696A.080 - Deposit and maintenance of security: Form; amount.

696A.080  Deposit and maintenance of security: Form; amount.

      1.  A person shall not render or agree to render motor club service without first depositing and thereafter continuously maintaining security in one of the following forms with the Commissioner:

      (a) The sum of $100,000 in cash.

      (b) Securities approved by the Commissioner, having a market value of $100,000 and being of a type approved by the Commissioner and legal for investment by admitted insurers issuing nonassessable policies on a reserve basis.

      (c) A surety bond in the principal sum of $100,000 with an admitted surety insurer as surety.

      2.  In lieu of the deposit required by subsection 1, a foreign or alien motor club may deposit evidence satisfactory to the Commissioner that it has on deposit with an officer of a state of the United States of America, authorized by the law of such state to accept such deposit:

      (a) Securities which meet the requirements of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of at least a like amount for the benefit and security of all members and creditors of such motor club; or

      (b) A surety bond, in the principal sum of $100,000, which meets the requirements of NRS 696A.090, issued by a bonding company authorized to do business in the State of Nevada and in the state where the bond is posted.

      (Added to NRS by 1971, 1877)