33-1-601. Commissioner -- attorney for service of process. (1) Each insurer applying for authority to transact insurance in this state shall appoint the commissioner and his successors in office as its attorney to receive service of legal process issued against it in Montana. The appointment shall be made on a form as designated and furnished by the commissioner. The appointment shall be irrevocable, shall bind the insurer and any successor in interest or to the assets or liabilities of the insurer, and shall remain in effect as long as there is in force in Montana any contract made by the insurer or obligations arising therefrom.
     (2) Each insurer at time of application for a certificate of authority shall file with the commissioner designation of the name and address of the person to whom process against it served upon the commissioner is to be forwarded. The insurer may change such designation by a new filing.

     History: En. Sec. 63, Ch. 286, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 40-2818(1), (3).