COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio drivers can begin flashing their proof-of-insurance on electronic devices starting Monday.
That’s the day legislation takes effect allowing drivers to show law enforcement officers their proof of financial responsibility via a cell phone, laptop computer, tablet or other electronic wireless device, Ohio Insurance Institute spokeswoman Mary Bonelli said.
Ohio is the 38th state to permit the use of e-insurance cards, she said.
The state Department of Public Safety made a change last July to the rule requiring insurers to provide policyholders with a card proving financial responsibility to remove a requirement that the card be printed on paper to allow them to be printed on paper, plastic material, or be delivered in electronic form, Bonelli said.
Gov. John Kasich signed a bill into law in December allowing the alternate means of providing proof of insurance to be shown to law enforcement officers investigating accidents or handing out tickets and to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles license renewal.