...
• Sec. 28.20.190 Custody of Security.
  The department shall place security deposited with it in the custody of the Department of Revenue.
• Sec. 28.20.200 Disposition of Security.
  (a) The security deposited is available only for(1) the payment of a settlement agreement covering a claim arising out of the accident upon instruction...
• Sec. 28.20.210 Return of Deposit.
  (a) Upon the expiration of two years from the date of deposit of security, the security remaining on deposit shall be returned to the...
• Sec. 28.20.220 Matters Not to Be Evidence in Civil Suits.
  The report required after an accident, the action taken by the department under this chapter, the findings, if any, of the department upon which...
• Sec. 28.20.230 Proof of Financial Responsibility for the Future.
  (a) The provisions of this chapter requiring the deposit of proof of financial responsibility for the future apply to persons who are convicted of...
• Sec. 28.20.240 Proof Required When Driving Privilege is Restricted.
  Whenever under a law of this state the license of a person is suspended, revoked, limited under AS 28.15.201 , or canceled for any...
• Sec. 28.20.250 Action in Respect to Unlicensed Person.
  (a) If a person does not have a license, but by final order or judgment is convicted of, or forfeits bail or collateral deposited...
• Sec. 28.20.260 When Proof Required After Accidents.
  (a) Upon receipt by the department of the report of an accident resulting in bodily injury to or death of a person, or damage...
• Sec. 28.20.270 Suspension for Nonpayment of Judgments.
  Upon receipt of a certified copy of a judgment and a certificate of facts relative to the judgment, the department shall immediately suspend the...
• Sec. 28.20.280 When Courts to Report Nonpayment of Judgments.
  If a person fails within 30 days to satisfy a judgment arising out of a motor vehicle accident, the clerk of the court, or...
• Sec. 28.20.290 Further Action With Respect to Nonresidents.
  If the defendant named in a certified copy of a judgment reported to the department is a nonresident, the department shall send a certified...
• Sec. 28.20.300 Exception for Government Vehicles.
  AS 28.20.260 and 28.20.270 do not apply to an accident caused by the ownership or operation, with permission, of a vehicle owned or leased...
• Sec. 28.20.310 Exception When Consent Granted by Judgment Creditor.
  If the judgment creditor consents in writing in a form prescribed by the department to the issuance of a license or nonresident's operating privilege...
• Sec. 28.20.320 Exceptions When Insurer Liable.
  A license or nonresident's operating privilege may not be suspended under this chapter if the department finds that an insurer is obligated to pay...
• Sec. 28.20.325 Exemption for Certain Employee-Drivers; Applicability to Employer.
  If the driver at the time of an accident was driving, in the course and scope of employment, a vehicle owned, operated, or leased...
• Sec. 28.20.330 Suspension to Continue Until Judgments Paid and Proof Given.
  (a) If there is an unsatisfied judgment against a person requiring suspension under AS 28.20.270 , the person's license or nonresident's operating privilege shall...
• Sec. 28.20.340 Driving While License Cancelled, Suspended, or Revoked.
  Upon receiving a record of the conviction of a person for driving a vehicle while the person's license was suspended, the department shall immediately...
• Sec. 28.20.350 Discharge in Bankruptcy. [Repealed, Sec. 42 Ch 53 Sla 1973].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 28.20.360 Payments Sufficient to Satisfy Requirements.
  (a) In this chapter, a judgment is satisfied when(1) $50,000 is credited upon a judgment given in excess of that amount because of bodily...
• Sec. 28.20.370 Installment Payment of Judgments; Default.
  (a) A judgment debtor upon due notice to the judgment creditor may apply to the court in which such judgment was rendered for the...
• Sec. 28.20.380 Registration and Operator's Rights Limited by Extent of Proof.
  (a) When a certificate is filed showing that a policy is issued covering a motor vehicle owned by the insured, but not insuring the...
• Sec. 28.20.390 Proof by Persons Who Do Not Own a Vehicle.
  Proof of financial responsibility for a person who is not the owner of a vehicle may be given by filing(1) a certificate of insurance...
• Sec. 28.20.400 Self-Insurers.
  (a) A person in whose name more than 25 vehicles are registered in this state may qualify as a self-insurer by obtaining a certificate...
• Sec. 28.20.410 Certificate of Insurance As Proof.
  Proof of financial responsibility for the future may be furnished by filing with the department the written certificate of an insurance carrier authorized to...
• Sec. 28.20.420 Certificate Furnished by Nonresident As Proof.
  (a) A nonresident may give proof of financial responsibility by filing with the department a written certificate of an insurance carrier authorized to transact...
• Sec. 28.20.430 Default by Nonresident Insurer.
  If an insurance carrier not authorized to transact business in this state, but qualified to furnish proof of financial responsibility in this state, defaults...
• Sec. 28.20.440 Motor Vehicle Liability Policy Defined; Required Provisions.
  (a) In this chapter, "motor vehicle liability policy" means an "owner policy" or an "operator's policy" containing an agreement or endorsement as provided in...
• Sec. 28.20.445 Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists Coverage.
  (a) The maximum liability of the insurance carrier under the uninsured and underinsured motorists coverage required to be offered under AS 28.20.440 shall be...
• Sec. 28.20.450 Notice of Cancellation or Termination of Certified Policy.
  When an insurance carrier certifies a motor vehicle liability policy under AS 28.20.410 or 28.20.420 the insurance certified may not be cancelled or terminated...
• Sec. 28.20.460 Chapter Not to Affect Other Policies.
  (a) This chapter does not apply to or affect a policy of automobile insurance against liability that may now or hereafter be required by...
• Sec. 28.20.470 Bond As Proof.
  Proof of financial responsibility may be evidenced by the bond of a surety company authorized to transact business in this state. The bond shall...
• Sec. 28.20.480 Action on Bond.
  If a judgment given against the principal on a bond is not satisfied within 30 days after it becomes final, the judgment creditor may,...
• Sec. 28.20.490 Money or Securities As Proof. [Repealed, Sec. 15 Ch 70 Sla 1984].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 28.20.500 Owner May Give Proof for Others.
  (a) The owner of a motor vehicle may give proof of financial responsibility on behalf of the owner's employee or a member of the...
• Sec. 28.20.510 Substitution of Proof.
  The department shall consent to the cancellation of a bond or certificate of insurance, or the department shall return money or securities to the...
• Sec. 28.20.520 Other Proof May Be Required.
  Whenever proof of financial responsibility filed under this chapter no longer fulfills the purpose for which it is required, the department shall require other...
• Sec. 28.20.530 Application of Deposit.
  The department shall hold the deposit to satisfy, in accordance with this chapter, any execution on a judgment issued against the person making the...
• Sec. 28.20.540 Duration, Cancellation, and Return of Proof.
  (a) The department shall, upon request, consent to the immediate cancellation of a bond or certificate of insurance, or shall return to the person...
• Sec. 28.20.550 Transfer of Registration to Defeat Purpose of Chapter Prohibited.
  (a) If an owner's registration is suspended under this chapter, the registration may not be transferred nor the vehicle registered in any other name...
• Sec. 28.20.560 Surrender of License and Registration, and False Affidavits.
  (a) A person whose license or registration is suspended under any provision of this chapter, or whose policy of insurance or bond, when required...
• Sec. 28.20.570 Forged Proof.
  A person who forges or, without authority, signs any evidence of proof of financial responsibility for the future, or who files or offers for...
• Sec. 28.20.580 Assigned Risk Plans.
  After consultation with the insurance companies authorized to issue motor vehicle liability policies in this state, the director of the division of insurance shall...
• Sec. 28.20.585 Reinstatement Fee. [Repealed, Sec. 15 Ch 70 Sla 1984].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 28.20.590 Past Application of Chapter.
  This chapter does not apply to an accident or judgment arising from an accident or violation of the motor vehicle laws of this state,...
• Sec. 28.20.600 Chapter Does Not Prevent Other Process.
  This chapter does not prevent the plaintiff in an action from relying for relief upon other processes provided by law.
• Sec. 28.20.610 Provisions of Chapter Apply Throughout State.
  The provisions of this chapter apply upon highways and elsewhere throughout the state.
• Sec. 28.20.620 Application of Administrative Procedure Act. [Repealed, Sec. 4 Ch 140 Sla 1977].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 28.20.630 Definitions.
  In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,(1) "judgment" means a judgment that is final by expiration without appeal of the time within which...
• Sec. 28.20.640 Short Title.
  This chapter may be cited as the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act.

Last modified: November 15, 2016