§ 26-3-121 — Service of process; commissioner as agent for service

(a) Before the commissioner issues a certificate of
authority to any foreign, alien or domestic reciprocal insurer,
each insurer shall appoint the commissioner, and his successors
in office, as its attorney to receive service of legal process
issued against the insurer in this state. The appointment shall
be made on a form as designated and furnished by the
commissioner and shall be accompanied by a copy of a resolution
of the insurer's governing body, if an incorporated insurer,
showing that the officers who executed the appointment were
authorized to do so on the insurer's behalf.
(b) The appointment is irrevocable, binds the insurer and
any successor in interest as to the insurer's assets or
liabilities and remains in effect as long as there is in force
any contract of the insurer in this state or any obligation of
the insurer arising out of its transactions in this state.
(c) Service of process against a foreign or alien insurer
shall be made only by service thereof upon the commissioner.
(d) At time of application for a certificate of authority
the insurer shall file the appointment with the commissioner,
together with a designation of the person to whom process
against it served upon the commissioner is to be forwarded. The
insurer may change that designation by a new filing.