44-529. Judgment on agreement or awards.
44-529
44-529. Judgment on agreement or awards.At any time before final payment of compensation has been made under, orpursuant to any award or agreement of the parties modifying same, theworkman, or his dependents, may upon notice to the employer apply to thedirector for an award against the employer in a lump sum equal to 95percent of the amount of payments due and unpaid and prospectively dueunder said award, and unless the proceedings be stayed as hereinafterprovided in this act, or unless said award be canceled as herein providedin this act or the liability be redeemed as provided in this act, thedirector shall hear all competent evidence offered and if satisfied thatthe workman's, or dependent's, application for award is made because ofdoubt as to the security of his compensation and supported by competentevidence that he is not secure as to the payments of his compensation,shall, unless there shall be given a certificate of a licensed orauthorized insurance company or reciprocal or interinsurance exchange orassociation that the amount of compensation to the workman is insured byit, or a proper bond or undertaking approved by the director to secure thepayment of the compensation due to such workman, compute the sum and enteran award accordingly, and thereafter a certified copy of said award may befiled in the office of the clerk of the district court where the cause ofaction arose and said district court may, upon ten (10) days' notice to theemployer, enter a judgment according to the terms and provisions of saidaward.
History: L. 1927, ch. 232, § 29; June 30.