NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 1069

HOUSE BILL 1086

AN ACT TO REQUIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES WHICH HAVE PREVIOUSLY CANCELED OR TERMINATED AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICIES ON POLICYHOLDERS WITHIN THIS STATE AND HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY REINSTATED OR RENEWED SUCH POLICIES, TO NOTIFY THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF THE SAME.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Whenever any insurance company writing automobile liability insurance within this State shall, pursuant to the laws of this State, notify the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles of the cancellation or termination of any automobile liability insurance policy, and such company shall subsequently reinstate or renew such policy, it shall become the duty of the insurance company renewing or reinstating the policy to immediately notify the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles of the renewal or reinstatement.

Notification of the renewal or reinstatement shall constitute proof of continuous coverage to the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, provided such reinstatement or renewal has occurred without any lapse coverage.

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1974.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of April, 1974.