South Carolina § 38-19-1010 - Fire and storm insurance; suits; seals.

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§ 38-19-1010. Fire and storm insurance; suits; seals.

The corporation Farmers Mutual Insurance Association of Newberry, S.C. shall have the right to mutually insure the respective dwelling houses, barns, and other buildings and property of every kind and nature of its members, in Newberry County, in counties contiguous thereto, and in any other county in this State where another county mutual insurance association is not authorized to do business by law against loss by fire, winds, or lightning, or other casualty, and to write all forms of property, casualty, and marine insurance as those terms are defined by law, all upon those terms and under those conditions as may be fixed by the bylaws of the corporation provided that all insurance against liability of the insured to other persons must be fully reinsured by the corporation in or with one or more insurance companies licensed to insure these risks under the laws of this State. It may sue and be sued in any court in this State and may have and use a common seal.

HISTORY: 1893 Act No. 462, SECTION 2; 1968 Act No. 1617; 1988 Act No. 393.

Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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