(1) Have become final by expiration, without appeal, of the time within which an appeal might have been perfected or by final affirmation on appeal;
(2) Be rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of any state or of the United States;
(3) Be upon a cause of action for damages of the type described under subsection (4) of this section or upon a cause of action on an agreement of settlement for such damages; and
(4) Be for one or more of the following kinds of damage arising out of a motor vehicle accident on public or private property:
(a) Damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person.
(b) Damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof. [1983 c.338 §840; 1985 c.16 §424; 1987 c.258 §1; 1995 c.41 §4; 2003 c.175 §4; 2009 c.257 §10; 2021 c.630 §86]