By Doug Hartley You open a letter from the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles. It says you were convicted on such-and-such a day for some infraction and that you must provide them with an SR22 Certificate. You discover that an SR22 filing requires that you have insurance. Because that's what an SR22 is: Proof of Insurance for the DMV! But you don't own a car. You were convicted of some ticket or infraction, driving someone else's car, or you don't have the vehicle anymore in which you got the ticket. Maybe you crashed it, and it's now in a junkyard. What do you do now? And what is it that brought you the SR22 requirement in the first place?
By Doug Hartley If you are required to submit an SR22 and you don't turn one in, your license will be suspended. The Oregon DMV sends out a letter once the court notifies them that you were convicted of a particular ticket needing SR22. The first letter serves as a warning that you need to submit one by a specific date. If you fail to meet the requirement by that date, the DMV will send a very lengthy letter giving you exactly 30 days to turn in the SR22 certificate. The letter will state the exact date when your license will be suspended. Be careful because the date on the letter is set at 12:01 am. That means if you reached the date of suspension, it's already too late. You've got to turn one in before that date. Also note that the Oregon DMV offices close often for holidays, weekends, and furlough days.
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