North Carolina General Statutes 58-15-20. Eligible contracting persons
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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 58-15-20
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Reciprocal: means an aggregation of subscribers under a common name. See North Carolina General Statutes 58-15-5
- Reciprocal insurance: means insurance resulting from the mutual exchange of insurance contracts among persons in an unincorporated association under a common name through an attorney-in-fact having authority to obligate each person both as insured and insurer. See North Carolina General Statutes 58-15-5
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
(a) Persons of this State may enter into reciprocal insurance contracts with each other and with persons of other states and countries.
(b) For any corporation now existing or subsequently organized under the laws of this State, the authority to enter into reciprocal insurance contracts is in addition to the authority conferred upon it in its charter and is incidental to the purposes for which the corporation is organized. (1989, c. 425, s. 1.)