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32-7-27
Section 32-7-27 Money or securities as proof. (a) Proof of financial responsibility may be
evidenced by the certificate of the State Treasurer that the person named in the certificate
has deposited with him or her $50,000 in cash, or securities that may legally be purchased
by savings banks or for trust funds of a market value of $50,000. The State Treasurer shall
not accept the deposit and issue a certificate pursuant to this section and the director shall
not accept the certificate unless accompanied by evidence that there are no unsatisfied judgments
of any character against the depositor in the county where the depositor resides. (b) The
deposit shall be held by the State Treasurer to satisfy, in accordance with the provisions
of this chapter, any execution on a judgment issued against the person making the deposit,
for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to
or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of...
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6-5-754
Section 6-5-754 Choice of forum. (a) If a claim under the common or statutory law of another
state, the United States, or a foreign country or under international treaty for death or
injury to person or damage to property arises against a manufacturer out of an accident that
occurred outside this state, such claim may be brought in the courts of this state in any
county in which jurisdiction of the defendant can be legally obtained in the same manner in
which jurisdiction could have been obtained if the claim had arisen in this state. (b) The
courts of this state shall apply the doctrine of forum non conveniens in determining whether
to accept or decline to take jurisdiction of an action asserting a claim arising out of an
accident occurring outside this state. (c) In applying the doctrine of forum non conveniens,
the court shall take into account each of the following considerations: (1) The state in which
the claimant resides, giving deference to the claimant's choice of forum only...
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7-2A-506
Section 7-2A-506 Statute of limitations. (1) An action for default under a lease contract,
including breach of warranty or indemnity, must be commenced within 4 years after the cause
of action accrued. By the original lease contract the parties may reduce the period of limitation
to not less than one year. (2) A cause of action for default accrues when the act or omission
on which the default or breach of warranty is based is or should have been discovered by the
aggrieved party, or when the default occurs, whichever is later. A cause of action for indemnity
accrues (a) in the case of an indemnity against liability, when the act or omission on which
the claim for indemnity is based is or should have been discovered by the indemnified party,
or when the default occurs, whichever is later, (b) in the case of an indemnity against loss
or damage, when the person indemnified makes payment thereof. A cause of action for damages
for injury to the person in the case of consumer goods accrues...
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8-1-151
Section 8-1-151 Creditor of losing party under gambling contract may garnish winner. (a) Any
creditor of a losing party under a gambling contract may garnish the winner as other debtors
are garnished at any time within two years from the payment of such money or delivery of such
thing, and if such garnishee fails to appear, judgment may be entered against him as against
other garnishees failing to answer, but the answer of a garnishee shall not be evidence against
him in a criminal prosecution. (b) A judgment recovered by a creditor under the provisions
of this section is a defense to any action brought by any person under the provisions of Section
8-1-150. (Code 1852, §§1565, 1566; Code 1867, §§1877, 1878; Code 1876, §§2134, 2135;
Code 1886, §§1745, 1746; Code 1896, §§2166, 2167; Code 1907, §§3341, 3342; Code 1923,
§§6811, 6812; Code 1940, T. 9, §§47, 48.)...
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15-13-62
Section 15-13-62 Exoneration of bail by surrender of defendant prior to conditional judgment;
bail may arrest or authorize arrest of principal. Bail may, at any time before a conditional
judgment is entered against them, exonerate themselves by surrendering the defendant; and
for that purpose, they may arrest the defendant on a certified copy of the undertaking at
any place in the state, or may authorize another person to arrest him by an endorsement in
writing on such copy. (Code 1852, §609; Code 1867, §4250; Code 1876, §4859; Code 1886,
§4429; Code 1896, §4371; Code 1907, §6351; Code 1923, §3384; Code 1940, T. 15, §209;
Acts 1949, No. 199, p. 230.)...
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15-18-66
Section 15-18-66 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and terms shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed by this section: (1) CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES. Any offense
with respect to which the defendant is convicted or any other criminal conduct admitted by
the defendant. (2) PECUNIARY DAMAGES. All special damages which a person shall recover against
the defendant in a civil action arising out of the facts or events constituting the defendant's
criminal activities; the term shall include, but not be limited to the money or other equivalent
of property taken, broken, destroyed, or otherwise used or harmed and losses such as travel,
medical, dental or burial expenses and wages including but not limited to wages lost as a
result of court appearances. (3) RESTITUTION. Full, partial or nominal payment of pecuniary
damages to the victim or to its equivalent in services performed or work or labor done for
the benefit of the victim as determined by the court of record. (4)...
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27-14-3
Section 27-14-3 Insurable interest - Personal insurance; preneed contracts. (a) Insurable interest
with reference to personal insurance is an interest based upon a reasonable expectation of
pecuniary advantage through the continued life, health, or bodily safety of another person
and consequent loss by reason of his or her death or disability or a substantial interest
engendered by love and affection in the case of individuals closely related by blood or by
law. (b) An individual has an unlimited insurable interest in his or her own life, health,
and bodily safety and may lawfully take out a policy of insurance on his or her own life,
health, or bodily safety and have the same made payable to whomsoever he or she pleases, regardless
of whether the beneficiary so designated has an insurable interest. (c) A corporation, foreign
or domestic, has an insurable interest in the life or physical or mental ability of any of
its directors, officers, or employees, or the directors, officers, or...
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27-3-6.1
Section 27-3-6.1 Authority to transact insurance - Kind or combinations of kinds - Closing
or settlement protection. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (3) of Section
27-3-6, a title insurer may issue closing or settlement protection to a person who is a party
to a transaction in which a title insurance policy will be issued. (b) The form of closing
or settlement protection shall be submitted to and approved by the commissioner. (c) The closing
or settlement protection may indemnify a person only against loss of closing or settlement
funds because of one of the following acts of a settlement agent, such as a title insurance
agent or other settlement service provider which has been approved by the title insurer for
such protection, under the terms and conditions of the closing protection as approved by the
commissioner: (1) Theft or misappropriation of settlement funds in connection with a transaction
in which a title insurance policy or title insurance policies will be...
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33-4-40
Section 33-4-40 Bond of pilot - Preserving bonds, etc.; new bonds; actions on bonds; liability.
(a) The commissioners must preserve on file all bonds and affidavits taken from pilots, and
may, whenever they consider it necessary, require a new bond to be executed. The pilot's bond
stands as security for any injury caused by the negligence or want of skill of the pilot,
and action may be brought thereon in the name of any person aggrieved. (b) A pilot providing
pilot services to a vessel is not liable for more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for
damage or loss to any person or property caused by the pilot's error, omission, fault, or
neglect in the performance of the pilot services, unless one of the following applies: (1)
The damage or loss was caused because of the willful, intentional, or reckless misconduct
of the pilot. (2) Liability exists for exemplary or punitive damages for willful, intentional,
or reckless misconduct for which no other person is jointly or severally...
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33-4A-26
Section 33-4A-26 Bond of pilot - Preserving bonds, etc.; new bonds; actions on bonds; liabilty.
(a) The commissioners shall preserve on file all bonds and affidavits taken from bar pilots,
and, whenever they consider it necessary, may require a new bond to be executed. The bar pilot's
bond stands as security for any injury caused by the negligence or want of skill of the bar
pilot, and action may be brought thereon in the name of any person aggrieved. (b) A bar pilot
or apprentice providing bar pilot services to a vessel is not liable for more than five thousand
dollars ($5,000) for damage or loss to any person or property caused by the bar pilot's or
apprentice's error, omission, fault, or neglect in the performance of the bar pilot services,
unless one of the following applies: (1) The damage or loss was caused because of the willful,
intentional, or reckless misconduct of the bar pilot or apprentice. (2) Liability exists for
exemplary or punitive damages for willful, intentional, or...
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