1.    Proof of financial responsibility may be evidenced by the bond of a surety company duly authorized to transact business within this state, or a bond with at least two individual sureties each owning real estate not exempt from execution of a value twice the amount of such bond, which real estate must be scheduled in the bond approved by a judge of a court of record, and recorded in the office of the recorder of each county in which such real estate is situated, which said bond must be conditioned for payment of the amounts specified in section 39-16.1-02. Such bond must be filed with the director and is not cancelable except after ten days’ written notice to the director. Such bond constitutes a lien in favor of the state upon the real estate so scheduled of any surety, which lien exists for the benefit of any holder of a final judgment against the person who has filed such bond, for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof, resulting from the ownership, maintenance, use, or operation of a motor vehicle after such bond is recorded.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 39-16.1-14

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37

2.    If such judgment rendered against the principal on such bond is not satisfied within sixty days after it has become final, the judgment creditor may, for the judgment creditor’s own use and benefit and at the judgment creditor’s sole expense, bring an action or actions in the judgment creditor’s own name against the company or persons executing such bond, including an action or proceeding to foreclose any lien that may exist upon the real estate of a person who has executed such bond.