Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 525 – Serving process
(a) Service of process against an insurer for whom the Commissioner is attorney shall be made by delivering to and leaving with the Commissioner, his or her deputy, or a person in apparent charge of the Commissioner’s office during the Commissioner’s absence, 2 copies of the process, together with fee prescribed in § 701 of this title.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 525
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) Upon such service the Commissioner shall forthwith mail by certified mail 1 of the copies of such process to the person currently designated by the insurer to receive the same as provided in § 524(e) of this title. Service of such process shall not be complete until 3 days after the same has been so mailed.
(c) Service of process in the manner provided by this section shall for all purposes constitute valid and binding personal service upon the insurer within this State.
(d) The Commissioner shall keep a record of the day of service upon him or her of all legal process.
18 Del. C. 1953, § ?525; 56 Del. Laws, c. 380, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 73 Del. Laws, c. 90, § ?1;