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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="7-308" title_number="7" title_name="Maryland Insurance Acquisitions Disclosure and Control Act" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Acquisition of Control of Domestic Insurer or Insurance Holding Company">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The courts of the State have jurisdiction over:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>each person that does not reside in, is not domiciled in, or is not authorized to do business in the State that files a statement with the Commissioner under this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>all actions arising out of a violation of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person that is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State under subsection (a)(1) of this section is deemed to appoint the Commissioner as attorney for service of process in any proceeding arising out of a violation of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Copies of all process shall be served on the Commissioner.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Commissioner shall send a copy of the process by registered mail to the person at the person’s last known address.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
