Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 20 > Chapter 6 > Article 11 - Cancellation or Nonrenewal of Motor Vehicle Insurance

• Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• basic coverage: means any of the following:

  1. See Arizona Laws 20-1631

• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• department: means the department of insurance and financial institutions. See Arizona Laws 20-101
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. ^{Source: Federal Reserve}
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• motor vehicle: means a licensed land, motor-driven vehicle but does not mean:

  1. See Arizona Laws 20-1631

• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Private passenger motor vehicle: means any vehicle that is rated or insured under a family automobile policy, standard automobile policy, personal automobile policy or similar private passenger automobile policy written for personal use, including use by an insured of a motor vehicle in the course of the insured's volunteer work for a tax-exempt organization as described in section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, as opposed to a motor vehicle rated or insured under a commercial automobile policy. See Arizona Laws 20-117
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• sent: means to deliver by United States mail, personal delivery or fax or by electronic means consistent with the requirements of section 20-239. See Arizona Laws 20-117
• Volunteer work: means work performed without compensation other than reimbursement of actual expenses incurred, or disbursement of meals or other incidental benefits. See Arizona Laws 20-117
• Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215