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title: O.C.G.A. § 33-4-5. Service of process upon chief executive officer by alien or foreign insurers.
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# O.C.G.A. § 33-4-5. Service of process upon chief executive officer by alien or foreign insurers.

In actions upon any certificate or policy issued by a nonresident religious or mutual aid society, cooperative, or assessment life insurance company or society, service upon the chief executive officer, or the person acting officially for or as the chief executive officer of a local lodge, shall be sufficient service upon the society or company. In carrying out the purpose of this Code section, officers of local lodges are deemed to be agents of the nonresident societies or companies and the local lodges are deemed to be agencies of said companies or societies.

## History

Ga. L. 1861, p. 58, § 2; Code 1868, § 3332; Code 1873, § 3409; Code 1882, § 3409; Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 75, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 2146; Civil Code 1910, § 2564; Code 1933, § 56-604; Code 1933, § 56-1205, enacted by Ga. L. 1960, p. 289, § 1.