Section 16480 Of Article 3. Release Of Proof From California Vehicle Code >> Division 7. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 3.
16480
. (a) The department shall upon request, or may at its own
discretion, cancel any bond or any certificate of insurance, or the
department shall direct the return to the person entitled thereto of
any money or securities deposited pursuant to this code as proof of
financial responsibility, or the department shall waive the
requirement of filing proof of financial responsibility in any of the
following events:
(1) When the person is no longer required to maintain the proof
under the provisions of this code.
(2) At any time after three years from the date the proof was
required.
(3) Upon the death of the person on whose behalf the proof was
filed.
(4) The permanent incapacity of the person to operate a motor
vehicle if the person surrenders for cancellation his or her driver's
license to the department.
(b) The department shall not release proof filed by the bond of
individual sureties as set forth in Section 16434, or if given in the
manner prescribed by Section 16435, if any action for damages upon a
liability referred to in this code is then pending or if any
judgment upon any the liability is outstanding and unsatisfied. An
affidavit of the applicant of the nonexistence of those facts shall
be prima facie evidence thereof.