(a) Except as provided in Alaska Stat. § 21.69.230, the director may not issue a solicitation permit until the person applying for it files with the director a corporate surety bond in the penalty of $10,000, in favor of the state and for the use and benefit of the state and of subscribers and creditors of the proposed organization.

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 21.69.140

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • 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: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) The bond shall be conditioned upon the payment of costs incurred by the state in the event of a legal proceeding for liquidation or dissolution of the proposed organization before completion of organization or if a certificate of authority is not granted; and upon a full accounting for funds received until the proposed insurer has been granted its certificate of authority, or until the proposed corporation or syndicate has completed its organization as defined in the solicitation permit.
(c) In lieu of filing the bond, the person may deposit with the director $10,000 in cash or in United States government bonds at par value, to be held in trust upon the same conditions as required for the bond.
(d) The director may waive the requirement for a bond or deposit in lieu of a bond if the permit provides that

(1) the proposed securities are to be distributed solely and finally to those few persons who are the active promoters intimate to the formation of the insurer, or other corporation or syndicate; or
(2) the securities are to be issued in connection with subsequent financing as provided in Alaska Stat. § 21.69.200.
(e) A bond filed or deposit or remaining portion of a bond held under this section shall be released and discharged upon settlement or termination of all liabilities against it.