(a)  Whenever lawful process against a foreign insurance company shall be served upon the insurance commissioner, the commissioner shall forward a copy of the process served on him or her, to the person appointed by the insurance company to accept service of process on behalf of the company. The manner of forwarding shall be at the discretion of the insurance commissioner.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 27-2-14

  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.

(b)  Service upon the insurance commissioner shall be accomplished by regular mail or by whatever alternative method is designated by the commissioner.

(c)  For each copy of process the insurance commissioner shall collect, for the use of the state, the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), which shall be paid by the plaintiff at the time of the service; the fee is to be recovered by the plaintiff as part of the taxable costs, if he or she prevails in the suit.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 182, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 220, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 256, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 151, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3174, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 27-2-14; P.L. 1960, ch. 71, art. 1, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 595, art. 30, § 9; P.L. 2009, ch. 303, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 304, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 196, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 322, § 1.