Section 58-8-13 - Conditions precedent to filing of pleadings by unauthorized foreign or alien insurer--Deposit or bond--Procurement of certificate of authority. - South-dakota Statutes

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58-8-13. Conditions precedent to filing of pleadings by unauthorized foreign or alien insurer--Deposit or bond--Procurement of certificate of authority. Before any unauthorized foreign or alien insurer shall file or cause to be filed any pleading in any action, suit, or proceeding instituted against it, such unauthorized insurer shall in addition to any other requirement that may be imposed by law either:
(1) Deposit with the clerk of the court in which such action, suit, or proceeding is pending cash or securities or file with such clerk a bond with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the court, in an amount to be fixed by the court sufficient to secure the payment of any final judgment which may be rendered in such action; provided, however, that the court may in its discretion make an order dispensing with such deposit or bond where the insurer makes a showing satisfactory to such court that it maintains in a state of the United States funds or securities, in trust or otherwise, sufficient and available to satisfy any final judgment which may be entered in such action, suit or proceedings; or
(2) Procure a certificate of authority to transact the business of insurance in this state.

Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 12, § 9 (1).

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58-8-13. Conditions precedent to filing of pleadings by unauthorized foreign or alien insurer--Deposit or bond--Procurement of certificate of authority. Before any unauthorized foreign or alien insurer shall file or cause to be filed any pleading in any action, suit, or proceeding instituted against it, such unauthorized insurer shall in addition to any other requirement that may be imposed by law either:
(1) Deposit with the clerk of the court in which such action, suit, or proceeding is pending cash or securities or file with such clerk a bond with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the court, in an amount to be fixed by the court sufficient to secure the payment of any final judgment which may be rendered in such action; provided, however, that the court may in its discretion make an order dispensing with such deposit or bond where the insurer makes a showing satisfactory to such court that it maintains in a state of the United States funds or securities, in trust or otherwise, sufficient and available to satisfy any final judgment which may be entered in such action, suit or proceedings; or
(2) Procure a certificate of authority to transact the business of insurance in this state.

Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 12, § 9 (1).

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58-8-13. Conditions precedent to filing of pleadings by unauthorized foreign or alien insurer--Deposit or bond--Procurement of certificate of authority. Before any unauthorized foreign or alien insurer shall file or cause to be filed any pleading in any action, suit, or proceeding instituted against it, such unauthorized insurer shall in addition to any other requirement that may be imposed by law either:
(1) Deposit with the clerk of the court in which such action, suit, or proceeding is pending cash or securities or file with such clerk a bond with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the court, in an amount to be fixed by the court sufficient to secure the payment of any final judgment which may be rendered in such action; provided, however, that the court may in its discretion make an order dispensing with such deposit or bond where the insurer makes a showing satisfactory to such court that it maintains in a state of the United States funds or securities, in trust or otherwise, sufficient and available to satisfy any final judgment which may be entered in such action, suit or proceedings; or
(2) Procure a certificate of authority to transact the business of insurance in this state.

Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 12, § 9 (1).