{"id":43345,"date":"2015-10-18T18:51:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T23:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=43345"},"modified":"2015-10-18T18:52:12","modified_gmt":"2015-10-18T23:52:12","slug":"43345-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/43345-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask your insurance agent before putting a magnetic sign for your business on your car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/magnetic-vehicle-sign.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-43346\" src=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/magnetic-vehicle-sign-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"magnetic-vehicle-sign\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/magnetic-vehicle-sign-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/magnetic-vehicle-sign.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Do you have a magnetic sign for your business on your car? Better ask your insurance agent if you have the right kind of insurance to do that so you&#8217;re not surprised when you find later you&#8217;re not covered. $$$ In some states, using a vehicle for business purposes requires that it be registered for commercial or business rather than personal use. Placing a magnetic sign on your car door to advertise your business can be interpreted as commercial use. If you register a vehicle for <a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/insurance-claim-denied.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-43347\" src=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/insurance-claim-denied.jpg\" alt=\"insurance claim denied\" width=\"240\" height=\"131\" \/><\/a>commercial or business use, its insurance coverage must match its registration. Driving an improperly registered vehicle can yield a ticket and a potentially expensive fine if a police officer pulls you over. In the event of an accident, you can have your claim denied and your policy voided. Before you spend the money on that magnetic sign, verify your local laws won&#8217;t force you to change the way you classify your car and the amount you spend to keep it on the road.<\/p>\n<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"horizontal-w-c-circular s-share-w-c\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/43345-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Facebook\" class=\"s3-facebook hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Ask your insurance agent before putting a magnetic sign for your business on your car&url=https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/43345-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Twitter\" class=\"s3-twitter hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/43345-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Google Plus\" class=\"s3-google-plus hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/43345-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to LinkedIn\" class=\"s3-linkedin hint--top\"><\/a><div class=\"pinit-btn-div\"><a href=\"\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/\" data-pin-do=\"buttonBookmark\"  data-pin-color=\"red\" title=\"Share to Pinterest\" class=\"s3-pinterest hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"><\/script><a href=\"mailto:?Subject=Ask%20your%20insurance%20agent%20before%20putting%20a%20magnetic%20sign%20for%20your%20business%20on%20your%20car&Body=Here%20is%20the%20link%20to%20the%20article:%20https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/43345-2\/\" title=\"Email this article\" class=\"s3-email hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have a magnetic sign for your business on your car? Better ask your insurance agent if you have the right kind of insurance to do that so you&#8217;re not surprised when you find later you&#8217;re not covered. $$$ In some states, using a vehicle for business purposes requires that it be registered for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43345"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43349,"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43345\/revisions\/43349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}