Florida Statutes
Part I - Motor Vehicle Service Agreement Companies (Ss. 634.011-634.288)
634.151 - Service of process; appointment of commissioner as process agent.


(1) Each company applying for authority to transact business in this state, whether domestic or foreign, shall file with the office its appointment of the Chief Financial Officer and her or his successors in office, on a form as furnished by the office, as its attorney to receive service of all legal process issued against it in any civil action or proceeding in this state and agreeing that process so served shall be valid and binding upon the company. The appointment shall be irrevocable, shall bind the company and any successor in interest as to the assets or liabilities of the company, and shall remain in effect as long as there is outstanding in this state any obligation or liability of the company resulting from its service agreement transactions therein.
(2) At the time of such appointment of the Chief Financial Officer as its process agent the company shall file with the department a designation of the name and address of the person to whom process against it served upon the Chief Financial Officer is to be forwarded. The company may change the designation at any time by a new filing.
History.—s. 15, ch. 59-110; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 18, 32, 33, ch. 82-234; s. 68, ch. 91-106; s. 20, ch. 93-195; s. 459, ch. 97-102; s. 1433, ch. 2003-261.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXXVII - Insurance

Chapter 634 - Warranty Associations

Part I - Motor Vehicle Service Agreement Companies (Ss. 634.011-634.288)

634.011 - Definitions.

634.021 - Powers of department, commission, and office; rules.

634.023 - Part exclusive; applicability of other laws.

634.031 - License required.

634.041 - Qualifications for license.

634.042 - Prohibited investments and loans.

634.044 - Assets and liabilities.

634.045 - Guarantee agreements.

634.052 - Required deposit.

634.053 - Levy upon deposit limited.

634.061 - Application for and issuance of license.

634.071 - License continuance.

634.081 - Suspension or revocation of license; grounds.

634.095 - Prohibited acts.

634.101 - Order, notice of suspension or revocation of license; effect; publication.

634.111 - Duration of suspension; obligations of company during suspension period; reinstatement.

634.121 - Forms, required procedures, provisions; delivery and definitions.

634.1213 - Noncompliant forms.

634.131 - Tax on premiums and assessments.

634.136 - Office records required.

634.137 - Financial and statistical reporting requirements.

634.141 - Examination of companies.

634.151 - Service of process; appointment of commissioner as process agent.

634.161 - Service of process; method.

634.171 - Salesperson to be licensed and appointed.

634.181 - Grounds for compulsory refusal, suspension, or revocation of license or appointment of salespersons.

634.1815 - Rebating; when allowed.

634.191 - Grounds for discretionary refusal, suspension, or revocation of license or appointment of salespersons.

634.201 - Refusal, suspension, or revocation of license or appointment of salespersons.

634.211 - Administrative fine in lieu of suspension or revocation of license or appointment.

634.221 - Disposition of taxes and fees.

634.231 - Insurance business not authorized.

634.241 - Prohibition against fronting.

634.242 - Injunctive proceedings.

634.251 - Penalty for violation.

634.2515 - Penalty for selling agreements of a nonlicensed company.

634.252 - Acquisition.

634.253 - Delinquency proceedings.

634.261 - Voluntary compliance in lieu of suspension or revocation.

634.271 - Civil remedy.

634.2815 - Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices prohibited.

634.282 - Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined.

634.2825 - Motor vehicle service agreement cost specified in “price package.”

634.283 - Power of department and office to examine and investigate.

634.284 - Prohibited practices; hearings; procedure; service of process.

634.285 - Cease and desist and penalty orders.

634.2855 - Unauthorized entities; gifts and grants.

634.286 - Appeals from orders of the department or office.

634.287 - Penalty for violation of cease and desist order.

634.288 - Civil liability.