Ala. Code § 27-6-13 (1975) Sale of Surety Insurers' Special Deposit to Pay Outstanding Judgment

• Library: Alabama Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Ala. Code § 27-6-13 (1975)

(a) If any surety insurer which has made the deposit provided for in Section 27-3-12 fails or refuses to pay any final judgment entered against it upon any bond or undertaking from which no appeal and supersedeas has been taken for 30 days after the entry of such judgment, the clerk or register of the court in which such judgment was entered shall certify a copy thereof to the commissioner, together with the fact that it remains unpaid, and the commissioner shall sell as many of the securities or other assets deposited by such insurer as may be necessary to pay such judgment, and the interest and costs thereon, and to pay to the clerk or register of the court, from the proceeds of the sale, the amount of the judgment, with interest and costs. The commissioner shall sell such securities or other assets at private or public sale, with or without notice, or so many as may be necessary for the best price he c...