§ 38-45-170 — Appointment of director as attorney for service of legal process, for eligible surplus lines insurers.

Before the director or his designee approves a nonadmitted insurer as an eligible surplus lines insurer, the insurer shall appoint in writing the director and his successors in office to be its true and lawful attorney upon whom all legal process in any action or proceeding against it must be served and in this writing shall agree that any lawful process against it which is served upon this attorney is of the same legal force and validity as if served upon the insurer and that the authority continues in force so long as any liability remains outstanding in the State. Copies of the appointment, certified by the director, are sufficient evidence of the appointment and must be admitted in evidence with the same force and effect as the original might be admitted.

Legislative History

HISTORY: Former 1976 Code SECTION 38-45-170 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code SECTION 37-817; 1962 Code SECTION 37-817] recodified as SECTION 38-17-170 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 1; New SECTION 38-45-170 enacted by 1988 Act No. 314, SECTION 10; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 672; 2012 Act No. 283, SECTION 1, eff January 1, 2012.