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§47-7-204.
§47-7-204.
(a) No policy or bond shall be effective under Section 7-203 of this
title unless issued by an insurance company or surety company
authorized to do business in this state, except as provided in
subdivision (b) of this section, nor unless such policy or bond is
subject, if the accident has resulted in bodily injury or death, to a
limit, exclusive of interest and costs, of not less than Ten Thousand
Dollars ($10,000.00) because of bodily injury to or death of one
person in any one accident and, subject to said limit for one person,
to a limit of not less than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00)
because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one
accident, and if the accident has resulted in injury to or destruction
of property to a limit of not less than Ten Thousand Dollars
($10,000.00) because of injury to or destruction of property of others
in any one accident.
(b) No policy or bond shall be effective under Section 7-203 of this
title with respect to any vehicle which was not registered in this
state or was a vehicle which was registered elsewhere than in this
state at the effective date of the policy or bond or the most recent
renewal thereof, unless the insurance company or surety company
issuing such policy or bond is authorized to do business in this
state, or if said company is not authorized to do business in this
state, unless it shall execute a power of attorney authorizing the
Commissioner to accept service on its behalf of notice or process in
any action upon such policy or bond arising out of such accident.
(c) The Department may rely upon the accuracy of the information in a
required report of an accident as to the existence of insurance or a
bond unless and until the Department has reason to believe that the
information is erroneous.
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