Service of process in the action, suit or proceeding shall, in addition to the manner provided in § 56-2-603, be valid if:

(1) Served upon any person within the state who, in this state on behalf of the insurer is soliciting insurance, is making, issuing or delivering any contract of insurance, or collecting or receiving any premium, membership fee, assessment or other consideration for insurance;
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-2-604

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Attorney: means the person designated and authorized by subscribers as the attorney-in-fact having authority to obligate them on reciprocal insurance contracts. See Tennessee Code 56-16-102
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Person: means any association, aggregate of individuals, business, company, corporation, individual, joint-stock company, Lloyds-type organization, organization, partnership, receiver, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, trustee or society. See Tennessee Code 56-16-102
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(2) A copy of the process is sent within ten (10) days thereafter by registered mail by the plaintiff or plaintiff’s attorney to the defendant at the last known principal place of business of the defendant; and
(3) The defendant’s receipt, or the receipt issued by the post office with which the letter is registered, showing the name of the sender of the letter and the name and address of the person to whom the letter is addressed, and the affidavit of the plaintiff or plaintiff’s attorney showing a compliance with this section are filed with the clerk of the court in which the action is pending on or before the date the defendant is required to appear, or within a further time that the court allows.
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