La. Rev. Stat. § 22:1908
Use of courts; prohibited to unauthorized insurer
Louisiana · Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 22 — Insurance · Status: effective
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- La. Rev. Stat. § 22:1908, Use of courts; prohibited to unauthorized insurer, Louisiana, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-04, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2705595
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No unauthorized insurer shall institute or file, or cause to be instituted or filed, any suit, action, or proceeding in this state to enforce any right, claim, or demand arising out of the transaction of business in this state until such insurer shall have either been placed by the Department of Insurance on the list of approved unauthorized insurers, or obtained a certificate of authority to transact insurance business in this state. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require an unauthorized insurer to obtain a certificate of authority before instituting or filing or causing to be instituted or filed any suit, action, or proceeding either in connection with any of its investments in this state or in connection with any contract issued by it at a time when it was authorized to do business in the state where such contract was issued.
Acts 1958, No. 125; Acts 2003, No. 994, §1, eff. July 2, 2003; Redesignated from R.S. 22:1254 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
NOTE: Former R.S. 22:1908 redesignated as R.S. 22:389 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.