My daughter has SR-22 insurance in Houston,Texas. I would like know what we have to do to take it off her record.

Jason

Houston, TX

An SR-22 is a certificate of insurance in the state of Texas that show proof of automobile insurance with the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) for the future, as required by law.

The insurance carrier notifies the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) if the car insurance policy is cancelled, terminated, or lapses thus if that happens appropriate enforcement action may be taken. The driving privilege or the drivers license will be suspended if a person is required to obtain an SR22 and there is no SR22 on file.

The form called the SR26 is filed by the company to cancel the SR22. So if your daughter is no longer required to carry an SR22 or the time period to carry this financial responsibility certificate is up already in Houston,Texas, she must inform her insurance company that she no longer needs to carry an SR22 so that it will be removed. Her insurance carrier will probably be needing some documentation that shows that she no longer needs to carry an SR22 insurance.She may be able to get this from the Department of Public Safety and show it to he insurance company so they can file a SR26.

How much does sr-22 insurance cost?

Miguel

Thank you for asking Miguel.

The car insurance coverage bought that is associated with the SR-22 form will be rated depending on all factors that go into rating a policy, regardless of the SR-22 form filing. The insurance rates are not different if you are getting an SR-22 or not.

As for the actual SR-22 form, typically insurance providers are allowed to charge a nominal fee for filing the financial responsibility form (certificate) or sr22 to the state. State laws differ but typically the SR-22 form filing fee is only $15 to $25.

Your driving history is one of the rating factor in the cost of car insurance so the reason that you are mandated to obtain and carry the SR-22, such as reinstating your driving privilege after a DUI suspension, may affect your auto insurance premiums but the SR-22 form itself does not beyond the filing fee.

Goodluck!

MariCAR