Okla. Stat. tit. 36, § 36-2735.1
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Service of process
Official statutory text
A. Every society authorized to do business in this state shall
appoint in writing the Insurance Commissioner and each successor in
office to be its true and lawful attorney upon whom all lawful
process in any action or proceeding against it shall be served, and
shall agree in writing that any lawful process against it which is
served on said attorney shall be of the same legal force and
validity as if served upon the society, and that the authority shall
continue in force so long as any liability remains outstanding in
this state. Copies of the appointment, certified by said
Commissioner, shall be deemed sufficient evidence thereof and shall
be admitted in evidence with the same force and effect as the
original thereof might be admitted.
B. Service shall only be made upon the Commissioner, or if
absent, upon the person in charge of the Commissioner's office. It
shall be made in triplicate and shall constitute sufficient service
upon the society. When legal process against a society is served
upon the Commissioner, the Commissioner shall forthwith forward one
of the triplicate copies by registered mail, prepaid, directed to
the secretary or corresponding officer. No such service shall
require a society to file its answer, pleading or defense in less
than thirty (30) days from the date of mailing the copy of the
service to a society. Legal process shall not be served upon a
society except in the manner herein provided. At the time of
serving any process upon the Commissioner, the plaintiff or
complainant in the action shall pay to the Commissioner a fee of Ten
Dollars ($10.00).
appoint in writing the Insurance Commissioner and each successor in
office to be its true and lawful attorney upon whom all lawful
process in any action or proceeding against it shall be served, and
shall agree in writing that any lawful process against it which is
served on said attorney shall be of the same legal force and
validity as if served upon the society, and that the authority shall
continue in force so long as any liability remains outstanding in
this state. Copies of the appointment, certified by said
Commissioner, shall be deemed sufficient evidence thereof and shall
be admitted in evidence with the same force and effect as the
original thereof might be admitted.
B. Service shall only be made upon the Commissioner, or if
absent, upon the person in charge of the Commissioner's office. It
shall be made in triplicate and shall constitute sufficient service
upon the society. When legal process against a society is served
upon the Commissioner, the Commissioner shall forthwith forward one
of the triplicate copies by registered mail, prepaid, directed to
the secretary or corresponding officer. No such service shall
require a society to file its answer, pleading or defense in less
than thirty (30) days from the date of mailing the copy of the
service to a society. Legal process shall not be served upon a
society except in the manner herein provided. At the time of
serving any process upon the Commissioner, the plaintiff or
complainant in the action shall pay to the Commissioner a fee of Ten
Dollars ($10.00).
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