17B:33-3 - Service of process on commissioner as process agent - New Jersey Statutes

17B:33-3.  Service of process on commissioner as process agent
    Service of process and other papers upon the commissioner as the true and lawful attorney of an unauthorized insurer pursuant to this chapter may be effected by any person lawfully authorized to serve process and other papers in  civil actions generally by delivering or by mailing by certified or registered  mail, return receipt requested, 2 copies thereof, together with the fee  prescribed by law, to the commissioner or to someone designated by him in his  office.  Such service shall be effective and valid notwithstanding that the  county in which the court is situated or in which venue is laid is a county  other than that in which the commissioner's office is located.  Upon receipt of  any such service, the commissioner shall within 2 days thereafter (excluding  Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) mail one of said copies by certified or  registered mail, return receipt requested to the defendant addressed to it at  its principal place of business, or to its registered office or to a registered  agent for service. The commissioner shall keep a record of all process and  papers so served upon him and of the mailing thereof to defendant.  Upon so  giving notice to the defendant of the service made upon him on its behalf, the  commissioner shall forward to the clerk of the court for filing his certificate  of the service upon him and of the notice given by him.

     L.1971, c. 144, s. 17B:33-3.