Colorado § 10-3-504 - Jurisdiction - venue.

§ 10-3-504. Jurisdiction - venue.

(1) No delinquency proceeding shall be commenced under this part 5 by anyone other than the commissioner, and no court shall have jurisdiction to entertain, hear, or determine any proceeding commenced by any other person.

(2) The district court in and for the city and county of Denver shall have jurisdiction to entertain, hear, or determine any complaint praying for the dissolution, liquidation, rehabilitation, sequestration, conservation, or receivership of any insurer, or praying for an injunction or restraining order or other relief preliminary to, incidental to, or relating to such proceedings other than in accordance with this part 5.

(3) In addition to other grounds for jurisdiction provided by law, the district court in and for the city and county of Denver has jurisdiction over a person served pursuant to the rules of civil procedure or other applicable provisions of law in an action brought by the receiver of a domestic insurer or an alien insurer domiciled in this state if:

(a) The person served is an agent, broker, or other person who has at any time written policies of insurance for or has acted in any manner whatsoever on behalf of an insurer against which a delinquency proceeding has been instituted in any action resulting from or incident to such a relationship with the insurer; or

(b) The person served is a reinsurer who has at any time entered into a contract of reinsurance with an insurer against which a delinquency proceeding has been instituted, or is an agent or broker of or for the reinsurer, in any action on or incident to the reinsurance contract; or

(c) The person served is or has been an officer, director, manager, trustee, organizer, promoter, or other person in a position of comparable authority or influence over an insurer against which a delinquency proceeding has been instituted, in any action resulting from or incident to such a relationship with the insurer; or

(d) The person served is or was at the time of the institution of the delinquency proceeding against the insurer holding assets in which the receiver claims an interest on behalf of the insurer, in any action concerning such assets; or

(e) The person served is obligated to the insurer in any way whatsoever, in any action on or incident to the obligation.

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

(5) All actions authorized pursuant to this part 5 shall be brought in the district court in and for the city and county of Denver.

Source: L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 1432, § 14, effective July 1.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 10-3-503 as it existed prior to 1992.

ANNOTATION

Trial court properly denied motion for change of venue since subsection (5) specifically requires that all actions authorized under this act be brought in Denver district court; subsection (5), not C.R.C.P. 98(b)(2), governs the action. Herstam v. Bd. of Dirs., 895 P.2d 1131 (Colo. App. 1995).