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(a) Signed consent to service of process.
From September 1, 2004, through June 30, 2005, all persons applying for
registration or making a notice filing shall submit to the administrator a
signed consent to service of process. A consent appointing the administrator
the person's agent for service of process in a noncriminal action or
proceeding against the person, or the person's successor or personal
representative under this chapter or a rule adopted or an order issued under
this chapter after the consent is filed, has the same force and validity as if
the service were made personally on the person filing the consent. From July
1, 2005, and thereafter, registrants shall be required to submit a consent to
service of process only if there has been a material change.
(b) Conduct constituting appointment of agent for service. If a person,
including a nonresident of this state, engages in an act, practice, or course
of business prohibited or made actionable by this chapter or a rule adopted or
an order issued under this chapter and the person has not filed a consent to
service of process under subsection (a) of this section, the act, practice, or
course of business constitutes the appointment of the administrator as the
person's agent for service of process in a noncriminal action or proceeding
against the person or the person's successor or personal representative.
(c) Procedure for service of process. Service under subsection (a) or (b)
of this section may be made by providing a copy of the process to the office
of the administrator, but it is not effective unless:
(1) The plaintiff, which may be the administrator, promptly sends notice
of the service and a copy of the process, return receipt requested, to the
defendant or respondent at the address set forth in the consent to service
of process or, if a consent to service of process has not been filed, at
the last known address, or takes other reasonable steps to give notice;
and
(2) The plaintiff files an affidavit of compliance with this subsection
in the action or proceeding on or before the return day of the process, if
any, or within the time that the court, or the administrator in a
proceeding before the administrator, allows.
(d) Service in administrative proceedings or civil actions by
administrator. Service pursuant to subsection (c) of this section may be used
in a proceeding before the administrator or by the administrator in a civil
action in which the administrator is the moving party.
(e) Opportunity to defend. If process is served under subsection (c) of
this section, the court, or the administrator in a proceeding before the
administrator, shall order continuances as are necessary or appropriate to
afford the defendant or respondent reasonable opportunity to defend.

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