616.10 Insurance companies.
Insurance companies may be sued in any county in which their principal place of business is kept, or in which the contract of insurance was made, or in which the loss insured against occurred, or, in case of insurance against death or disability, in the county of the domicile of the insured at the time the loss occurred, or in the county of plaintiff’s residence. As used in this section the term “insurance companies” includes nonprofit hospital service corporations and nonprofit medical service corporations which have incorporated under the provisions of chapter 504, Code 1989, or current chapter 504.
[C73, §2584; C97, §3499; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11043; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §616.10]
91 Acts, ch 97, §60; 2003 Acts, ch 108, §105; 2004 Acts, ch 1049, §191; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §394
Structure Iowa Code
Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
Chapter 616 - PLACE OF BRINGING ACTIONS
Section 616.1 - Real property.
Section 616.2 - Injuries to real property.
Section 616.3 - Local actions.
Section 616.4 - Nonresident — attachment.
Section 616.5 - Resident — attachment.
Section 616.6 - Transfer — attached property held.
Section 616.7 - Place of contract.
Section 616.8 - Certain carriers and transmission companies — actions against.
Section 616.9 - Construction companies.
Section 616.10 - Insurance companies.
Section 616.11 - Nonlife insurance assessments.
Section 616.12 - Nonlife insurance premiums or notes.
Section 616.13 - Operators of coal mines.
Section 616.14 - Office or agency.
Section 616.15 - Surety companies.
Section 616.16 - Municipal corporations in certain counties.
Section 616.17 - Personal actions.
Section 616.18 - Personal injury or damage actions.
Section 616.19 - Negotiable paper.