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Title 27 Transportation

Subtitle 2. Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing

Chapter 19 Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act

Subchapter 5 - Accident Reports

27-19-501. Report required.

27-19-502. Form of report.

27-19-503. Presumption of uninsured.

27-19-504. Proof of insurance.

27-19-505. Insurance report.

27-19-506. Failure of insurance carrier to file reports.

27-19-507. Additional information.

27-19-508. Suspension for failure to report.

27-19-509. Incapacity to report.

27-19-510. Confidentiality of information.

Effective Dates. Acts 1973, No. 585, § 7: Apr. 3, 1973. Emergency clause provided: “It is hereby found and determined by the General Assembly that the present laws of this State relative to the reporting of accidents, the deposit of security, report of judgments by courts, the revocation and suspension of motor vehicle operator and chauffeur licenses and vehicle licenses under the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law are inadequate to assure the proper and efficient enforcement and administration of the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law and that it is essential to public safety on the highways of this State that these laws be clarified immediately. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.”

Acts 1975, No. 1007, § 15: Apr. 22, 1975. Emergency clause provided: “It is hereby found and determined by the General Assembly that the present laws of this State relative to the reporting of accidents, the deposit of security, report of judgments, the suspension of driver's licenses and motor vehicle license under the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law are inadequate to assure the proper and efficient enforcement and administration of the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law and that it is essential to public safety on the highways of this State that these laws be clarified immediately. Therefore an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.”
Research References

ALR.

“Amnesty” provision whereby automobile driver leaving scene of accident may report to police within stated time without risk of use of his report against him. 36 A.L.R.4th 907.

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