No application or proceeding for a receivership of any domestic insurance company shall be made in any court in this state by any person, nor shall any court receive or entertain any such application or proceeding, unless and until such application is approved by the commissioner, and then such application shall be made only by the attorney general of the state. The commissioner shall not give said approval until after the examination and hearing by the commissioner and the attorney general, which shall not be made public, at which the company affected shall be given ample opportunity to submit the facts as to its condition. Any person who violates any provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than one month nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Source: L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 1433, § 14, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 10-3-503 as it existed prior to 1992.