For the purpose of this chapter, an insurance-support organization transacting business outside this state which has an effect on a person residing in this state shall be deemed to have appointed the Commissioner to accept service of process on its behalf, provided the Commissioner causes a copy of such service to be mailed forthwith by registered mail or statutory overnight delivery to the insurance-support organization at its last known principal place of business. The return postcard receipt for such mailing shall be sufficient proof that the same was properly mailed by the Commissioner.
History. Code 1981, § 33-39-17 , enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 615, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 4.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section is applicable with respect to notices delivered on or after July 1, 2000.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 39 - Collection, Use, and Disclosure of Information Gathered by Insurance Institutions
§ 33-39-6. Specification of Questions Designed to Obtain Marketing or Research Information
§ 33-39-8. Investigative Consumer Reports
§ 33-39-9. Access to Recorded Personal Information
§ 33-39-10. Requests to Correct, Amend, or Delete Recorded Personal Information
§ 33-39-13. Limitation of Adverse Underwriting Decisions
§ 33-39-20. Order or Report of Commissioner
§ 33-39-22. Availability of Remedy for Disclosure of Personal, Privileged, or False Information
§ 33-39-23. Obtaining of Information Under False Pretenses as Constituting Misdemeanor