Driving Without Auto Insurance Penalties
Reader’s Question:
If you’ve been driving without car insurance for one year and wanted to fix the issue and be able to drive legally again, how can you go about doing that and is there a penalty charges for this?
Tom
Bloomington, MN
It is wise of you to decide to get insurance and be operating a vehicle legally again. It can sometimes be not easy to obtain car insurance when you have been without insurance for a long period of time.
There are penalties typically if you are caught driving without insurance so you are lucky to not have been cited by the police. The penalties differ by state but could include suspension or revocation of your license, impoundment of your vehicle, or fines.
To begin fixing the problem, you may shop around buy a car insurance policy for your vehicle. Once that is done and the insurance policy is reported to your state, if you have any penalty charges for having a lapse in motor vehicle insurance your state will likely inform you.
