I had asked this questions earlier, but wasn't really clear. I was in an auto accident where both parties ran the light. Cop came to write up a police report, but never handed out citations for running light. So I assume no points will be added, correct? Also, once we report the accident to our insurance, would information regarding the accident be sent to the DMV, and would they be able to issues points to our license even if the cop that wrote the report NEVER gave us a citation? So, basically if the cop didn't write us a citation or gave us a ticket (all she gave us was the accident claim report number), would the DMV have the right to issue us points later when a citation wasn't given out?

The accident will appear on you driving record, but there will not be points on your license if the officer didn't issue a ticket. The local court is the agency that tells the DMV to issue points to your license. Without a ticket going through the court records, no order will ever be given to the DMV to issue points. There is a very small possibility that the officer will contact you at a later time to issue a ticket. This would be a very unusual situation that possibly resulted from something that caused the officer to not be able to finish the report on scene.

At the scene of an accident, an officer can issue summonses based upon the findings of his/her investigation. However, if an officer doesn't issue any summonses, but indicates on the report that both vehicles ran the red light, that information goes to DMV but doesn't cause points to accrue.Furthermore, this info also goes to the insurance company. So, if the officer didn't issue a ticket - then there are no points to be worried about.