Each answer covers California, Texas and Washington, and shows its sources.
What should I do after a car accident in California?
What to do after a car accident in California, in order: at the scene, the same day, the first days and the first weeks. Each rule is shown with its source.
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What should I do after a car accident in Texas?
What to do after a car accident in Texas, in order: at the scene, the same day, the first days and the first weeks. Each rule is shown with its source.
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What should I do after a car accident in Washington?
What to do after a car accident in Washington, in order: at the scene, the same day, the first days and the first weeks. Each rule is shown with its source.
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What do I exchange after a car accident?
What drivers give each other after a car accident in California, Texas and Washington: the statute’s own list for each state, and what people write down.
Read the answerCar accident checklist: what do I do, in order?
A car accident checklist you can print: at the scene, the same day and the first week, and what still applies to a minor crash in California, Texas and Washington.
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The insurance company wants a recorded statement. What should I know first?
What to know before an insurance company records your statement after a crash in California, Texas or Washington: recording consent, evidence and claim rules.
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How do I get the crash report, and what does it tell me?
How to request a police crash report in California, Texas and Washington, what it costs, who can get it, how to read it, and what to do if it is wrong.
Read the answerHow do I get a crash report from city police?
Where to ask for a police crash report in 13 cities in California, Texas and Washington, with the fees and waits the cities post and what to have ready.
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Do I have to report a car accident, and to whom?
When a driver must report a car crash in California, Texas and Washington, to whom, how fast and on what form, including the California DMV SR 1.
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The driver who hit me left and was never found. What now?
What California, Texas and Washington law says when a hit and run driver is never found: reporting, uninsured motorist coverage, its conditions and time limits.
Read the answerIs California, Texas or Washington a no fault state?
No. California, Texas and Washington are not no fault states. What each state makes drivers carry, and which coverage pays without regard to fault.
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My child was hurt. Who brings the claim, and how long is there?
Who brings an injury claim for a child in California, Texas or Washington, how the deadline is counted for a minor, and when a court must approve a settlement.
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A dog bit me. Is the owner responsible?
When a dog’s owner is responsible for a bite in California, Texas and Washington: the two statutes, the Texas court rule, provocation, reporting and deadlines.
Read the answerDoes my immigration status affect an injury or wrongful death claim?
What California, Texas and Washington law says about immigration status in an injury or wrongful death claim, and what this site could not verify.
Read the answerThe other driver has State Farm. How do I open a claim, and what should I know first?
How a person who is not a State Farm customer opens a claim after a crash another driver caused, as State Farm’s own pages say it, with CA, TX and WA rules.
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How do I open a claim with the other driver’s insurance company?
How a person who is not the customer opens a claim with Allstate, Farmers, Liberty Mutual, Progressive or State Farm, as each company’s own pages say it.
Read the answerThe deadline to sue and the deadline to tell your insurer are not the same
The time to file a lawsuit and the time to tell an insurer about a crash are different deadlines. Each rule for California, Texas and Washington, with sources.
Read the answerHow long does an insurance company have to pay a car accident claim?
What an insurer must do and by when after a car accident claim in California, Texas and Washington, and why the other driver’s insurer is held to different rules.
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