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Section 59A-5-31 - Appointment of superintendent as process agent.

NM Stat § 59A-5-31 (2019) (N/A)
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A. Before the superintendent authorizes it to transact insurance in this state, each insurer shall appoint the superintendent and [his] successors in office as its attorney to receive service of legal process issued against the insurer in this state. The appointment shall be on form as designated and furnished by the superintendent, accompanied by copy of resolution of the board of directors or like governing body of the insurer, or other appropriate instrument acceptable to the superintendent, showing that those who executed the appointment were duly authorized to do so on behalf of the insurer.

B. The appointment shall be irrevocable, shall bind the insurer and any successor in interest to the assets or liabilities of the insurer, and shall remain in effect as long as there exists any contract of the insurer in this state or any obligation of the insurer arising out of its transactions in this state.

C. The insurer shall file the appointment with the superintendent as part of its application for certificate of authority, together with a designation of the person to whom the superintendent shall forward process against the insurer served upon the superintendent. The insurer may change such designation by a new filing.

History: Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 98.

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

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Section 59A-5-31 - Appointment of superintendent as process agent.