Tennessee § 56-20-101 - Documents filed with commissioner.
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§ 56-20-101. Documents filed with commissioner.
Every mutual or assessment fire insurance company shall file with the commissioner of commerce and insurance a properly certified copy of its charter or articles of incorporation, together with a sworn statement of three (3) of the incorporators that bona fide agreements have been entered into for the insurance of property of an amount not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), and of the nature and class stated in this chapter. Acts 1895, ch. 220, § 2; Shan., § 3355; Code 1932, § 6237; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 137, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 56-1901. Cross-References. Premium tax, § 56-4-205 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 15 Tenn. Juris., Insurance, § 111.
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