(a) A delinquency proceeding may not be commenced under this chapter unless commenced by the director. A court does not have jurisdiction to entertain, hear, or determine a delinquency proceeding commenced by a person other than the director.
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 21.78.020

  • action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(b) The director shall commence the proceedings by application to the court for an order directing the insurer to show cause why the director should not have the relief requested. On the return of the order to show cause, and after a full hearing, the court shall either deny the application or grant the application, together with other relief that the nature of the case and the interest of the policyholders, creditors, stockholders, members, subscribers, or the public might require.
(c) A court does not have jurisdiction to entertain, hear, or determine a complaint asking for an injunction or restraining order or other relief concerning the dissolution, liquidation, rehabilitation, sequestration, conservation, or receivership of an insurer, other than as provided under this chapter.
(d) In addition to other grounds for jurisdiction provided by the laws of this state, a court having jurisdiction of the subject matter has jurisdiction over a person served under the Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure or other applicable provisions of law in an action brought by the receiver of a domestic insurer or an alien insurer domiciled in this state if the person

(1) served is obligated to the insurer in any way as an incident to an agency or brokerage arrangement that might exist or has existed between the insurer and the agent or broker, in an action on or incident to the obligation;
(2) served is a reinsurer who has at any time written a policy of reinsurance for an insurer against which a rehabilitation or liquidation order is in effect when the action is commenced, or is an agent or broker of or for the reinsurer, in any action or incident related to the reinsurance contract; or
(3) is or has been an officer, manager, trustee, organizer, promoter, or person in a position of comparable authority or influence in an insurer against which a rehabilitation or liquidation order is in effect when the action is commenced, in any action resulting from such a relationship with the insurer.
(e) If the court, on motion of a party, finds that an action should, as a matter of substantial justice, be tried in a forum outside this state, the court may enter an appropriate order to stay further proceedings on the action in this state.
(f) The court shall appoint the director as the receiver in all actions taken under this chapter.
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