321A.20 - CERTIFICATE FURNISHED BY NONRESIDENT AS PROOF.

        321A.20  CERTIFICATE FURNISHED BY NONRESIDENT AS      PROOF.         1.  The nonresident owner of a motor vehicle not registered in      this state may give proof of financial responsibility by filing with      the department 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 with the provisions of this chapter, and the      department shall accept the same upon condition that said insurance      carrier complies with the following provisions with respect to the      policies so certified:         a.  Said insurance carrier shall execute a power of attorney      authorizing the department to accept service on its behalf of notice      or process in any action arising out of a motor vehicle accident in      this state.         b.  Said 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.         2.  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      department shall not thereafter accept as proof any certificate of      said carrier whether theretofore filed or thereafter tendered as      proof, so long as such default continues.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 321A.20] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         92 Acts, ch 1175, § 43         Referred to in § 321A.13, 321A.18, 321A.21, 321A.22