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PUBLIC LAW 36&-MAY 25, 1954

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by the person so relieved from such requirement and shall terminate any prior order of suspension in respect to such person, or if security has previously been deposited by such person, the Commissioners shall immediately return such deposit to such person or to his personal representative. SEC. 27. DURATION OF SUSPENSION.—Unless a suspension is terminated under other provisions of this article, any order of suspension by the Commissioners under this article shall remain in effect and no license shall be renewed for or issued to any person whose license is so suspended and no registration shall be renewed for or issued to any person whose vehicle registration is so suspended until— (1) such person shall deposit or there shall be deposited on his behalf the security required under this article; or (2) one year shall have elapsed following the date of such suspension and evidence satisfactory to the Commissioners has been filed with them that during such period no action for damages arising out of the accident resulting in such suspension has been instituted. An affidavit of the applicant that no action at law or damages arising out of the accident has been filed against him or, if filed, that it is not still pending shall be prima facie evidence of that fact. The Commissioners may take whatever steps are necessary to verify the statement set forth in any said affidavit. SEC, 28. APPLICATION TO NONRESIDENTS, UNLICENSED DRIVERS, UNREGISTERED VEHICLES AND ACCIDENTS I N OTHER STATES.—(a) I n

case the driver or the owner of a vehicle of a type subject to registration under the laws of the District of Columbia involved in an accident within the District of Columbia has no license or registration in the District of Columbia, then such driver shall not be allowed a license, nor shall such owner be allowed to register any vehicle in the District of Columbia, until he has complied with the requirements of this article to the same extent that would be necessary if, at the time of the accident, he had held a license or been the owner of a vehicle registered in the District of Columbia. (b) "When a nonresident's operating privilege is suspended pursuant to section 21, the Commissioners shall transmit a certified copy of the record of such action to the official in charge of the issuance of licenses and registration certificates in the State in which such nonresident resides. (c) Upon receipt of certification that the operating privilege of a resident of the District of Columbia has been suspended or revoked in any State pursuant to a law providing for its suspension or revocation for failure to deposit security for the payment of judgments arising out of a motor vehicle accident, under circumstances which would require the Commissioners to suspend a nonresident's operating privilege had the accident occurred in the District of Columbia, the Commissioners shall suspend the license of such resident if he was the driver, and all of his registrations if he was the owner of a motor vehicle involved in such accident. Such suspension shall continue until such resident furnishes evidence of his compliance with the law of such State relating to the deposit of such security. The provisions of this subsection shall be applicable only to a certification from a State which by its laws has made provision for the suspension or revocation of the license and all registrations of a resident of such State for failure to deposit security for the payment of any judgment arising out of a motor vehicle accident in the District of Columbia, or for failure to make payment of an agreed amount with respect to all claims arising from such accident, in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

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