Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 33. INSURANCE · Chapter 5. REGULATION OF UNAUTHORIZED INSURERS · Article 3. UNAUTHORIZED INSURERS PROCESS ACT

33-5-52. Acts by insurer which constitute appointment of Commissioner as agent for service.

Active

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

Any of the following acts in this state effected, by mail or otherwise, by an unauthorized foreign or alien insurer:
(1)
The issuance or delivery of contracts of insurance to residents of this state or to corporations authorized to do business in this state;#
(2)
The solicitation of applications for said contracts;#
(3)
The collection of premiums, membership fees, assessments, or other considerations for the contracts; or#
(4)
Any other transaction of business#
is equivalent to and shall constitute an appointment by the insurer of the Commissioner and his successors in office as its attorney upon whom may be served all lawful process in any action or proceeding instituted by or on behalf of an insured or beneficiary arising out of the contracts of insurance; and any such act shall be a signification of this agreement that the service of process is of the same legal force and validity as personal service of process in this state upon the insurer.

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, § 56-605, enacted by Ga. L. 1960, p. 289, § 1.

Read the official page (the state's PDF, opened at the page this text was read from).

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, pages 224 to 225; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 4ecec175d949.

Ask about this section

The answer is drawn from this section and, when they fit, the other sections of its chapter. It quotes the text and names the section for each claim. Not legal advice.