Wisconsin SR-22 and Insurance Reinstatement Information

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What are the published Wisconsin requirements for insurance and sr-22?

Driving uninsured in Wisconsin on its own does not suspend your driver's license. It's treated as a forfeiture (a citation), so there's no suspension and nothing to reinstate. Your license only gets suspended under Wisconsin's Safety Responsibility Law if you were driving uninsured and were involved in a reportable crash causing more than $1,000 in damages, and you were found responsible. In that case, both your license and all of your vehicle registrations are suspended for 1 year. To reinstate your license (or to prevent the suspension in the first place), you can either serve out the full 1 year, or file an SR-22 (a certificate of financial responsibility, kept in effect for 3 years from the date you become eligible for reinstatement). You'll also need to pay a $60 license reinstatement fee and a $50 registration reinstatement fee. There are six ways to satisfy the requirement and prevent or lift the suspension: showing proof you had insurance in effect at the time of the crash, making a security deposit, entering an installment payment agreement, getting a signed release of liability from every other party involved, reaching a written settlement agreement, or requesting a Safety Responsibility hearing if you believe you weren't at fault.