Washington–A federal judge yesterday barred South Dakota from enforcing its countersignature law requiring out-of-state insurance agents and brokers to obtain a local agent's signature before they can bind coverage.
The South Dakota law is the last such statute remaining in the domestic United States. The rest have been overturned by court challenge.
U.S. District Court Judge Charles B. Kornmann for the Central Division of South Dakota in Pierre issued the injunction barring enforcement of the state's countersignature law after finding it to be discriminatory and serving no legitimate state goals.
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