Section 259:9 Certificate.
""Certificate'' shall mean:
   I. As used in the provisions of this title relative to financial responsibility, the certificate of an insurance company authorized to transact the business specified in RSA 412 or of an insurance company or surety company not authorized to do business in this state, if such company possesses capital and assets to the extent and of the quality required under the provisions of RSA 405:2 or 4, as determined by the insurance commissioner of this state, that it has issued to or for the benefit of the defendant a motor vehicle liability policy as hereinafter defined covering the use of the motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer involved in the accident, as a result of which the action of law to recover damages referred to in RSA 264:3 was commenced as respects such accidents;
   II. As used in the certificate of title and anti-theft laws, a certificate of title issued by the division.
Source. 1927, 54:1. 1937, 161:1. 1941, 198:4. RL 122:1. 1949, 188:1. RSA 268:1, VI. 1967, 108:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.