28-4142. Vehicle registration; financial
responsibility verifications; exception; violation;
classification
A. A person applying for initial registration or renewal of registration of a motor
vehicle required to be registered pursuant to chapter 7 of this title consents to comply
with the financial responsibility verifications conducted by the department pursuant to
this article or submits to the suspension of the person's motor vehicle registration and
license plate and driver license.
B. The application for registration shall contain a notice to the applicant
restating subsection A of this section.
C. Thirty days after the department issues the initial registration and before the
renewal of registration, it shall review the vehicle record to determine if the motor
vehicle described in the application is in compliance with state financial responsibility
requirements. If the review indicates that the motor vehicle is not currently covered by
a valid liability insurance policy, the department shall send the registrant a notice of
intent to suspend the license plate and registration of the vehicle pursuant to section
28-4149.
D. This section does not apply to a motor vehicle owned by this state or a
political subdivision of this state.
E. A person is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor if the person does any of the
following:
1. Forges any evidence of proof of financial responsibility.
2. Signs evidence of proof of financial responsibility without authority.
3. Files or offers for filing a notice or evidence of proof of financial
responsibility and knows or has reason to believe that the notice or evidence is forged
or signed without authority.
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