303.180. Proof of responsibility by nonresident by insurance certificate, accepted when. - Missouri Statutes

Proof of responsibility by nonresident by insurance certificate,accepted when.

303.180. 1. The nonresident owner of a motor vehicle notregistered in this state may give proof of financialresponsibility by filing with the director a written certificateor certificates of an insurance carrier authorized to transactbusiness in the state in which the motor vehicle or motor vehicledescribed in such certificate is registered, or if suchnonresident does not own a motor vehicle, then in the state inwhich the insured resides, provided such certificate otherwiseconforms to the provisions of this chapter, and the directorshall accept the same upon condition that said insurance carriercomplies with the following provisions with respect to thepolicies so certified:

(1) Said insurance carrier shall execute a power of attorneyauthorizing the director to accept service on its behalf ofnotice or process in any action arising out of a motor vehicleaccident in this state; and

(2) Said insurance carrier shall agree in writing that suchpolicies shall be deemed to conform with the laws of this staterelating to the terms of motor vehicle liability policies issuedherein.

2. If any insurance carrier not authorized to transactbusiness in this state, which has qualified to furnish proof offinancial responsibility, defaults in any said undertakings oragreements, the director shall not thereafter accept as proof anycertificate of said carrier whether theretofore filed orthereafter tendered as proof, so long as such default continues.

(L. 1953 p. 569 § 303.200)