Filing an Ohio SR22 Insurance Form
Reader question:
If I am required to file an Ohio SR22 car insurance form, but I move to a different state, do I still have to file it?
Barry
Thank you for your question, Barry.
According to Ohio SR22 car insurance law, if you are required to file an Ohio SR22 insurance form and you move out of state, then you will still be required to file that form until the end of the period in which you are mandated to file it, which is usually three years after the suspension of your license. You may or may not be required to file an SR22 car insurance form in your new state, and to find out you should call your new state department of motor vehicles.
In order to file an Ohio SR22 car insurance form, you must purchase your car insurance from a company which is licensed by the Ohio state department of insurance and is thus able to sell insurance policies in the state of Ohio. If you are living in another state and are purchasing your insurance through Ohio, then you will obviously be unable to be insured with companies that do not operate out of state, so you may be best off filing your Ohio SR22 form with one of the larger, national sized companies.
Even though you don’t live in Ohio, filing Ohio SR22 car insurance forms should be pretty easy because, unlike some states, you are not required to take the Ohio SR22 form to the department of motor vehicles office on behalf of your car insurance company. Instead, the car insurance company will do it for you. They often file the Ohio SR22 car insurance online, and it takes around three days, with five days being the most. You are usually given thirty days from the time your license is reinstated for your Ohio SR22 form to go through.
Since this time period is fairly small, you should make sure that you have all of the accurate information on your Ohio SR22 form. This includes making sure that the information on your driver’s license, Ohio SR22 form, car insurance policy, and vehicle registration all match. If the information is incorrect, then your Ohio SR22 bond could be denied, and it could become even more difficult for you.
Cheers,
Fashun Guadarrama.