(a) A society authorized to do business in this state shall appoint in writing the director and the director’s successors in office to be its true and lawful attorney upon whom all lawful process in an action or proceeding against it shall be served. The society shall agree in writing that any lawful process against it that is served on the appointed attorney is of the same legal force and validity as if served on the society and that the authority continues in force so long as any liability remains outstanding in this state. Copies of the appointment, certified by the director, are sufficient evidence of the appointment and shall be admitted in evidence with the same force and effect as the original.
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 21.84.625
action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) Service may only be made on the director or, if the director is absent, upon the person in charge of the director’s office. Service shall be made in duplicate and shall constitute sufficient service on the society. When legal process against a society is served on the director, the director shall immediately forward one of the duplicate copies by registered mail, prepaid, to the secretary or corresponding officer. Legal process shall not be served on a society except in the manner provided in this section. At the time of serving a process on the director, the plaintiff or complainant in the action shall pay to the director a fee set under Alaska Stat. § 21.06.250.(c) A society shall respond to the service of process as provided in the Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure.
