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 68 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 3 6 5 - M A Y 25, 1954

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(4) if such owner is a nonresident, the privilege of such owner to operate or permit the operation within the District of Columbia of a vehicle of a type subject to registration under the laws of the District of Columbia. Such suspensions shall be made in respect to persons not otherwise exempt under this Act who are required by the Commissioners to deposit security and who fail to deposit such security, except as otherwise provided under this Act. SEC. 22. RELEASE FROM LiABnjxY.—(a) A person shall be relieved from the requirement for deposit of security for the benefit or protection of another person injured or damaged in the accident in the event he is released from liability by such other person. (b) A covenant not to sue shall relieve the parties thereto as to each other from the security requirements of this article. (c) I n the event the Commissioners have evaluated the injuries or damage to any minor in an amount not more than $200 the Commissioners may accept, for the purpose of this article only, evidence of a release from liability executed by a natural guardian or a legal guardian on behalf of such minor without the approval of any court. SEC. 23. ADJUDICATION OF NONLIABILITY.—A person shall be relieved from the requirement for deposit of security in respect to a claim for injury or damage arising out of the accident in the event such person has been finally adjudicated not to be liable in respect to such claim. SEC. 24. AGREEMENTS FOR PAYMENT or DAMAGES.—(a)

Any two or

more of the persons involved in or affected by an accident as described in section 16 may a t any time enter into a written agreement for the payment of an agreed amount with respect to all claims of any such persons because of bodily injury to or death or property damage arising from such accident, which agreement may provide for payment in installments, and may file a signed copy thereof with the Commissioners. (b) The Commissioners, to the extent provided by any such written agreement filed with them, shall not require the deposit of security and shall terminate any prior order of suspension, or if security has previously been deposited, the Commissioners shall return such security to the depositor or his personal representative, or pay such security to the depositor's assignee, as the case may be, when all payments required by such agreement have been made in full, when an amount equal to such security has been paid in accordance with such agreement, or when such security is assigned to the person injured or damaged as a result of said accident. (c) I n the event of a default in any payment under such agreement and upon notice of such default the Commissioners shall take action suspending the license or registration of such person in default as would be appropriate in the event of failure of such person to deposit security when required under this Act. (d) Such suspension shall remain in effect and such license or registration shall not be restored unless and until the person in default has paid all payments then in default. SEC. 25. PAYMENT U P O N JUDGMENT.—The payment of a judgment

arising out of an accident or the payment upon such judgment of an amount equal to the maximum amount which could be required for deposit under this article shall, for the purposes of this article, release the judgment debtor from the liability evidenced by such judgment. SEC. 26. TERMINATION OF SECURITY REQUIREMENT.—The Commissioners, if satisfied as to the existence of any fact which under sections 22,23,24, and 25 would entitle a person to be relieved from the security requirements of this article, shall not require the deposit of security

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