(1) Whenever an insurer has been granted a certificate of authority to transact surety insurance in this state, the commissioner shall on or before the first day of the next succeeding month send to the county clerk of each county in this state his or her certificate, over the seal of the department, stating that such insurer has complied with the laws of this state and is authorized to transact a business as surety in this state. The county clerk shall record the certificate and it shall become a permanent part of the records of the county clerk.
(2) The commissioner shall on or before the first day of March of each year forward to each county clerk a list containing the names of all surety insurers, foreign and domestic, which are then authorized to transact business in the state.
(3) The county clerks shall preserve such list on the files of the court, open to public inspection.