Kansas Statutes 40-1607. Service of process upon commissioner; fee; suits by and against subscribers
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 40-1607
- Attorney-in-fact: means the person designated and authorized by subscribers as having authority to obligate them on reciprocal insurance contracts. See Kansas Statutes 40-1623
- Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance. See Kansas Statutes 40-1623
- Reciprocal: means an aggregation of subscribers under a common name. See Kansas Statutes 40-1623
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
Concurrently with the filing of the declaration provided for by the terms of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 40-1603, and amendments thereto, the attorney-in-fact shall file with the commissioner of insurance an instrument in writing, executed by such attorney-in-fact for the reciprocal conditioned that upon the issuance of the certificate of authority provided for in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 40-1610, and amendments thereto, service of process may be had upon the commissioner in all suits in this state arising out of such policies, contracts or agreements, which service shall be valid and binding upon the reciprocal. Such service of process shall be executed in accordance with the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 40-218, and amendments thereto. Any reciprocal operating under the laws of this state may sue or be sued in the declared name of the reciprocal.