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You may have had vehicle insurance when the police stopped you, but you didn’t have your insurance documents with you or you didn’t have a decal on your licence plate. If so, you should take the insurance documents and decal to the [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/justice/courthouse-services/courthouse-locations?keyword=provincial&keyword=court&keyword=locations Provincial Court registry] in your community. Explain that you want to plead '''not guilty''' to the charge of driving without insurance. | You may have had vehicle insurance when the police stopped you, but you didn’t have your insurance documents with you or you didn’t have a decal on your licence plate. If so, you should take the insurance documents and decal to the [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/justice/courthouse-services/courthouse-locations?keyword=provincial&keyword=court&keyword=locations Provincial Court registry] in your community. Explain that you want to plead '''not guilty''' to the charge of driving without insurance. | ||
In most cases, if you can prove the vehicle was insured, the charge of driving without insurance will be withdrawn. But if you were also charged with failing to produce the insurance document or failing to display the insurance decal, you will still have to deal with those charges. The fact that the vehicle was actually insured doesn’t matter for these charges. You’ll have to decide whether to plead guilty to | In most cases, if you can prove the vehicle was insured, the charge of driving without insurance will be withdrawn. But if you were also charged with failing to produce the insurance document or failing to display the insurance decal, you will still have to deal with those charges. The fact that the vehicle was actually insured doesn’t matter for these charges. You’ll have to decide whether to plead guilty to these charges and pay the fines, or whether to fight the charges. | ||
===If you don’t want to fight the charge=== | ===If you don’t want to fight the charge=== | ||
