BISMARCK, N.D. (Prairie Public Radio) – A new North Dakota law requires the state to report all traffic citations to auto insurance companies.

The law used to be that offenses below two points on your driver’s licenses would not be reported.

State Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread says for the companies, it’s been an incomplete picture, meaning there are a number of unknowns – and that usually means insurance rates are a little higher, to make up for those unknowns.

Godfread says the insurance industry asked for the law change. He says North Dakota was the only state not to provide the complete information on driver’s records.