33-17-12. Effect of discharge of duties by attorney of foreign or alien insurer; office of attorney.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

(a)
The attorney of a foreign or alien reciprocal insurer, which insurer is duly authorized to transact insurance in this state, shall not, by virtue of discharge of his or her duties as such attorney with respect to the insurer’s transactions in this state, be thereby deemed to be doing business in this state within the meaning of any laws of this state applying to foreign firms or corporations.#
(b)
The office of the attorney shall be maintained at such place as is designated by the subscribers in the power of attorney.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1933, § 56-2106, enacted by Ga. L. 1960, p. 289, § 1; Ga. L. 2019, p. 337, § 1-81/SB 132. The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, inserted ‘‘or her’’ in subsection (a).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t33-ch1-22-(v24)-2020-pdf.pdf, Volume V24, 2020 edition, page 772; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 4ecec175d949.