Section 8010.40  Mandatory Vehicle Insurance Verification Form

a)         As provided in Section 7-604 of the Act, the Secretary of State may randomly sample motor vehicles subject to Section 7-601 of the Act  to determine whether the motor vehicles are insured.

b)         The Secretary shall send to the owners of the randomly selected motor vehicles or to randomly selected motor vehicles owners an insurance verification form which must be completely filled out and returned to the Department within thirty (30) days.

c)         The vehicle owner shall supply the following insurance verification information:

1)         whether the vehicle was insured on the verification date specified, and the reason no insurance existed for the vehicle if not insured;

2)         the name of the insurance company that insures the motor vehicle;

3)         the policy number;

4)         the effective date of the policy and the expiration date of the policy;

5)         the owner's signature.

d)         The insurance verification form shall indicate clearly the date on which the form must be returned to the Department.

e)         The insurance verification form also shall contain the owner's drivers license number, the license plate number, the vehicle identification number (VIN), and the model and year of the vehicle.

f)         An owner shall be given a forty-five (45) day notice that his/her vehicle registration shall be suspended for one of the following reasons:

1)         the owner does not return the insurance verification form within thirty (30) days;

2)         the insurance verification form is not completely filled out;

3)         the vehicle owner replies that the vehicle is not insured and does not qualify for an exemption; or

4)         if the information supplied by the vehicle owner is not verified in the insurance company's response.

            The registration suspension shall be cancelled (if the suspension has not yet become effective) or rescinded (if the suspension has become effective) if the owner presents to the Department evidence as required by this Part of insurance in effect on the verification date.