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2018 Georgia Code 33-4-5 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 33 INSURANCE

Section 4. Actions Against Insurance Companies, 33-4-1 through 33-4-7.

33-4-5. Service of process - Alien or foreign insurers - Service upon chief executive officer.

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.

(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.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

No conflict with § 33-4-3. - Section33-4-3 merely requires insurance companies doing business here to file with the Insurance Commissioner a written power of attorney appointing some person who shall be authorized to acknowledge service for such company, or upon whom process may be served, and is entirely compatible with § 33-4-1 and this section. Gaines v. Bankers' Alliance, 113 Ga. 1138, 39 S.E. 502 (1901).

Cases Citing Georgia Code 33-4-5 From Courtlistener.com

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Cotton States Mutual Insurance v. Neese

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1985-04-30

Citation: 329 S.E.2d 136, 254 Ga. 335, 49 A.L.R. 4th 311, 1985 Ga. LEXIS 692

Snippet: statute provides that nothing in §§ 33-34-4 and 33-4-5 shall be construed to prohibit excess coverage