Texas Insurance Code
§ 804.107 — UNAUTHORIZED PERSON OR INSURER
IN § 804.107Title 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES · Part A. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES · Ch. 804. SERVICE OF PROCESS · Art. B. PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section, "personal representative" includes an executor or administrator.
(b)Any act of engaging in the business of insurance as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 101, by an unauthorized person or insurer:
(1)constitutes the irrevocable appointment of the commissioner by that person or insurer as agent for service of process arising from the person's or insurer's engaging in the business of insurance in this state, other than service of process for an action or proceeding by the department or state;
(2)constitutes the irrevocable appointment of the secretary of state by that person or insurer as agent for service of process for an action or proceeding described by Subsection (c) and arising from the person's or insurer's engaging in the business of insurance in this state; and
(3)signifies the agreement of the person or insurer that process served under this subsection and Subsection (d) has the same effect as personal service in this state on that person or insurer or the personal representative of that person or insurer or if a corporation, the corporation's successor in interest.
(c)The process may be served on the secretary of state only in an action or proceeding brought:
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.