Fla. Stat. 634.151
Service of process; appointment of commissioner as process agent

(1)

Each company applying for authority to transact business in this state, whether domestic or foreign, shall file with the office its appointment of the Chief Financial Officer and her or his successors in office, on a form as furnished by the office, as its attorney to receive service of all legal process issued against it in any civil action or proceeding in this state and agreeing that process so served shall be valid and binding upon the company. The appointment shall be irrevocable, shall bind the company and any successor in interest as to the assets or liabilities of the company, and shall remain in effect as long as there is outstanding in this state any obligation or liability of the company resulting from its service agreement transactions therein.

(2)

At the time of such appointment of the Chief Financial Officer as its process agent the company shall file with the department a designation of the name and address of the person to whom process against it served upon the Chief Financial Officer is to be forwarded. The company may change the designation at any time by a new filing.

Source: Section 634.151 — Service of process; appointment of commissioner as process agent, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0634.­151 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

634.011
Definitions 634.021
Powers of department, commission, and office 634.023
Part exclusive 634.031
License required 634.041
Qualifications for license 634.042
Prohibited investments and loans 634.044
Assets and liabilities 634.045
Guarantee agreements 634.052
Required deposit 634.053
Levy upon deposit limited 634.061
Application for and issuance of license 634.071
License continuance 634.081
Suspension or revocation of license 634.095
Prohibited acts 634.101
Order, notice of suspension or revocation of license 634.111
Duration of suspension 634.121
Forms, required procedures, provisions 634.131
Tax on premiums and assessments 634.136
Office records required 634.137
Financial and statistical reporting requirements 634.141
Examination of companies 634.151
Service of process 634.161
Service of process 634.171
Salesperson to be licensed and appointed 634.181
Grounds for compulsory refusal, suspension, or revocation of license or appointment of salespersons 634.191
Grounds for discretionary refusal, suspension, or revocation of license or appointment of salespersons 634.201
Refusal, suspension, or revocation of license or appointment of salespersons 634.211
Administrative fine in lieu of suspension or revocation of license or appointment 634.221
Disposition of taxes and fees 634.231
Insurance business not authorized 634.241
Prohibition against fronting 634.242
Injunctive proceedings 634.251
Penalty for violation 634.252
Acquisition 634.253
Delinquency proceedings 634.261
Voluntary compliance in lieu of suspension or revocation 634.271
Civil remedy 634.282
Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined 634.283
Power of department and office to examine and investigate 634.284
Prohibited practices 634.285
Cease and desist and penalty orders 634.286
Appeals from orders of the department or office 634.287
Penalty for violation of cease and desist order 634.288
Civil liability 634.1213
Noncompliant forms 634.1815
Rebating 634.2515
Penalty for selling agreements of a nonlicensed company 634.2815
Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices prohibited 634.2825
Motor vehicle service agreement cost specified in “price package.” 634.2855
Unauthorized entities

Current through Fall 2025

§ 634.151. Svc. of process; appointment of commissioner as process agent's source at flsenate​.gov