Topic 7 · Insurance and Financial Responsibility
How long must you keep SR-22 insurance on file after a DUI or uninsured accident?
- Usually 3 years — correct answer
- 6 months
- 10 years
Why
The SR 22 must be maintained through the three-year period. Letting it lapse re-suspends your license. (Handbook, Section 10 — Driving Without Insurance.)
Practise this in the real format
Reading one answer is not the same as sitting the test. The simulator runs the first-time adult form: 36 questions, 6 mistakes allowed, 83% to pass.
Source: California Driver's Handbook (DL 600, rev. 6/2025), the document the DMV writes the real test from. Edited by Fernando Aguilera. Aprobify is not affiliated with the California DMV.
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