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Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-2-503

Commissioner as attorney for purpose of process

Known as the Tennessee Insurance Law

The act spans §§ 56–56 (1,220 sections).

Acts 1947, ch. 119, §§ 3-5; C

(1) Any foreign or alien insurance company, before doing business in this state, as defined in § 56-2-502, shall appoint the commissioner its true and lawful attorney as required by § 56-2-103(a)(3).

(2) If the company does business in this state, as defined in § 56-2-502, without having appointed the commissioner its true and lawful attorney, as required in this part, it shall, by doing business in this state, be deemed to have thereby appointed the commissioner its true and lawful attorney for the purposes set forth in this part.

(3) The requirements of this section shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other law.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.