Utah Code § 31A-15-107

Defense of action by unauthorized person
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(1) Except under Subsection (3), no pleading, notice, order, or process in any action in court or
in any administrative proceeding before the commissioner instituted against an unauthorized
person under Sections 31A-2-309 and 31A-2-310 may be filed by or on behalf of the
unauthorized person unless one of the following conditions exists:
(a) The unauthorized person deposits with the clerk of the court in which the action or proceeding
is pending, or with the commissioner in administrative proceedings, cash, securities, or a
bond with sureties in an amount fixed by the court or the commissioner, sufficient to secure
the payment or performance of any probable final judgment or order.
(b) That person procures proper authorization to do an insurance business in Utah.
(c) The commissioner, after a hearing, issues an order stating that the commissioner is satisfied
the person has funds or securities, in a state of the United States, in trust or otherwise, which
are readily available and adequate to satisfy any probable final judgment or to perform in
accordance with any order.
(2) The court in any action or proceeding under this section, or the commissioner in any
administrative proceeding under this section, may order any postponement the commissioner
considers necessary to give the unauthorized person a reasonable opportunity to comply with
Subsection (1).
(3) Subsection (1) does not prevent an unauthorized person from filing a motion to quash a writ or
to set aside service on the ground that the person has not done any of the acts specified under
Subsection 31A-15-102(2).

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