When police send a crash report to DMV
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When must a police officer send a written crash report to DMV?
The rule
Police officers must send a written crash report to DMV if a crash injures or kills anyone, or causes more than $3,000 in total property damage. The crash goes on the DMV record of each driver involved.
Officers must forward a written report to DMV when a crash injures or kills anyone or causes more than $3,000 in total property damage.
From the Virginia Driver's Manual, section 3, page 25. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
Often mixed up with
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