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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) An insurer transacting insurance on an Oregon home state risk under the provisions of ORS 735.400 to 735.495 may be sued upon any cause of action, arising under any policy of insurance so issued and delivered by it, in the courts for the county where the insurance producer who registered or delivered the policy resides or transacts business, by the service of summons and complaint made upon the insurance producer for the insurer.
(2) Any insurance producer served with summons and complaint in any such cause shall forthwith mail the summons and complaint, or a true and complete copy thereof, by registered or certified mail with proper postage affixed and properly addressed, to the insurer being sued.
(3) The insurer shall have 40 days from the date of the service of the summons and complaint upon the insurance producer in which to plead, answer or defend any such cause.
(4) Upon service of summons and complaint upon the insurance producer for the insurer, the court in which the action is begun shall be deemed to have duly acquired personal jurisdiction of the defendant insurer so served.
(5) An insurer and policyholder may agree to waive the provisions of subsections (1) to (4) of this section governing service and venue with respect to a surplus lines insurance contract for commercial property and casualty risk if the waiver is specifically referred to in the contract or in an indorsement attached to the contract.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Oregon Revised Statutes Insurance § 735.490 - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/or/title-56-insurance/or-rev-st-sect-735-490/
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