When legal process is served upon the commissioner as attorney for an insurance company, he shall forthwith notify the company of such service by letter prepaid and directed to its secretary or, in the case of a foreign country, to its resident manager, if any, in the United States, and shall, within two (2) days after such service, forward in the same manner a copy of the process served on him to the secretary or manager or to such person as may have been previously designated by the company by written notice filed in the office of the commissioner. The failure of the commissioner to notify the company shall not affect the validity of such service but shall subject him to liability on his bond for such damages as the company shall suffer thereby. As a condition of a valid and effectual service and of the duty of the commissioner in the premises, the plaintiff in such process shall pay to the commissioner at the time of service thereof the sum of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00), which the plaintiff shall recover as taxable costs if he prevails in his suit. The commissioner shall keep a record of all such proceedings, that shall show the day and hour of service.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 5 - General Provisions Relative to Insurance and Insurance Companies
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 83-5-1. Concerns subject to department
§ 83-5-3. All companies to submit to all laws of state
§ 83-5-9. Business to be conducted in corporate name
§ 83-5-15. License fees for each class of business
§ 83-5-19. Sale of stock regulated
§ 83-5-21. License revoked if judgments not paid
§ 83-5-25. Certain insurance prohibited
§ 83-5-27. Discrimination through fictitious grouping prohibited
§ 83-5-29. Insurance business practices regulated
§ 83-5-30. Notice of withdrawal, cancelation, or failure to renew insurance; penalties
§ 83-5-33. Unfair methods of competition and deceptive practices prohibited
§ 83-5-35. Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined
§ 83-5-37. Power of commissioner
§ 83-5-47. Judicial review by intervenor
§ 83-5-49. Penalty for violation of cease and desist order
§ 83-5-51. Provisions cumulative
§ 83-5-53. Blank forms furnished
§ 83-5-57. Reinsurance returns made annually
§ 83-5-59. Statements examined and abstracts published
§ 83-5-61. Certain premiums declared and taxed
§ 83-5-63. Penalty for failure to declare
§ 83-5-67. License revoked if statement untrue
§ 83-5-71. Duration of license
§ 83-5-75. Fees of fraternal orders
§ 83-5-77. Publication fees; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund
§ 83-5-79. Investigation of complaint by citizens
§ 83-5-81. Suit for payment of expense if refused
§ 83-5-83. Refusal to comply; license revoked
§ 83-5-87. Contents of residential property insurance policy