§ 47-7-313. Exception when insurer liable.

No driving privilege of any person shall be suspended under the provisions of this chapter if the Department of Public Safety shall find that an insurer was obligated to pay the judgment, at least to the extent and for the amounts required in this chapter, upon which the suspension is based but has not paid the judgment for any reason.  A finding by the Department that an insurer is obligated to pay a judgment shall not be binding upon  the insurer and shall have no legal effect whatever except for the purpose of administering this section.  Whenever in any judicial proceedings it shall be determined by any final judgment, decree or order that an insurer is not obligated to pay the judgment, the Department, notwithstanding any contrary finding theretofore made by it, shall forthwith suspend the driving privilege of any person against whom the judgment was rendered, as provided in Section 7-310 of this title.

Added by Laws 1961, p. 360, § 7-313.  Amended by Laws 2009, c. 62, § 17, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.