Sec. 20.
Where judgment has been obtained against the secretary, he may apply at any time thereafter to the court where judgment has been obtained for an order declaring that any person was, at the time of the accident, the owner or driver of the motor vehicle that occasioned the death or injury or property damage in respect of which the judgment was obtained. Upon the making of an order declaring that any person was the owner or driver of a motor vehicle:
(a) The person, for the purpose of this act, shall be deemed to be the defendant in the action in which judgment was given against the secretary, and the judgment against the secretary shall be deemed to be a judgment against the person; and
(b) The secretary shall be deemed to have a judgment against the person for the amount of all moneys paid out of the fund in respect of the judgment and accordingly has all the rights of a judgment creditor, including the right to recover any moneys that would have been payable in respect of the death or injury or property damage under any policy of insurance that was in force at the time of the accident.
History: 1965, Act 198, Eff. Nov. 1, 1965
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