Section 51A.48 Right to Declaratory Judgment

51A.48 RIGHT TO DECLARATORY JUDGMENT.

At any time after any controversy has arisen between the commissioner and an association with respect to any question of law or rule or with respect to any question involving immeasurable or irreparable damage to the association, and prior to an administrative or judicial hearing, the association or the commissioner may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the home office of the association is located for a declaratory judgment as to such question, and such court shall have and shall take jurisdiction and decide the controversy on its merits in accordance with the weight of the evidence, and such court shall have full power to enforce its orders.

History:

1969 c 490 s 48; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1988 c 666 s 69; 1996 c 414 art 1 s 44; 1997 c 157 s 67; 1998 c 260 s 1