§ 5-46-1. Posting of surety bonds.
No automobile club, motor club, association, corporation, firm, or person engaged in any trade or business involving contractual reimbursement for towing, fines, accidental injury or death benefits, or engaged in the business of an automobile club, motor club, or traveler’s club, shall issue any contract, policy, agreement, or engage in that business until it has placed upon deposit with the state treasurer the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in cash, securities, or a surety bond. This section shall not apply to any club, corporation, or person who or that has placed upon deposit an equivalent amount in cash or surety bond with the state treasurer or insurance commissioner of any other state, and has placed on record as evidence of that deposit, with the secretary of state, a certified copy of the receipt of that deposit or bond and any renewal of it.
History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 102, § 1.
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