Terms Used In Alabama Code 27-2-53

  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

Upon the Commissioner of Insurance bringing delinquency proceedings against any insurer pursuant to this title, or other insurance laws of the state, the proper circuit court having jurisdiction thereof shall appoint the Chief of the Receivership Division as receiver of such impaired or insolvent insurer, or ancillary receiver if a foreign insurer is found to be impaired or insolvent.