§ 20-279.6. Further exceptions to requirement of security.
§ 20‑279.6. Furtherexceptions to requirement of security.
The requirements as tosecurity and suspension in G.S. 20‑ 279.5 shall not apply:
(1) To the operator orthe owner of a motor vehicle involved in an accident wherein no injury ordamage was caused to the person or property of anyone other than such operatoror owner;
(2) To the operator orthe owner of a motor vehicle legally parked at the time of the accident;
(3) To the owner of amotor vehicle if at the time of the accident the vehicle was being operatedwithout his permission, express or implied, or was parked by a person who hadbeen operating such motor vehicle without such permission;
(4) If, prior to thedate that the Commissioner would otherwise suspend the license or thenonresident's operating privilege under G.S. 20‑279.5, there shall befiled with the Commissioner evidence satisfactory to him that the person whowould otherwise have to file security has been released from liability or beenfinally adjudicated not to be liable or has executed a duly acknowledgedwritten agreement providing for the payment of an agreed amount, ininstallments or otherwise, with respect to all claims for injuries or damagesresulting from the accident;
(5) If, prior to thedate that the Commissioner would otherwise suspend the license or thenonresident's operating privilege under G.S. 20‑279.5, there shall befiled with the Commissioner evidence satisfactory to him that the person whowould otherwise be required to file security has in any manner settled theclaims of the other persons involved in the accident and if the Commissionerdetermines that, considering the circumstances of the accident and thesettlement, the purposes of this Article and of protection of operators andowners of other motor vehicles are best accomplished by not requiring theposting of security or the suspension of the license. For the purpose ofadministering this subdivision, the Commissioner may consider a settlement madeby an insurance company as the equivalent of a settlement made directly by theinsured; nor
(6) If, prior to thedate that the Commissioner would otherwise suspend the license or thenonresident's operating privilege under G.S. 20‑279.5, there shall befiled with the Commissioner evidence satisfactory to him that another personinvolved in the accident has been convicted by a court of competentjurisdiction of a crime involving the operation of a motor vehicle at the timeof the accident, and if the Commissioner in his discretion determines, afterconsidering the circumstances of the accident or the nature and thecircumstances of the crime, that the purpose of this Article and of protectionof operators and owners of other motor vehicles are best accomplished by notrequiring the posting of security or the suspension of the license. (1953,c. 1300, s. 6; 1955, c. 1152, ss. 9, 10.)