(a) The commissioner shall suspend or revoke the certificate of authority of a mutual aid association if he finds, upon examination or other evidence, that any one or more of the following grounds exist:

Attorney's Note

Under the Alabama Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Violationup to 30 daysup to $200
For details, see Ala. Code § 13A-5-7

Terms Used In Alabama Code 27-30-11

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(1) For any cause for which he could have refused to issue the certificate of authority under this chapter had it then existed and been known to the commissioner;
(2) If the association is in unsound condition or is in such condition or is using such methods and practices in the conduct of its business as to render its further transactions of insurance in this state hazardous to its members, policyholders, dependents, beneficiaries, or to the public;
(3) If the association has refused to be examined or to produce its accounts, records, and files for examination or if any of its officers or agents have refused to perform any legal obligation relative thereto or have willfully refused to give information with respect to its affairs, when required by the commissioner; or
(4) If the association has failed to pay any final judgment against it in favor of a citizen of this state.
(b) The commissioner may, in his discretion, suspend or revoke the certificate of authority of a mutual aid association if he finds, upon examination or other evidence, that any one or more of the following grounds exist:

(1) If the association has failed to keep adequate and proper records of its transactions or to give proper receipts and account for moneys paid to or received by it;
(2) If the association has, with such frequency as to indicate its general business practice in this state, without just cause, refused to pay proper claims arising under its policies, certificates, contracts, or agreements or, without just cause, compels claimants to accept less than the amount due them or to employ attorneys or to bring an action against the association to secure full payment or settlement of such claims; or
(3) For violation of any provision of, or referred to in, this chapter.
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