Section 507C.4. Jurisdiction and venue.

  1.  A delinquency proceeding shall not be commenced under this chapter by a person other than the commissioner. A court shall not have jurisdiction over a proceeding under this chapter commenced by a person other than the commissioner.

  2.  A court shall not have jurisdiction over a petition praying for the dissolution, liquidation, rehabilitation, sequestration, conservation or receivership of an insurer, or praying for an injunction or restraining order or other relief preliminary to, incidental to or relating to such proceedings other than pursuant to this chapter.

  3.  A court having jurisdiction of the subject matter has jurisdiction over a person served pursuant to the Iowa rules of civil procedure or other applicable provisions in an action brought by the receiver of a domestic insurer or an alien insurer domiciled in this state for any of the following:

  a.  In an action on or incident to an obligation if the person served is obligated to the insurer in any way as an incident to an agency or brokerage arrangement that may exist or has existed between the insurer and the agent or broker.

  b.  In an action on or incident to a reinsurance contract, if the person served is a reinsurer who has at any time written a policy of reinsurance for an insurer against which a delinquency proceeding has been instituted, or is an agent or broker of or for the reinsurer and the action results from or is incident to the relationship with the reinsurer.

  c.  In an action resulting from a relationship with the insurer, if the person served is or has been an officer, manager, trustee, organizer, promoter, or person in a position of comparable authority or influence in an insurer against which a rehabilitation or liquidation order is in effect when the action is commenced.

  d.  In an action if the person served is or was at the time of the institution of the delinquency proceeding against the insurer holding assets which are the subject of the proceeding and in which the receiver claims an interest on behalf of the insurer.

  e.  If the person served is obligated to the insurer in any way whatsoever, in an action on or incident to the obligation.

  4.  If the court on motion of a party finds that an action should as a matter of substantial justice be tried in a forum outside this state, the court may enter an order to stay the proceedings on the action in this state.

  5.  All actions authorized in this chapter shall be brought in the district court in Polk county.

84 Acts, ch 1175, §4

; 92 Acts, ch 1117, §11, 12

; 2015 Acts, ch 29, §70

Subsection 5 amended