KRS 304.21-020: Commissioner's certificate as to authorized surety insurers -- Filing.

(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.