Georgia Code, Title 33, Chapter 5, Article 3 - Unauthorized Insurers Process Act

• § 33-5-50 - Short Title; Construction
  (a) This article constitutes and may be cited as the "Unauthorized Insurers Process Act."(b) This article shall be so interpreted as to effectuate its...
• § 33-5-51 - Purpose of Article
  The purpose of this article is to subject certain insurers to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state in actions by or on...
• § 33-5-52 - Acts by Insurer Which Constitute Appointment of Commissioner As Agent for Service
  Any of the following acts in this state effected, by mail or otherwise, by an unauthorized foreign or alien insurer: (1) The issuance or...
• § 33-5-53 - Service of Action and Process Upon Commissioner; Sending of Notice of Service to Defendant; Applicability
  (a) Service shall be made by delivery to and leaving with the Commissioner or some person in apparent charge of his office two copies...
• § 33-5-54 - Service of Process Upon Solicitor, Collector, or Other Agent of Insurer.
  Service of process in any action or proceeding shall be valid if served upon any person within this state who, in this state on...
• § 33-5-55 - Mode of Service Prescribed by Article Cumulative
  Nothing in this article shall limit or abridge the right to serve any process, notice, or demand upon any insurer in any other manner...
• § 33-5-56 - Right of Plaintiff or Complainant to Default Judgment or Judgment With Leave to Prove Damages
  No plaintiff or complainant shall be entitled to a judgment by default or to a judgment with leave to prove damages under this Code...
• § 33-5-57 - Conditions Precedent to Filing of Pleadings by Insurer Generally; Granting of Postponements; Filing by Insurer of Motion to Quash Writ or Set Aside Service
  (a) Before any unauthorized insurer shall file or cause to be filed any pleadings in any action or proceeding instituted against it, such unauthorized...
• § 33-5-58 - Recovery of Penalty and Attorney's Fees by Plaintiff; Effect of Failure of Insurer to Defend Action
  In any action against an unauthorized foreign or alien insurer upon a contract of insurance issued or delivered in this state or to a...
• § 33-5-59 - Applicability of Article
  This article shall not apply to any action or proceeding against any unauthorized insurer arising out of any contract of: (1) Reinsurance effectuated in...

Last modified: October 14, 2016