§ 16377 Judgment Satisfaction Limits

(a) For the purposes of this chapter, every judgment shall be deemed satisfied if any of the following apply: (1) Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) has been credited, upon any judgment in excess of that amount, or upon all judgments, collectively, which together total in excess of that amount, for personal injury to, or death of, one person as a result of any one accident. (2) Subject to the limit of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) as to one person, the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) has been credited, upon any judgment in excess of that amount, or upon all judgments, collectively, which together total in excess of that amount, for personal injury to, or death of, more than one person as a result of any one accident. (3) Five thousand dollars ($5,000) has been credited, upon any judgment in excess of that amount, or upon all judgments, collectively, each of which is in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), and which together total in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000), for damage to property of others as a result of any one accident. (4) The judgment debtor or a person designated by him or her has deposited with the department a sum equal to the amount of the unsatisfied judgment for which the suspension action was taken and presents proof, satisfactory to the department, of inability to locate the judgment creditor. (b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2017. (Amended (as added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 451, Sec. 39) by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 301. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)