§4304a Enforcement of Compliance with Liability Insurance Requirements

Summary

Heads of foreign missions must quickly tell the Secretary if liability insurance held by a mission member, a family member, or a person covered under section 19 of the U.N. Convention of February 13, 1946 ends or lapses. Not later than February 1 of each year, the head must send the Secretary a list of cars, boats, and aircraft registered in the United States by mission members, their families, those U.N.-covered individuals, and the mission itself. For each item the list must say where it is registered, who is the insured person, the insurance company, the policy number and how much coverage it provides, and any other details the Secretary asks for. The Secretary will make a formal finding when a mission member, family member, or U.N.-covered person is at fault in an injury, death, or property-damage incident in the United States, has no liability insurance, and has not paid a court judgment or is not legally liable. Definitions: head of a foreign mission — same as “head of a mission” in Article 1 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (April 18, 1961); members of a mission and family — same as in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 254a.