How Do I File My SR22? How Much Will It Cost?

Getting a good deal on SR-22 car insurance doesn’t have to be bad enough to make you hallucinate like in this weird but funny video. The car insurance world can seem alien and confusing to navigate, but it is entirely possible, and even more necessary once you have to do SR-22 filing for your car insurance since the cost is much greater in this situation. In order to cut your costs in the quickest and most painless way possible, the first thing you should do is consider your current coverage and think seriously about whether or not you really need as much as you currently have.

How do you know how much coverage you need? Well, some people go into the car insurance office and simply say pile me up with the works. I know I did it before, a long time ago–except I said, give me what I can’t not have. The first step, then, is to figure out what kind of car insurance you are required to have in your state. Some states may require only liability, while others add on such things as uninsured motorist coverage and personal injury protection. Since you’re SR-22 filing, then you cannot have any less than this.

When it comes to things like the rest of the kinds of coverage, you need to consider the worth of your car. It’s pretty easy, now. If your car is worth less than a thousand dollars, then you don’t need things like comprehensive or collision coverage. Cutting down to the minimum level of car insurance can cut a big chunk out of your car insurance premium.

How Do I File an SR22 in Dallas?

Reader question:

I have to do SR22 filing in Dallas and the car insurance company that I’ve been with for years doesn’t do SR22 filing policies. Can I keep my policy with them and then get an SR22 car insurance policy with another company?

Brook

Great question, Brook.

Unfortunately, that is not an option. You see, SR22 filing doesn’t mean that you’re getting this whole new type of insurance. There is actually no new change to your coverage, the only change is the larger penalty you will be hit with if you allow that coverage to lap. While it is possible to keep your auto insurance with one company while doing an SR22 filing with another, it does not make a lot of sense. You would basically be paying for two car insurance policies. If you want to get cheap SR22 filing, then that is the wrong road to go down.

It can be frustrating to lose your history with a certain car insurance company since you have been a policy holder with them so long. They might be a company that you really like and you might get certain benefits for being a long time customer. However, if you shop around thoroughly enough you can find another company that is just as good. The only way that you should consider holding two policies at once is if you have plenty of money to dispose of.

Cheers,

Fashun Guadarrama.

How Long Does It Take To File an SR22 in Texas?

Reader question:

How long does it take to go through with all of my SR-22 filing in Texas?

Rick

That is an excellent question, Rick.

SR-22 filing has often been a drawn out procedure, involving getting on the phone with your car insurance company and requesting the form, and then possibly waiting for it to come in the mail, or become available on your car insurance company’s web page for your personal account. Overall, your limbo between getting your driver’s license suspended and getting it reinstated could be as long as two or three weeks while you waited for the relevant information to come in the mail.

Now, though, Texas SR-22 auto insurance has this great service offered by the Texas Department of Public Safety. It’s called the DPS Express (thankfully, it’s a lot faster than the pony express). As soon as you get your Texas SR-22 form from your auto insurance company, instead of going through all of the red tape that is the DPS and spending a long time without your license, you can do the same SR-22 filing online at the Texas department of public safety’s website and get everything done with in that very day, so that you can get back on the road. It does have a small cost of twenty five dollars, though. However, this is nothing for anyone who would lose much more by being without a car.

Cheers,

Fashun Guadarrama.