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If you're like many people, your first priority is to get the bare minimum requirements down.

Most states require that you have liability insurance. This covers you when you're at fault in an accident. If you live in Mississippi, New Hampshire, Tennessee or Wisconsin, you aren't required by law (yet) to have liability coverage. For the rest of us, the mandatory coverage varies according to state.

Personal Injury Protection (PIP), or Medical Payments (MedPay) in some states, pays for your own medical expenses, any lost wages and whatever other costs may arise when you're injured in an accident. It usually pays about 80 percent of your losses, and it also pays a death benefit. PIP is required in Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon and Utah.

Some states also require you to purchase insurance that will cover your own medical expenses, pain and suffering losses and, in some states, car damage in the event that the other motorist is at fault and is either uninsured or underinsured. See the chart below to find out if this applies to you.

Even though each state has minimum (or no) requirements for bodily injury liability, it is probably in your best interest to purchase higher limits. If someone else is injured and you're at fault, the minimum liability coverage may not cover their medical expenses, in which case their attorney will most likely come after your assets. It is generally recommended that you purchase 100k/300 limits of bodily injury liability. On the other hand, if your personal assets don't amount to much, you don't have a whole lot for them to bother about, so the minimum requirements might actually suit you, not to mention save you some much-needed cash.

Besides bodily injury liability, personal injury protection, property damage liability and uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage, you have collision and comprehensive auto insurance coverage to consider. Collision covers damage to the policyholder's car resulting from running into anything, be it another car, a fire hydrant, a light post, whatever. Comprehensive coverage takes care of your car in the case of theft, fire, falling objects, missiles, explosion, earthquake, flood, riot and civil commotion, among other things (like what? Alien invasion, we guess).

Comprehensive and collision coverage are required on most lease contracts, and are essential if you own an expensive car. If you're driving an old POS, on the other hand, and the cost of the sum of your premium and your deductible nearly or in fact exceed the worth of your vehicle, you might want to consider doing without this coverage.

Before you purchase any type of auto insurance coverage, be sure to study your other insurance policies so you don't end up paying for something you don't need. If you have a decent health insurance plan, you might get away with purchasing the bare minimum personal injury protection coverage, or none at all. However, you might end up paying a co-pay and deductible that wouldn't apply with PIP or MedPay. Uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage might also be a wise buy, even if you have full medical coverage, because they can pay for your pain and suffering damages. If you belong to an organization that offers roadside assistance, you don't need to purchase that through your insurer. Same goes for mechanical breakdown insurance if you own a newly financed or leased vehicle which is still covered under warranty.

In the chart below, minimum liability limits are read as follows (in thousands of dollars): bodily injury liability for one person in an accident/bodily injury liability for all people injured in an accident/property damage liability for one accident. So, for Alabama, the minimum requirements are $20,000 of bodily injury liability for one person, $40,000 bodily injury liability for all people and $10,000 property damage liability.

State Type(s) of Coverage Required Minimum Liability Limits
AL Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability (effective 6/2000) 20k/40k/10k
AK Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability 50k/100k/25k
AZ Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability 15k/30k/10k
AR Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability 25k/50k/15k
CA Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection 15k/30k/5k
CO Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection 25k/50k/15k
CT Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist 20k/40k/10k
DE Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection 15k/30k/5k
DC Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Uninsured Motorist 25k/50k/10k
FL Property Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection 10k/20k/10k
GA Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability 15k/30k/10k
HI Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection 20k/40k/10k
ID Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability 25k/50k/15k
IL Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Uninsured Motorist 20k/40k/15k
IN Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability 25k/50k/10k
IA Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability 20k/40k/15k
KS Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection, Uninsured Motorist 25k/50k/10k
KY Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection 25k/50k/10k
LA Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability 10k/20k/10k
ME Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Uninsured Motorist 50k/100k/25k
MD Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection (may be waived for policyholder but compulsory for passengers), Uninsured Motorist 20k/40k/10k
MA Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection, Uninsured Motorist 20k/40k/5k
MI Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection 20k/40k/10k
MN Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection, Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist 30k/60k/10k
MS Financial Responsibility Only 10k/20k/5k
MO Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Underinsured Motorist 25k/50k/10k
MT Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability 25k/50k/10k
NE Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability 25k/50k/25k
NV Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability 15k/30k/10k
NH Financial Responsibility Only 25k/50k/25k
NJ Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection, Uninsured Motorist 15k/30k/5k
NM Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability 25k/50k/10k
NY Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection, Uninsured Motorist 25k/50k/10k
NC Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability 25k/50k/15k
ND Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection, Uninsured Motorist 25k/50k/25k
OH Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability 12.5k/25k/7.5k
OK Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability 10k/20k/10k
OR Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection, Uninsured Motorist 25k/50k/10k
PA Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Medical Payments 15k/30k/5k
RI Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Uninsured Motorist 25k/50k/25k
SC Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Uninsured Motorist 15k/30k/10k
SD Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Uninsured Motorist 25k/50k/25k
TN Financial Responsibility Only 25k/50k/10k
TX Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability 20k/40k/15k
UT Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection 25k/50k/15k
VT Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist 25k/50k/10k
VA Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Uninsured Motorist 25k/50k/20k
WA Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability 25k/50k/10k
WV Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Uninsured Motorist 20k/40k/10k
WI Financial Responsibility Only, Uninsured Motorist 25k/50k/10k
WY Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability 25k/50k/20k

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