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Subchapter I - Short Title; Definitions
§ 50–1301.01. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the “Motor Vehicle Safety...
§ 50–1301.02. Definitions - The following words and phrases used in this chapter shall,...
Subchapter II - Administration of Chapter
§ 50–1301.03. Administration - (a) The Mayor shall administer and enforce the provisions of...
§ 50–1301.04. Review by Mayor - (a) Any order or act of any agent of the...
§ 50–1301.05. Abstract of operating record - (a)(1) The Mayor shall, upon request, furnish any person a...
§ 50–1301.05a. Production of documentary material - (a) A certified copy of any record of the Department...
§ 50–1301.06. Information regarding financial responsibility to be furnished person injured - The Mayor shall furnish to any person who may be...
§ 50–1301.07. Service of process on nonresident - (a) The operation by a nonresident or by his agent...
§ 50–1301.07a. Service of process on District residents - (a) Service of process may be made pursuant to the...
§ 50–1301.08. Operator deemed to be agent of owner - Whenever any motor vehicle, after the passage of this chapter,...
§ 50–1301.09. Motor Vehicle Owners’ and Operators’ Financial Responsibility Fund, D. C. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 123, ch. 222, §...
Subchapter III - Accident Reports. [Repealed]
§ 50–1301.10. Accident report — Required. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 124, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.11. Accident report — Form. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 124, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.12. Accident report — Not required during incapacity. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 124, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.13. Accident report — Additional information to be furnished on request. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 124, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.14. Accident report — Suspension authorized for failure to report. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 124, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.15. Accident report — Confidential. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 124, ch. 222, §...
Subchapter IV - Security Following Accident. [Repealed]
§ 50–1301.16. Deposit of security — When applicable. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 124, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.17. Deposit of security — Amount. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 125, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.18. Deposit of security — Exceptions. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 125, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.19. Automobile liability policy or bond; requirements. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 126, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.20. Deposit of security — Generally. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 126, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.21. Deposit of security — Suspension for failure. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 126, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.22. Deposit of security — Release from liability. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 127, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.23. Deposit of security — Adjudication of nonliability. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 127, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.24. Agreements for payment of damages. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 127, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.25. Payment upon judgment; release of judgment debtor. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 127, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.26. Termination of security requirement. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 127, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.27. Duration of suspension. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 128, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.28. Nonresidents; unlicensed drivers; unregistered vehicles; accidents in other states. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 128, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.29. Mayor authorized to decrease amount of security. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 129, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.30. Correction of Mayor’s action within 1 year. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 129, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.31. Disposition of security. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 129, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.32. Return of deposit. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 129, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.33. Matters not to be evidence in civil suits. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 129, ch. 222, §...
Subchapter V - Proof of Financial Responsibility
§ 50–1301.34. Persons required to deposit proof of future responsibility - The provisions of this chapter requiring the deposit of proof...
§ 50–1301.35. “Proof of financial responsibility for the future”, “proof”, or “proof of financial responsibility” defined - The terms “proof of financial responsibility for the future” or...
§ 50–1301.36. “Judgment” and “state” defined - The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter...
§ 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 - (a) The license and registration of all vehicles registered in...
§ 50–1301.38. Duration of suspension - The suspension or revocation hereinbefore required shall remain in effect...
§ 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 - (a) If a person by final order or judgment is...
§ 50–1301.40. Suspension of nonresidents’ operating privilege; duration - Whenever the Mayor suspends or revokes a nonresident’s operating privilege...
§ 50–1301.41. Report by courts of nonpayment of judgments - Whenever any person fails within 30 days to satisfy any...
§ 50–1301.42. Judgment against a nonresident — Transmittal of copy to license and registration official of defendant’s state - If the defendant named in any certified copy of a...
§ 50–1301.43. Judgment against a nonresident — Suspension for nonpayment. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 131, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.44. Government vehicles; exception as to nonpayment of judgment provisions. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 131, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.45. Consent by judgment creditor to retention of license, registration, or operating privileges by judgment debtor. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 131, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.46. Effect of Mayor’s finding that insurer obligated to pay judgment. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 132, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.47. Continuance of suspension until judgment paid and proof given. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 132, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.48. Discharge in bankruptcy. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 132, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.49. Required payments; amounts; settlements - (a) Judgments herein referred to shall, for the purpose of...
§ 50–1301.50. Installment payment of judgments — Permitted - (a) A judgment debtor upon due notice to the judgment...
§ 50–1301.51. Installment payment of judgments — Default. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 133, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.52. Proof required for each registered vehicle - No vehicle shall be or continue to be registered in...
§ 50–1301.53. Alternate methods of giving proof - Proof of financial responsibility when required under this chapter, with...
§ 50–1301.54. Certificate of insurance as proof - Proof of financial responsibility for the future may be furnished...
§ 50–1301.55. Certificate filed by nonresident as proof of financial responsibility - A nonresident may give proof of financial responsibility by filing...
§ 50–1301.56. Default by nonresident insurance carrier - If any insurance carrier not authorized to transact business in...
§ 50–1301.57. “Motor vehicle liability policy” defined. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 134, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.58. Notice of cancellation or termination of certified policy. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 135, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.59. Provisions of chapter not to affect other policies - (a) This chapter shall not be held to apply to...
§ 50–1301.60. Surety bond — Proof of financial responsibility. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 136, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.61. Surety bond — Lien against scheduled real estate. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 136, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.62. Surety bond — Right of action. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 136, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.63. Deposit of money with Mayor — Proof of financial responsibility. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 136, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.64. Deposit of money with Mayor — Limits on application. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 137, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.65. Owner of a motor vehicle may give proof for others - The owner of a motor vehicle may give proof of...
§ 50–1301.66. Substitution of proof - The Mayor shall consent to the cancellation of any certificate...
§ 50–1301.67. Requirement of other proof of financial responsibility - Whenever any proof of financial responsibility filed under the provisions...
§ 50–1301.68. Cancellation of certificate; waiver of filing proof - The Mayor shall upon request consent to the immediate cancellation...
Subchapter VI - Violation of Provisions of Chapter; Penalties
§ 50–1301.69. Transfer of registration to defeat purpose of chapter - (a) If an owner’s registration has been suspended hereunder, such...
§ 50–1301.70. Surrender of license and registration - Any person whose license or registration shall have been suspended...
§ 50–1301.71. Failure to report accident; penalty. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 138, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.72. False information or forged signature in accident report; forged evidence of proof of financial responsibility; false swearing. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 138, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.73. Operating motor vehicle when license suspended or revoked. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 138, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.74. Failure to return license or registration; penalty - Any person willfully failing to return a license or registration...
§ 50–1301.75. Penalty for violations of chapter - Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter...
§ 50–1301.76. Jurisdiction of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia as to prosecutions for violations of provisions of chapter - All prosecutions for violations of this chapter shall be in...
Subchapter VII - General Provisions
§ 50–1301.77. Effect of headings - Subchapter and section headings contained herein shall not be deemed...
§ 50–1301.78. Vehicles insured under other laws; exception. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 25, 1954, 68 Stat. 139, ch. 222, §...
§ 50–1301.79. Self-insurers - (a) Any person in whose name more than 25 vehicles...
§ 50–1301.80. Appropriations authorized - There is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of the...
§ 50–1301.81. Effect of Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1952 - Where any provision of this chapter, or any amendment made...
§ 50–1301.82. Effect of chapter on prior law - (a) This chapter shall in no respect be considered as...
§ 50–1301.83. Chapter not applied retroactively - This chapter shall not apply with respect to any accident,...
§ 50–1301.84. Provisions of chapter not to prevent other processes provided by law - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing the...
§ 50–1301.85. Interpretation of chapter - This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to...
§ 50–1301.86. Severability of provisions - If any part or parts of this chapter shall be...