Sec. 21. (a)
Service of process upon any nonresident producer licensee in any action or proceeding in any court of competent
jurisdiction of Indiana arising out of the nonresident producer’s
insurance business in Indiana may be made by serving the
commissioner with appropriate copies thereof and paying to the commissioner a fee of two dollars ($2). The commissioner shall forward a copy of such process by registered or certified mail to the licensee at the licensee’s last known address of record or principal place of business, and shall keep a record of all processes so served upon the commissioner.
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-1-15.6-21
- Commissioner: means the "insurance commissioner" of this state. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
- Insurance: means a contract of insurance or an agreement by which one (1) party, for a consideration, promises to pay money or its equivalent or to do an act valuable to the insured upon the destruction, loss or injury of something in which the other party has a pecuniary interest, or in consideration of a price paid, adequate to the risk, becomes security to the other against loss by certain specified risks; to grant indemnity or security against loss for a consideration. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
- 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.
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
As added by P.L.132-2001, SEC.3.
