321A.34 - SELF-INSURERS.

        321A.34  SELF-INSURERS.         1. a.  Any person in whose name more than twenty-five motor      vehicles are registered may qualify as a self-insurer by obtaining a      certificate of self-insurance issued by the department as provided in      paragraph "b".         b.  The department may, upon the application of such a person,      issue a certificate of self-insurance if the department is satisfied      that the person has and will continue to have the ability to pay      judgments obtained against the person for damages arising out of the      ownership, maintenance, or use of any vehicle owned by the person.  A      person issued a certificate of self-insurance pursuant to this      subsection shall maintain a financial liability coverage card as      provided in section 321.20B, subsection 2, paragraph "b",      subparagraph (1).         2. a.  Any association of individual members that is a legal      entity with the power to sue and be sued in its own name and which is      composed of individual members in whose names a total of more than      twenty-five motor vehicles are registered, may qualify as a      self-insurer by obtaining a certificate of insurance issued by the      department as provided in paragraph "b".         b.  The department may, upon the application of such an      association, issue a certificate of self-insurance if the department      is satisfied that the association has and will continue to have the      ability to pay judgments obtained against the association or against      an individual member of the association for damages arising out of      the ownership, maintenance, or use of any vehicle owned by an      individual member of the association.  An association issued a      certificate of self-insurance pursuant to this paragraph shall      maintain a financial liability coverage card as provided in section      321.20B, subsection 2, paragraph "b", subparagraph (2).         3.  Upon not less than five days' notice and a hearing pursuant to      the notice, the department may upon reasonable grounds cancel a      certificate of self-insurance.  Failure to pay a judgment for damages      arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of any vehicle      owned by the self-insurer within thirty days after the judgment      becomes final constitutes a reasonable ground for the cancellation of      a certificate of self-insurance.  Upon the cancellation of a      certificate of self-insurance, the person who was issued the      certificate shall surrender to the director all self-insurance cards      issued to the person.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 321A.34] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         92 Acts, ch 1175, § 43; 97 Acts, ch 139, §11, 17; 2007 Acts, ch      215, §108         Referred to in § 321.1, 321.20B, 321A.5, 321A.26