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DIVISION 1. GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE 100-1879.8›PART 2. THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE 680-1879.8›CHAPTER 1. General Regulations 680-1113›ARTICLE 8. Issue of Securities 820-860

§ 837

California Insurance Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

If the applicant is a foreign corporation or association, it shall also file with its application:

(a) A certificate of the proper officer of the jurisdiction in which it is organized, executed not more than 30 days before the filing of such application, showing that the applicant is authorized to transact business in that jurisdiction.

(b) In such form as the commissioner prescribes, its written instrument, irrevocably appointing the commissioner and his successor in office its true and lawful attorney upon whom all process in any action or proceeding against it can be served. Such service shall have the same effect as if the applicant was a domestic insurer lawfully served with process in this State.

(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)

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