Sec. 45.55.980. - Applicability of the chapter; service of process. - Alaska Statutes

(a) Unless the persons are exempt elsewhere in this chapter, AS 45.55.010, 45.55.025, 45.55.027, 45.55.028, 45.55.030(a), 45.55.035, 45.55.070, 45.55.075, 45.55.170, and 45.55.930 apply to persons who sell or offer to sell when an offer to

(1) sell is made in this state; or

(2) buy is made and accepted in this state.

(b) Unless the persons are exempt elsewhere in this chapter, AS 45.55.010, 45.55.025, 45.55.027, 45.55.028, 45.55.030(a), 45.55.035, and 45.55.170 apply to persons who buy or offer to buy when an offer to

(1) buy is made in this state; or

(2) sell is made and accepted in this state.

(c) For the purpose of this section, an offer to sell or to buy is made in this state, whether or not either party is then present in this state, when the offer

(1) originates from this state;

(2) is directed by the offeror to this state and received at the place to which it is directed, or at a post office in this state in the case of a mailed offer;

(3) is for an interest or participation in an oil, gas, or mining right, title, or lease on land in the state, including submerged land, regardless of where the offer is made;

(4) is for an interest or participation in payments out of production under an oil, gas, or mining right, title, or lease on land in the state, including submerged land, regardless of where the offer is made; or

(5) is for an interest or participation in real property located in the state, or in a domestic corporation, a domestic limited liability company, a domestic limited partnership, or a domestic limited liability partnership; jurisdiction under this paragraph may be exercised only when the exercise is not inconsistent with the constitution of this state or of the United States.

(d) For the purpose of this section, an offer to buy or to sell is accepted in this state when acceptance is communicated to the offeror in this state and has not previously been communicated to the offeror, orally or in writing, outside this state. Acceptance is communicated to the offeror in this state, whether or not either party is then present in this state, when the offeree directs it to the offeror in this state reasonably believing the offeror to be in this state and it is received at the place to which it is directed, or at a post office in this state in the case of a mailed acceptance.

(e) An offer to sell or to buy is not made in this state when

(1) the publisher circulates or there is circulated on behalf of the publisher in this state a bona fide newspaper or other publication of general, regular, and paid circulation that is not published in this state, or that is published in this state but has had more than two-thirds of its circulation outside this state during the past 12 months; or

(2) a radio or television program originating outside this state is received in this state.

(f) AS 45.55.020 , 45.55.023, 45.55.030(c), 45.55.030(e), 45.55.040(h), and 45.55.170, so far as state investment advisers, federal covered advisers, and investment adviser representatives are concerned, apply when any act instrumental in effecting prohibited conduct is done in this state, regardless of whether either party is then present in this state.

(g) An applicant for registration under this chapter, an issuer that proposes to offer a security in this state through a person acting on an agency basis in the common law sense, and a person making a notice filing under this chapter shall file with the administrator, in the form that the administrator prescribes by regulation, an irrevocable consent appointing the administrator or a successor in office to be the applicant's or issuer's attorney to receive service of lawful process in a civil suit, an action, or a proceeding against the applicant or issuer or a successor executor or administrator that arises under this chapter or a regulation or order under this chapter after the consent has been filed with the same force and validity as if served personally on the person filing the consent. A person who has filed a consent in connection with a previous registration or notice filing need not file another. Service may be made by leaving a copy of the process in the office of the administrator, but it is not effective unless

(1) the plaintiff, who may be the administrator in a suit, action, or proceeding instituted by the administrator, immediately sends notice of the service and a copy of the process by registered mail to the defendant or respondent at the last address on file with the administrator; and

(2) the plaintiff's affidavit of mailing is filed in the case on or before the return day of the process, if any, or within the further time that the court allows.

(h) When a person, including a nonresident of this state, engages in conduct prohibited or made actionable by this chapter or a regulation or order under this chapter, and the person has not filed a consent to service of process under (g) of this section and personal jurisdiction over the person cannot otherwise be obtained in this state, that conduct is considered equivalent to the appointment of the administrator or a successor in office to be the person's attorney to receive service of process in a civil suit, action, or proceeding against the person or a successor executor or administrator which grows out of that conduct and which is brought under this chapter or a regulation or order under this chapter, with the same force and validity as if served on the person personally. Service may be made by leaving a copy of the process in the office of the administrator, but service is not effective unless

(1) the plaintiff, who may be the administrator in a suit, action, or proceeding instituted by the administrator, forthwith sends notice of the service and a copy of the process by registered mail to the defendant or respondent at the last known address of the defendant or respondent or takes other steps which are reasonably calculated to give actual notice; and

(2) the plaintiff's affidavit of compliance with this subsection is filed in the case on or before the return day of the process, if any, or within such further time as the court allows.

(i) When process is served under this section, the court, or the administrator in a proceeding before the administrator, shall order the continuance which is necessary to afford the defendant or respondent reasonable opportunity to defend.