49-1220. DURATION OF PROOF — WHEN PROOF MAY BE CANCELED OR RETURNED. (1) The department shall upon request consent to the immediate cancellation of any certificate of insurance, or the department shall waive the requirement of filing proof, in any of the following events:

(a) At any time after one (1) year or three (3) years from the date the proof was required, as provided in section 49-1208, Idaho Code, when, during the one (1) year or three (3) year period preceding the request, the department has not received record of a conviction or a forfeiture of bail which would require or permit the suspension or revocation of the driver’s license or nonresident’s operating privilege of the person by or for whom the proof was furnished; or

(b) In the event of the death of the person on whose behalf the proof was filed or the permanent incapacity of the person to operate a motor vehicle; or

(c) In the event the person who has given proof surrenders his driver’s license to the department.

(2) Whenever any person whose proof has been canceled or returned applies for a driver’s license within a period of one (1) year or within a period of three (3) years from the date proof was originally required, as provided in section 49-1208, Idaho Code, the application shall be refused unless the applicant shall reestablish proof for the remainder of the one (1) year or three (3) year period.

History:

[49-1220, added 1988, ch. 265, sec. 310, p. 734; am. 1989, ch. 88, sec. 48, p. 190; am. 1998, ch. 423, sec. 2, p. 1336; am. 2001, ch. 74, sec. 7, p. 178.]