(215 ILCS 5/121-6) (from Ch. 73, par. 733-6)
Sec. 121-6.
Acts constituting Secretary of State as agent for process.
Any act of transacting an insurance business, as set forth in Section
121-3; by any unauthorized insurer constitutes an irrevocable appointment
by that insurer, binding upon him, his executor or administrator, or
successor in interest if a corporation, of the Secretary of State, to be
the true and lawful attorney of such insurer upon whom may be served all
lawful process in any action, suit, or proceeding in any court by the
Director or by the State and upon whom may be served any notice, order,
pleading or process in any proceeding before the Director which arises out
of transacting an insurance business in this State by that insurer. Any act
of transacting an insurance business in this State by any unauthorized
insurer signifies its agreement that any lawful process in such a court
action, suit, or proceeding and any such notice, order, pleading, or
process in an administrative proceeding before the Director so served shall
be of the same legal force and validity as personal service of process in
this State upon that insurer.
(Source: P.A. 77-1565.)
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