Topic 7 · Insurance and Financial Responsibility
In California, who can legally help file the SR-1 if you are injured?
- A DMV officer
- A relative or insurance agent — correct answer
- Your employer
Why
You do not have to file it yourself: a representative such as a relative, insurance agent or attorney can file on your behalf. (Handbook, Section 10.)
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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