2011 Connecticut Code
Title 38a Insurance
Chapter 700 Property and Casualty Insurance
Sec. 38a-364. (Formerly Sec. 38-319a). Insurance identification cards. Temporary card to be issued with binder.

      Sec. 38a-364. (Formerly Sec. 38-319a). Insurance identification cards. Temporary card to be issued with binder. (a) For the purposes of sections 14-12b and 14-12c, subsection (a) of section 14-13, sections 14-213b and 14-217 and this section, "private passenger motor vehicle" shall have the same meaning as in subsection (e) of section 38a-363.

      (b) Each insurance company that issues private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance providing the security required by sections 38a-19 and 38a-363 to 38a-388, inclusive, shall issue annually to each such insured an automobile insurance identification card, in duplicate, for each insured vehicle, one of which shall be presented to the commissioner as provided in section 14-12b and the other carried in the vehicle as provided in section 14-12f. Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, such card shall be effective for a period of one year and shall include the name of the insured and insurer, the policy number, the effective date of coverage, the year, make or model and vehicle identification number of the insured vehicle and an appropriate space wherein the insured may set forth the year, make or model and vehicle identification number of any private passenger motor vehicle that becomes covered as a result of a change in the covered vehicle during the effective period of the identification card. When an insured has five or more private passenger motor vehicles registered in this state, the insurer may use the designation "all owned vehicles" on each card in lieu of a specific vehicle description. Each insurance company that delivers, issues for delivery or renews such private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance in this state on or after January 1, 2009, shall include on such card, the following notice, printed in capital letters and boldface type:

NOTICE:

      YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE THE LICENSED REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE DAMAGE TO YOUR MOTOR VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED.

      (c) Whenever a binder for such insurance is issued by an agent, the agent shall also issue a temporary identification card, in duplicate, for each covered vehicle effective for a period of sixty days from the date on which the binder becomes effective. Such temporary cards shall include the name of the insured and insurer, the printed name and signature of the agent or authorized representative, the effective date of the binder, the policy number or, if such number is not available, the agent's code number and the year, make or model and vehicle identification number of the insured vehicle.

      (d) The provisions of this section shall apply only to private passenger motor vehicles registered in this state.

      (P.A. 79-577, S. 1, 8; P.A. 81-217, S. 1; 81-394, S. 8; P.A. 82-31, S. 1, 2; P.A. 84-429, S. 74; P.A. 93-297, S. 11, 29; P.A. 08-146, S. 2; P.A. 09-74, S. 16.)

      History: P.A. 81-217 required that cards be issued in duplicate, that permanent card include model of vehicle, that temporary cards include printed name and signature of agent or authorized representative, policy number or agent's code number and model of vehicle, allowed use of "all owned vehicles" rather than specific vehicle description when insured has five or more passenger vehicles registered and added Subsec. (d) specifying applicability of provisions; P.A. 81-394 made technical change; P.A. 82-31 amended Subsec. (b) to eliminate the requirement that insurer's authorized officer's signature be on the identification card; P.A. 84-429 made technical changes for statutory consistency; Sec. 38-319a transferred to Sec. 38a-364 in 1991; P.A. 93-297 amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change in a section reference and amended Subsec. (b) to delete the term "no-fault" in the description of an insurance identification card, effective January 1, 1994, and applicable to acts or omissions occurring on or after said date (Revisor's note: The reference in Subsec. (a) to sections "14-12b to 14-12d, inclusive," was changed editorially by the Revisors to "sections 14-12b and 14-12c," to reflect the repeal of Sec. 14-12d by P.A. 93-298, S. 10; P.A. 08-146 amended Subsec. (b) by making a technical change and adding requirement re written notice on insurance identification cards of consumer's right to choose repair shop where repairs will be done, effective January 1, 2009; P.A. 09-74 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective May 27, 2009.

      See Sec. 14-12f re exempt vehicles.

      Annotation to former section 38-319a:

      Cited. 186 C. 507.