Does Nevada share traffic violations with California?

[nanomug]

Nevada - California

Received a traffic ticket in Nevada and I have a California license. Does Nevada share this info with California? Will my insurance discover this?

If California and my insurance company will not find out I will pay the fine and let it go. Otherwise I will fight the ticket.

 

[FlyingRon]

Chances are your insurance company will find out. They don't need California's assistance for that. California will certainly hear about it anyway. California does assign points for out of state violations (one or two points).

 

[WaltinPA]

You might want to do some online research on the subject. You could also check and see if the California Division of Motor Vehicles puts out a fact sheet as my state has done with information on how they treat out of state traffic offenses.

 

[Maestro64]

Lets put this way, most all states report tickets to the home state of the driver. The only questions is will CA do anything with that information. With the number of people here from CA I would think they would know if CA does in fact take the information and put it on your CA record. Some states assign points to out of state tickets reported to them and other do nothing with them. I live in PA and PA ignores all out of state tickets, it will not show up on your record at all unless you refuse to pay the out of state ticket. So you can get tickets in any state you like and it will not affect your PA driving record or insurance.

I highly doubt your insurance will find out from NV, unless CA puts the NV ticket on your CA driving record. You insurance company is not going to search or request reports from non-home state DMVs it cost them too much money. Most all insurance companies use various sets of criteria to determine whether they are going to check an individuals driving records. Unless you fall under this criteria most likely they will never find out about a specific ticket, unless you live in Mass where the state tell all the insurance companies who got tickets in their state.

 

[FlyingRon]

Lets put this way, most all states report tickets to the home state of the driver. The only questions is will CA do anything with that information. With the number of people here from CA I would think they would know if CA does in fact take the information and put it on your CA record.

Yep, and I already answered it. It will show up as either a one or two point violation on his California record depending on what the citation is.

Massachusettes is not UNIQUE in making all traffic offense information available. If your insurance company does business in Nevada, chances are they're getting the dump on all violations that occur there. They don't have to search by individual policy holder.

 

[nanomug]

Thanks for the replies. I think that Nevada does share info with California which will result in the insurance company knowing.

I saw a billboard in Vegas about fighting traffic tickets and contacted several attorneys about it. They all said the same thing: they will go to court on my behalf and get the ticket reduced to a parking fine. The attorney fee is $180 and the fine is $100 which together are just under the ticket amount.

This seems like the best bet. My insurance company checks with the DMV regularly and the cost over three years is significant.

 

[Maestro64]

Yep, and I already answered it. It will show up as either a one or two point violation on his California record depending on what the citation is.

Massachusettes is not UNIQUE in making all traffic offense information available. If your insurance company does business in Nevada, chances are they're getting the dump on all violations that occur there. They don't have to search by individual policy holder.

Actually Mass is unique they send the data directly to the insurance companies every year verse in other states the insurance company has to request the specific information on a specific person and pay for it. This is one of the reason Mass has some of the highest rates in the country and Mass controls what insurance companies can charge in exchange for that Mass agreed to provide driving records to the insurance companies.

I was going to relocate there and as part of doing so I did a cost comparison. I tried to find out how much my car insurance would be. I could not get a quote and my insurance company said they could not quote me either without having a valid Mass DL. Nice how that works, never had this issue in any other state.

No state shares all DMV records with insurance companies, it is an invasion of privacy unless you live in Mass. However, insurance companies do share your information with a central database.

Trust me I know people who have tickets from other states and their insurance company never found out about them and I've got the stupid tickets of being in an unfamiliar area and missed a sign or something and just paid them and it never showed up on my record or cause my insurance to increase. But I live in a state that does not care about out of state tickets.

Where in CA DMV site does it say they assign points to out of state tickets, I did not run across anything specific.

 

[FlyingRon]

Actually Mass is unique they send the data directly to the insurance companies every year verse in other states the insurance company has to request the specific information on a specific person and pay for it.

You can repeat it all you want, but Massachusettes is NOT unique in this.

No state shares all DMV records with insurance companies, it is an invasion of privacy unless you live in Mass.

This I'll believe, but there are a number of states that dump out all the violations on a regular basis for the insurance companies that subscribe to the information.

By the way, I agree Mass insurance is hosed up, but if you really want to see a mess pop down to New Jersey.

Where in CA DMV site does it say they assign points to out of state tickets, I did not run across anything specific.

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[I_Got_Banned]

California Vehicle Code

Section 15022. The licensing authority of a party state shall report each conviction of a person from another party state occurring within its jurisdiction to the licensing authority of the home state of the licensee. Such report shall clearly identify the person convicted; describe the violation specifying the section of the statute, code, or ordinance violated; identify the court in which action was taken; indicate whether a plea of guilty or not guilty was entered, or the conviction was a result of the forfeiture of bail, bond or other security; and shall include any special findings made in connection therewith.​

"Party State" refers to any state who is a member in the Driver's License Compact.

It is a well known fact that the DLC requires its members to report what i would refer to as "serious" violations as described in CVC 15023:

15023.

(a) The licensing authority in the home state, for the purposes of suspending, revoking, or limiting the license to operate a motor vehicle, shall give the same effect to the conduct reported, pursuant to Section 15022 of this compact, as it would if such conduct had occurred in the home state, in the case of a conviction for:

(1) Manslaughter or negligent homicide resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle;
(2) Driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a narcotic drug, or under the influence of any other drug to a degree which renders the driver incapable of safely driving a motor vehicle;
(3) Any felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used;
(4) Failure to stop and render aid in the event of a motor vehicle accident resulting in the death or personal injury of another.​

(b) As to any other conviction, reported pursuant to Section 15022, the licensing authority in the home state shall give such effect to the conduct as is provided by the laws of the home state.
(c) If the laws of a party state do not provide for offenses or violations denominated or described in precisely the words employed in subdivision (a) of this section, such party state shall construe the denominations and descriptions appearing in subdivision (a) hereof as being applicable to and identifying those offenses or violations of a substantially similar nature, and the laws of such party state shall contain such provisions as may be necessary to ensure that full force and effect is given to this section.​

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So the DLC itself does not obligate member states to report MINOR violations. And I know for a fact that CA is not a member in the NRVC (Non Resident Violator Compact). However that does not suggest that there is no other mutual agreement between CA and NV.

As far as an insurer finding out, there is nothing that can stop an insurer from checking a driver's record in other neighboring states... Whether they will or not is obviously a mere guess, however the risk that they will find out does and always will exist.