License - Proof of financial responsibility.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), every person, firm, or corporation, before being licensed under this article, must show proof of responsibility by depositing with the Commissioner of Revenue a continuing bond in the amount prescribed in Section 40-12-398 with surety thereon of a company authorized to do business in the State of Alabama, which bond shall be approved by the Commissioner of Revenue, payable to the State of Alabama, and shall be conditioned upon the faithful observance of all the provisions of this article and shall also indemnify any person who suffers any loss by reason of a failure to observe the provisions of this article.

(b) The department, by rule, may permit a surety bond obtained pursuant to Section 40-12-398, to serve in lieu of the surety bond prescribed in subsection (a).

(Acts 1979, No. 79-756, p. 1342, §5; Acts 1981, No. 81-811, p. 1449, §1; Acts 1991, No. 91-321, p. 595, §1; Act 2015-362, §2.)