Tennessee § 56-9-104 Delinquency proceeding - Commencement - Jurisdiction

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§ 56-9-104 — Delinquency proceeding - Commencement - Jurisdiction

Tennessee § 56-9-104

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-9-104 (2026).

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(a)No delinquency proceeding shall be commenced under this chapter by anyone other than the commissioner and no court has jurisdiction to entertain, hear or determine any proceeding commenced by any other person.

(b)No court of this state has jurisdiction to entertain, hear or determine any complaint praying for the dissolution, liquidation, rehabilitation, sequestration, conservation or receivership of any insurer, or praying for an injunction or restraining order or other relief preliminary to, incidental to or relating to the proceedings other than in accordance with this chapter.

(c)In addition to other grounds for jurisdiction provided by the law of this state, a court of this state having jurisdiction of the subject matter has jurisdiction over a person served pursuant to the Tenn

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(a) No delinquency proceeding shall be commenced under this chapter by anyone other than the commissioner and no court has jurisdiction to entertain, hear or determine any proceeding commenced by any other person. (b) No court of this state has jurisdiction to entertain, hear or determine any complaint praying for the dissolution, liquidation, rehabilitation, sequestration, conservation or receivership of any insurer, or praying for an injunction or restraining order or other relief preliminary to, incidental to or relating to the proceedings other than in accordance with this chapter. (c) In addition to other grounds for jurisdiction provided by the law of this state, a court of this state having jurisdiction of the subject matter has jurisdiction over a person served pursuant to the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure or other applicable law in an action brought by the receiver of a domestic insurer or an alien insurer domiciled in this state if: (1) The person served is an agent, broker or other person who has at any time written policies of insurance for or has acted in any manner whatsoever on behalf of an insurer against which a delinquency proceeding has been instituted, in any action resulting from or incident to such a relationship with the insurer; (2) The person served is a reinsurer who has at any time entered into a contract of reinsurance with an insurer against which a delinquency proceeding has been instituted, or is an agent or broker of or for the reinsurer, in any action on or incident to the reinsurance contract; (3) The person served is or has been an officer, director, manager, trustee, organizer, promoter or other person in a position of comparable authority or influence over an insurer against which a delinquency proceeding has been instituted, in any action resulting from or incident to such a relationship with the insurer; (4) The person served is, or was at the time of the institution of the delinquency proceeding against the insurer, holding assets in which the receiver claims an interest on behalf of the insurer, in any action concerning the assets; or (5) The person served is obligated to the insurer in any way whatsoever, in any action on, or incident to, the obligation. (d) If the court on motion of any party finds that any action should as a matter of substantial justice be tried in a forum outside this state, the court may enter an appropriate order to stay further proceedings on the action in this state. (e) All actions authorized in this section shall be brought in the chancery court of Davidson County.