TITLE 33 INSURANCE

Section 39. Collection, Use, and Disclosure of Information Gathered by Insurance Institutions, 33-39-1 through 33-39-23.

ARTICLE 4 LIQUIDATION PROCEEDINGS

33-39-17. Violations of chapter - Commissioner as appointed to accept service on behalf of insurance-support organization transacting business outside state.

For the purpose of this chapter, an insurance-support organization transacting business outside this state which has an effect on a person residing in this state shall be deemed to have appointed the Commissioner to accept service of process on its behalf, provided the Commissioner causes a copy of such service to be mailed forthwith by registered mail or statutory overnight delivery to the insurance-support organization at its last known principal place of business. The return postcard receipt for such mailing shall be sufficient proof that the same was properly mailed by the Commissioner.

(Code 1981, §33-39-17, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 615, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 4.)