Title 27 — Title 27
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Ala. Code § 27-24-1 Applicability of Chapter
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This chapter shall not apply to any bond or undertaking which is not by law required to be approved by any state, county, municipal, precinct, township, district, or other like office, officers, commissions, boards, and similar governing bodies, or by any judge, clerk, or registe…
Ala. Code § 27-24-2 Sole Surety - Corporations
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Except as provided in Section 27-24-4, whenever any person or corporation is, or may be, required or permitted to execute bond or other undertaking, of whatsoever nature, with surety, or sureties, for the faithful discharge or performance of the duties of any state, county, munic…
Ala. Code § 27-24-3 Sole Surety - Mutual or Reciprocal Surety Insurers
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An authorized mutual or reciprocal surety insurer which has and maintains a surplus over and above all of its liabilities of $500,000.00, upon meeting all of the requirements of this title, except as to capital stock, may become and be accepted as sole surety on bonds or undertak…
Ala. Code § 27-24-4 Sole Surety - Cosureties on Bond of State Treasurer
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No such corporation or insurer shall, however, be accepted as sole surety on the bond of the State Treasurer but may become and be accepted as a cosurety with other persons or with other authorized surety insurers upon such bond, and in such event, its property or credit shall no…
Ala. Code § 27-24-5 Additional Bond Upon Insolvency, Etc., of Surety
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If the authority of a surety insurer to transact business in this state is revoked or otherwise terminated upon the ground that the insurer is insolvent or cannot be safely accepted as surety upon bonds and undertakings mentioned in Section 27- 24-2, it shall be the duty of any o…
Ala. Code § 27-24-6 Venue of Actions on Bonds or Undertakings
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Any official bond or undertaking executed by a surety insurer may have an action maintained on it in the county of the residence of the principal or in which he resided at the time of the execution of the bond or undertaking, but actions by the state shall be brought in Montgomer…
Ala. Code § 27-24-7 Estoppel of Insurer to Deny Its Power, Etc
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No corporation or insurer having signed any such official bond or undertaking shall be permitted to deny its corporate or other power to execute such instrument or incur such liability in any proceedings to enforce liability against the insurer thereunder. History: (Code 1940, T.…
Ala. Code § 27-24-8 Rights and Remedies of Insurers
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Such an insurer as surety on any official bond, undertaking, or obligation is entitled to all the rights and remedies of other sureties on such instruments; and any insurer becoming surety on any bond or undertaking, as authorized by this chapter, shall have the same right to be …