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California Low Cost Auto Insurance Program (CLCA)
First determine if you qualify:- You must be a resident of California
- Your car cannot be worth over $20,000
- You are only allowed to insure up to 2 cars per person, per household.
- Your gross annual income in your household cannot exceed 250% of the federal poverty level listed below:
California Low Cost Car Insurance Income Limits
| Number in Household | Gross Annual Income |
| 1 | $27,075 |
| 2 | $36,425 |
| 3 | $45,775 |
| 4 | $55,125 |
| 5 | $64,475 |
| 6 | $73,825 |
| 7 | $83,175 |
| 8 | $92,525 |
Additional requirements for the California low cost auto insurance program:
- You must be at least 19-years old and been licensed for at least three years without any suspensions on your driving record.
- You cannot have any felonies or misdemeanors on your driving record including failure to appear on your driving record
- You cannot have had an fault accident in which someone was injured or killed in the last three years.
- You cannot have than one moving violation or at-fault accident (with property damage) in the past three years.
- You cannot be a college student still being claimed as a dependent by your family on their taxes.
- All cars in the household have to be insured with the CA Low Cost Auto Insurance Program.
- Your vehicle cannot be used for business or commercial purposes or considered a 1-ton.
California Low Cost Auto Insurance Program Rates:
|
Annual Premium per Vehicle (by County in California) |
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County |
Liability |
Uninsured Motorist Bodily Injury (Optional) |
Medical Payments (Optional) |
Youthful Male Surcharge (19-24 years of age) |
|
Alameda |
$272.00 |
$28.00 |
$24.00 |
$340.00 |
|
Alpine |
$274.00 |
$40.00 |
$23.00 |
$342.50 |
|
Amador |
$262.00 |
$37.00 |
$25.00 |
$327.50 |
|
Butte |
$233.00 |
$32.00 |
$23.00 |
$291.25 |
|
Calaveras |
$232.00 |
$38.00 |
$22.00 |
$290.00 |
|
Colusa |
$252.00 |
$38.00 |
$23.00 |
$315.00 |
|
Contra Costa |
$267.00 |
$28.00 |
$22.00 |
$333.75 |
|
Del Norte |
$243.00 |
$38.00 |
$22.00 |
$303.75 |
|
El Dorado |
$263.00 |
$34.00 |
$20.00 |
$328.75 |
|
Fresno |
$258.00 |
$42.00 |
$30.00 |
$322.50 |
|
Glenn |
$255.00 |
$37.00 |
$23.00 |
$318.75 |
|
Humboldt |
$237.00 |
$34.00 |
$22.00 |
$296.25 |
|
Imperial |
$161.00 |
$32.00 |
$21.00 |
$201.25 |
|
Inyo |
$253.00 |
$38.00 |
$22.00 |
$316.25 |
|
Kern |
$254.00 |
$32.00 |
$29.00 |
$317.50 |
|
Kings |
$222.00 |
$35.00 |
$23.00 |
$277.50 |
|
Lake |
$217.00 |
$34.00 |
$22.00 |
$271.25 |
|
Lassen |
$269.00 |
$39.00 |
$22.00 |
$336.25 |
|
Los Angeles |
$368.00 |
$73.00 |
$50.00 |
$460.00 |
|
Madera |
$223.00 |
$37.00 |
$21.00 |
$278.75 |
|
Marin |
$274.00 |
$33.00 |
$23.00 |
$342.50 |
|
Mariposa |
$251.00 |
$37.00 |
$23.00 |
$313.75 |
|
Mendocino |
$224.00 |
$35.00 |
$21.00 |
$280.00 |
|
Merced |
$238.00 |
$36.00 |
$23.00 |
$297.50 |
|
Modoc |
$258.00 |
$39.00 |
$24.00 |
$322.50 |
|
Mono |
$259.00 |
$40.00 |
$23.00 |
$323.75 |
|
Monterey |
$198.00 |
$31.00 |
$25.00 |
$247.50 |
|
Napa |
$243.00 |
$34.00 |
$22.00 |
$303.75 |
|
Nevada |
$251.00 |
$35.00 |
$22.00 |
$313.75 |
|
Orange |
$295.00 |
$37.00 |
$27.00 |
$368.75 |
|
Placer |
$284.00 |
$33.00 |
$21.00 |
$355.00 |
|
Plumas |
$241.00 |
$40.00 |
$22.00 |
$301.25 |
|
Riverside |
$262.00 |
$34.00 |
$17.00 |
$327.50 |
|
Sacramento |
$361.00 |
$45.00 |
$29.00 |
$451.25 |
|
San Benito |
$253.00 |
$36.00 |
$21.00 |
$316.25 |
|
San Bernardino |
$274.00 |
$43.00 |
$19.00 |
$342.50 |
|
San Diego |
$264.00 |
$26.00 |
$20.00 |
$330.00 |
|
San Francisco |
$302.00 |
$31.00 |
$30.00 |
$377.50 |
|
San Joaquin |
$278.00 |
$35.00 |
$28.00 |
$347.50 |
|
San Luis Obispo |
$226.00 |
$32.00 |
$20.00 |
$282.50 |
|
San Mateo |
$287.00 |
$26.00 |
$21.00 |
$358.75 |
|
Santa Barbara |
$231.00 |
$31.00 |
$22.00 |
$288.75 |
|
Santa Clara |
$261.00 |
$22.00 |
$17.00 |
$326.25 |
|
Santa Cruz |
$213.00 |
$32.00 |
$20.00 |
$266.25 |
|
Shasta |
$242.00 |
$34.00 |
$22.00 |
$302.50 |
|
Sierra |
$272.00 |
$40.00 |
$23.00 |
$340.00 |
|
Siskiyou |
$216.00 |
$38.00 |
$22.00 |
$270.00 |
|
Solano |
$271.00 |
$31.00 |
$24.00 |
$338.75 |
|
Sonoma |
$251.00 |
$29.00 |
$23.00 |
$313.75 |
|
Stanislaus |
$307.00 |
$34.00 |
$24.00 |
$383.75 |
|
Sutter |
$279.00 |
$36.00 |
$25.00 |
$348.75 |
|
Tehama |
$235.00 |
$37.00 |
$22.00 |
$293.75 |
|
Trinity |
$253.00 |
$38.00 |
$22.00 |
$316.25 |
|
Tulare |
$209.00 |
$35.00 |
$21.00 |
$261.25 |
|
Tuolumne |
$249.00 |
$37.00 |
$22.00 |
$311.25 |
|
Ventura |
$267.00 |
$33.00 |
$19.00 |
$333.75 |
|
Yolo |
$257.00 |
$35.00 |
$22.00 |
$321.25 |
|
Yuba |
$260.00 |
$36.00 |
$26.00 |
$325.00 |
|
Written by Craig J. Casey
Financial Writer helping people with their insurance problems on the net since 1998.
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