§432:1-307  Authority to offer death, sick,
disability, or other benefits; certificate of existence.  The commissioner
may make such examination and require such information from time to time as the
commissioner may deem advisable.  Upon presentation of satisfactory proof that
the society has complied with this article, and any other applicable law, the
commissioner shall issue to the society a certificate to that effect.  The
certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the existence of the society as of
the date of the certificate.  The commissioner shall cause a record of the
certificate to be made and a certified copy of the record may be given in
evidence with the same effect as the original certificate. [L 1987, c 347, pt
of §2]