Proof of financial responsibility may be furnished by filing with the department the written certificate of any insurance company duly authorized to write motor vehicle liability insurance in this state certifying that there is in effect a motor vehicle liability policy for the benefit of the person required to furnish proof of financial responsibility. Such certificate shall give the effective date of such motor vehicle liability policy, which date shall be the same as the effective date of the certificate, and shall designate by explicit description or by appropriate reference all motor vehicles covered thereby, unless the policy is issued to a person who is not the owner of a motor vehicle.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-15-39
Certificate of insurance as proof of financial responsibility; residents
Known as the Mississippi Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Law
The act spans §§ 63–63 (35 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Mettetal (1988)
Most recently applied in Lyons v. Direct General Insurance Co. of Mississippi (February 2014)
Codes, 1942, § 8285-19; Laws, 1952, ch. 359, § 19, eff from and after January 1, 1953.
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