Boykin v. Ott

The Oregon Financial Responsibility Law, ORS ch 486, requires uninsured drivers and owners of motor vehicles involved in certain accidents to prove “future financial responsibility,” normally meaning to purchase insurance. Acting under the authority of that Law, the Motor Vehicles Division suspended the drivers’ licenses and motor vehicle registrations of the 11 petitioners, all of whom were uninsured① drivers and/or owners of vehicles involved in separate, unrelated accidents, and none of whom filed proof of future responsibility. At a subsequent consolidated administrative hearing the…