515.77 - SERVICE OF PROCESS.
515.77 SERVICE OF PROCESS. Any notice or process, with three copies of the notice or process, may be mailed to the commissioner at Des Moines, Iowa, in a certified mail letter addressed to the commissioner by the commissioner's official title. The commissioner shall acknowledge service on behalf of the defendant foreign insurance company by writing, giving the date of receipt of the notice or process, and shall return the notice or process in a certified mail letter to the clerk of the court in which the suit is pending, addressed to the clerk by the clerk's official title, and shall also mail a copy, with a copy of the commissioner's acknowledgment of service written thereon, in a certified mail letter addressed to the person or corporation named or designated by such company in the written instrument. Notice or process received prior to 10 a.m. shall be forwarded the same working day. Notice or process received after 10 a.m. shall be forwarded the next working day. A fee of fifteen dollars must accompany the request for notice or process.
Section History: Early Form [C97, § 1722; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 8953; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 515.74]
Section History: Recent Form 92 Acts, ch 1162, § 38; 99 Acts, ch 165, §14; 2007 Acts, ch 152, § 5 CS2007, § 515.77
Footnotes Former § 515.77 transferred to § 515.75; 2007 Acts, ch 152, § 8