American Samoa § 29.0412 - Defense of action by unauthorized insurer.

§ 29.0412. Defense of action by unauthorized insurer.

(a) Before any unauthorized insurer may file or cause to be filed any pleading in any action, suit or proceeding instituted against it, such unauthorized insurer shall either: (1) file with the clerk of the High Court a bond with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the court, in an amount to be fixed by the court sufficient to secure the payment of any final judgment which may be rendered in such action; or (2) procure a certificate of authority to transact the business of insurance in this Territory. (b) The court in any action, suit, or proceeding, in which service is made in the manner pro-vided in 29.0408 or 29.0409, may order such postponement as may be necessary to afford the defendant reasonable opportunity to comply with the provisions of subsection (a) and to defend such action. (c) Nothing in subsection (a) is to be construed to prevent an unauthorized insurer from filing a motion to quash a writ or to set aside service thereof made in the manner provided in 29.0408 or 29.0409 on the ground either: (1) that no policy or contract of insurance has been issued or delivered to a citizen or resident of this Territory or to a corporation authorized to do business therein; or (2) that such insurer has not been transacting business in this Territory; or (3) that the person on whom service was made pursuant to 29.0409 was not doing any or the acts therein enumerated.