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§ 9-209. Jurisdiction and venue over delinquency proceedings

West's Annotated Code of MarylandInsurance

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Insurance (Refs & Annos)
Title 9. Impaired Entities
Subtitle 2. Liquidation, Rehabilitation, Reorganization, and Conservation (Refs & Annos)
MD Code, Insurance, § 9-209
§ 9-209. Jurisdiction and venue over delinquency proceedings
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Circuit Court of Baltimore City
(a) The Circuit Court of Baltimore City:
(1) has exclusive original jurisdiction over delinquency proceedings; and
(2) may issue all necessary and proper orders to carry out this subtitle.
Courts with subject matter jurisdiction over actions brought under this subtitle
(b) If service is made in accordance with the Maryland Rules or other applicable law, a court with subject matter jurisdiction over an action brought under this subtitle also has jurisdiction over:
(1) a person, including an insurance producer and another person that has written policies, that has acted in any manner on behalf of an insurer against which a delinquency proceeding has been commenced, in an action resulting from or incidental to the person's relationship with the insurer;
(2) a reinsurer that at any time has entered into a contract of reinsurance with an insurer against which a delinquency proceeding has been commenced, or an insurance producer for the reinsurer, in an action on or incidental to the reinsurance contract;
(3) an officer, director, manager, trustee, organizer, promoter, or attorney in fact of an insurer against which a delinquency proceeding has been commenced, in an action resulting from or incidental to the person's relationship with the insurer;
(4) a person that, at the time of or after commencement of the delinquency proceeding, held or was in control of assets in which the receiver claims an interest on behalf of the insurer, in an action concerning the assets; and
(5) a person obligated to the insurer in any way, in an action on or incidental to the obligation.
Venue of all delinquency proceedings
(c) The venue of all delinquency proceedings is in Baltimore City.

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Added by Acts 1996, c. 11, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2001, c. 731, § 1, eff. July 2, 2001.
Formerly Art. 48A, § 133.
MD Code, Insurance, § 9-209, MD INSURANCE § 9-209
Current with legislation effective through July 1, 2023, from the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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