§ 26.1-15.1-35 — Service of process

North Dakota § 26.1-15.1-35

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 26.1: Insurance
• Ch. 26.1-15.1: Fraternal Benefit Societies

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1. Every society authorized to do business in this state shall appoint in writing the
commissioner and each successor in office to be its true and lawful attorney upon
whom all lawful process in any action or proceeding against it may be served and
agrees that any lawful process against it which is served on the commissioner is of the
same legal force and validity as if served upon the society. The authority continues in
force so long as any liability of the society remains outstanding in this state. Copies of
the appointment, certified by the commissioner, are sufficient evidence thereof and
must be admitted in evidence with the same force and effect as the original.
2. Service may be made only upon the commissioner or upon any person in charge of
the commissioner's office. It must be made in duplicate and constitutes sufficient
service upon the society. When legal process against a society is served upon the
commissioner, the commissioner shall forthwith forward one of the duplicate copies by
registered mail, postage prepaid, directed to the secretary or corresponding officer. No
service may require a society to file its answer, pleading, or defense in less than
twenty days from the date of mailing the copy of the service to a society. Legal process
may not be served upon a society except in the manner herein provided.