83-5-61 - Certain premiums declared and taxed.
§ 83-5-61. Certain premiums declared and taxed.
All corporations, firms, persons, or individuals obtaining insurance on property situate in this state owned by corporations, firms, or individuals resident therein, against fire, lightning, or tornado from companies, associations, firms, or corporations not authorized to transact business in this state, shall file with the insurance commissioner of the state a sworn statement or declaration, setting forth the name of the company, number of policy, amount of insurance rate, premium, and description, shall be required to pay to the insurance commissioner a tax thereon of three per cent (3%) of the premiums paid on said policies, and shall further pay to said commissioner a fee of $1.00 on each policy for filing a record of the said statement or declaration, which record shall be kept for the private information of the insurance department and shall not be a public record.
Sources: Codes, 1906, § 2625; Hemingway's 1917, § 5090; 1930, § 5217; 1942, § 5731; Laws, 1912, ch. 226.