Section 507C.51. Liquidation of property of foreign or alien insurers found in this state.

  1.  If a domiciliary receiver has not been appointed, the commissioner may apply to the court by verified petition for an order directing the commissioner to liquidate the assets found in this state of a foreign insurer or an alien insurer not domiciled in this state on any of the following grounds:

  a.  Any of the grounds in section 507C.12 or 507C.17.

  b.  Any of the grounds specified in section 507C.50, subsection 1, paragraphs “b” through “d”.

  2.  When an order is sought under subsection 1, the court shall cause the insurer to be given notice and time to respond to the petition as is reasonable under the circumstances.

  3.  If it appears to the court that the best interests of creditors, policyholders, and the public require, the court may issue an order to liquidate in whatever terms it deems appropriate. The filing or recording of the order with the clerk of the court or the recorder of deeds of the county in which the principal business of the company is located or the county in which its principal office or place of business is located, is same notice as a deed, bill of sale, or other evidence of title duly filed or recorded with that recorder of deeds.

  4.  If a domiciliary liquidator is appointed in a reciprocal state while a liquidation is proceeding under this section, the liquidator under this section shall act as ancillary receiver under section 507C.53. If a domiciliary liquidator is appointed in a nonreciprocal state while a liquidation is proceeding under this section, the liquidator under this section may petition the court for permission to act as ancillary receiver under section 507C.53.

  5.  On the same grounds as are specified in subsection 1, the commissioner may petition an appropriate federal district court to be appointed receiver to liquidate that portion of the insurer’s assets and business over which the court will exercise jurisdiction, or any lesser part that the commissioner deems desirable for the protection of the policyholders and creditors in this state.

  6.  When the commissioner has liquidated the assets of a foreign or alien insurer under this section, the court may order the commissioner to pay claims of residents of this state against the insurer under rules as to the liquidation of insurers under this chapter as are otherwise compatible with this section.

84 Acts, ch 1175, §51