Typically, at renewal each company re-underwrites your policy and/or offers a renewal rate for your policy. At this time, you should tell them about any new tickets.

There may be some policy specifications or guidelines that require you to notify them of moving violations during your policy period, but that is mainly for accidents or risks that they may be responsible to help cover you.

Traffic violations generally go on your driving record, so that an insurance company can see them when they run your MVR, after you had plead guilty or otherwise are found guilty.

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