§ 27-25-35. Service of process.
(a) Every society authorized to do business in this state shall appoint in writing the
commissioner of insurance and each successor in office 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 the writing that any lawful process against it which is served
on the attorney shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served upon the
society, and that the authority shall continue in force so long as any liability remains
outstanding in this state. Copies of the appointment, certified by the commissioner
of in
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§ 27-25-35. Service of process.
(a) Every society authorized to do business in this state shall appoint in writing the
commissioner of insurance and each successor in office 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 the writing that any lawful process against it which is served
on the attorney shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served upon the
society, and that the authority shall continue in force so long as any liability remains
outstanding in this state. Copies of the appointment, certified by the commissioner
of insurance, shall be deemed sufficient evidence 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 commissioner of insurance, or if absent, upon
the person in charge of the commissioner'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 commissioner of insurance, the commissioner shall forward
one 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. At the time of serving any process upon the commissioner
of insurance, the plaintiff or complainant in the action shall pay to the commissioner
of insurance a fee of five dollars ($5.00).