Tex. Ins. Code § 804.201 · Subchapter C. PROCEDURES RELATING TO SERVICE OF PROCESS ON COMMISSIONER
PROCEDURE FOR SERVING COMMISSIONER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Process served by serving the commissioner under this chapter must be directed to the defendant and include:
(1) for an unauthorized person or insurer, the name and address of the person or insurer to be served;
(2) for a risk retention group, the name and address of the group to be served;
(3) for a surplus lines insurer, the name and address of the insurer to be served;
(4) for an unincorporated association, trust, or other organization formed under Chapter 1505, the name and address of the association, trust, or organization; or
(5) for an authorized company, the name and address of the company as it appears in the department records.
(b) Process may be served on the commissioner:
(1) personally by a disinterested person who is at least 18 years of age leaving two copies of the process at the office of the department during regular business hours with:
(A) the commissioner; or
(B) an appointee of the commissioner authorized to receive process; or
(2) by certified or registered mail.
(c) A fee not to exceed $50, payable by check or money order to the department, must accompany each process served on the commissioner.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 2E.004, eff. April 1, 2009.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.804.htm
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