Tennessee § 56-25-605 - Admission of foreign or alien society.
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§ 56-25-605. Admission of foreign or alien society.
No foreign or alien society shall transact business in this state without a license issued by the commissioner. Any such society desiring admission to this state shall comply substantially with the requirements and limitations of this chapter applicable to domestic societies. Any such society may be licensed to transact business in this state after first having shown to the satisfaction of the commissioner that it has maintained an active bona fide lodge for a period of not less than three (3) years and: Upon filing with the commissioner: A duly certified copy of its articles of incorporation; A copy of its bylaws, certified by its secretary or corresponding officer; A power of attorney to the commissioner as prescribed in § 56-25-701; A statement of its business under oath of its president and secretary or corresponding officers in a form prescribed by the commissioner, duly verified by an examination made by the supervising insurance official of its home state or other state, territory, province or country, satisfactory to the commissioner; Certification from the proper officials of its home state, territory, province or country that the society is legally incorporated and licensed to transact business there; Copies of its certificate forms; and Other information the commissioner may deem necessary; and Upon a showing that its assets are invested in accordance with this chapter. Acts 1990, ch. 703, § 1; T.C.A. § 56-25-1605 . Code Commission Notes. This section was renumbered from § 56-25-1605 to § 56-25-605 by authority of the Code Commission in 2016. Compiler's Notes. Section 56-25-1701 referenced in (b)(1)(C) section was renumbered as 56-25-701 by the authority of the code commission in 2016.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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