§ 27-11-9-1 — Appointment of attorney for service of process; method of serving process

(a) Every society authorized to do business in
Indiana shall appoint in writing an individual resident of Indiana, a
corporate resident of Indiana, or an authorized Indiana insurer to be its
true and lawful attorney upon whom all lawful process in any action or
proceeding against it shall be served and shall agree in such writing
that:
(1) any lawful process against it that is served on the attorney
shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served upon the
society; and
(2) the authority shall continue in force so long as any liability
remains outstanding in this state.
Copies of the appointment, certified by the commissioner, shall be
considered sufficient evidence thereof and shall be admitted in
evidence with the same force and effect as the original might be
admitted.
(b) Service shall only be made upon the attorney or, if absent, upon
the person in charge of the attorney's office. It shall be made in
duplicate and shall constitute sufficient service upon the society. When
legal process against a society is served upon the attorney, the attorney
shall immediately forward one (1) of the duplicate copies by registered
mail, prepaid, directed to the secretary or corresponding officer. No
service shall require a society to file its answer, pleading, or defense in
less than thirty (30) days from the date of mailing the copy of the
service to a society. Legal process shall not be served upon a society
except in the manner provided in this section.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.262-1985, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.130-1994, SEC.48; P.L.116-1994, SEC.71; P.L.268-1999, SEC.21.