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California Insurance Code

§ 837

INS § 837Div. 1 · Part 2 · Ch. 1 · Art. 8
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.

Legislative history

Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.

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