Federal Court Overturns Nevada Countersignature Law
Nevada plans to appeal a federal judge's ruling overturning the state's countersignature law that barred out-of-state insurance brokers from doing business in the state without the involvement of an admitted agent.
In his ruling from the bench, Nevada District Court Judge James Mahan said the Nevada countersignature law "was not related to competence," and the law "presumes that someone who is a nonresident is not competent."
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