(a) The nonresident owner of a motor vehicle not registered in this state may give proof of financial responsibility by filing with the director a written certificate or certificates of an insurance carrier authorized to transact business in the state in which the motor vehicle or motor vehicles described in such certificate is registered, or if such nonresident does not own a motor vehicle, then in the state in which the insured resides, provided such certificate otherwise conforms to the provisions of this chapter, and the director shall accept the same upon condition that said insurance carrier complies with the following provisions with respect to the policies so certified:
(1) The insurance carrier shall execute a power of attorney authorizing the director to accept service on its behalf of notice or process in any action arising out of a motor vehicle accident in this state; and
(2) The insurance carrier shall agree in writing that such policies shall be deemed to conform with the laws of this state relating to the terms of motor vehicle liability policies issued herein.
(b) If any insurance carrier not authorized to transact business in this state, which has qualified to furnish proof of financial responsibility, defaults in any said undertakings or agreements, the director shall not thereafter accept as proof any certificate of the carrier whether theretofore filed or thereafter tendered as proof so long as such default continues.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.
Chapter 7 - Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Act.
Section 32-7-1 - Citation of Chapter.
Section 32-7-3 - Administration of Chapter; Appeal to Court.
Section 32-7-4 - Director to Furnish Operating Record.
Section 32-7-5 - Report Required Following Accident.
Section 32-7-6 - Security Required; Suspensions; Applicability.
Section 32-7-6.1 - Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Coverage.
Section 32-7-7 - Further Exceptions to Requirement of Security.
Section 32-7-8 - Duration of Suspension.
Section 32-7-10 - Form and Amount of Security.
Section 32-7-11 - Custody, Disposition and Return of Security.
Section 32-7-12 - Matters Not to Be Evidence in Civil Actions.
Section 32-7-13 - Courts to Report Nonpayment of Judgments.
Section 32-7-15 - Suspension to Continue Until Judgments Paid and Proof Given.
Section 32-7-16 - Payments Sufficient to Satisfy Requirements.
Section 32-7-17 - Installment Payment of Judgments.
Section 32-7-18 - Proof of Financial Responsibility Required Upon Certain Convictions.
Section 32-7-20 - Certificate of Insurance as Proof.
Section 32-7-21 - Certificate Furnished by Nonresident as Proof.
Section 32-7-22 - Motor Vehicle Liability Policy Defined; Policy Provisions.
Section 32-7-23 - Uninsured Motorist Coverage; "Uninsured Motorist" Defined; Limitation on Recovery.
Section 32-7-24 - Notice of Cancellation or Termination of Certified Policy.
Section 32-7-25 - Chapter Not to Affect Other Policies.
Section 32-7-26 - Bond as Proof of Financial Responsibility.
Section 32-7-27 - Money or Securities as Proof.
Section 32-7-28 - Owner May Give Proof for Others.
Section 32-7-29 - Substitution of Proof.
Section 32-7-30 - Additional Proof May Be Required.
Section 32-7-31 - Duration of Proof; When Proof May Be Cancelled or Returned.
Section 32-7-32 - Transfer of Registration to Defeat Purpose of Chapter Prohibited.
Section 32-7-33 - Surrender of License and Registration.
Section 32-7-34 - Self-Insurers.
Section 32-7-35 - Assigned Risk Plans.
Section 32-7-37 - Other Violations; Penalties.
Section 32-7-38 - Employment of Necessary Employees.
Section 32-7-40 - Chapter Supplemental to Other Laws.
Section 32-7-41 - Chapter Not to Prevent Other Process.