A. An order to rehabilitate a domestic insurer shall direct the superintendent and his successors in office forthwith to take possession of the property of such insurer and to conduct the business thereof, and to take such steps toward the removal of the causes and conditions which have made such proceeding necessary as the court shall direct.

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B. If at any time the superintendent shall deem that further efforts to rehabilitate the insurer would be futile, he may apply to the court for an order of liquidation.

C. The superintendent or any interested person upon due notice to the superintendent, at any time may apply for an order terminating any rehabilitation proceeding and permitting such insurer to resume possession of its property and the conduct of its business, but no such order shall be granted except when, after a full hearing, the court shall determine that the purposes of the proceeding have been fully accomplished.

D. The superintendent may apply for an order directing him to liquidate the business of a domestic insurer or the United States branch of an alien insurer having trusteed assets in this state, upon any one or more of the grounds specified in Section 720 [59A- 41-28 NMSA 1978] of this article regardless of whether or not there has been a prior order directing him to rehabilitate such insurer.