Section 8-505 - Service of process. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8-505. Service of process.
 

(a)  Appointment of Commissioner as attorney.-  

(1) On the form that the Commissioner provides, each nonresident applicant for a license must appoint the Commissioner as attorney for service of process issued against the applicant in the State. 

(2) The appointment: 

(i) is irrevocable; 

(ii) binds the applicant and any successor in interest; and 

(iii) remains in effect as long as there is in force in the State a contract made by the applicant or an obligation arising from a contract made by the applicant. 

(b)  Resident agent for service.-  

(1) Each nonresident applicant for a license shall provide the Commissioner with the name and address of a resident of the State on whom notice and orders of the Commissioner and process issued against the applicant may be served. 

(2) (i) A nonresident licensee promptly shall notify the Commissioner of a change in its designated agent for service. 

(ii) A change is not effective until acknowledged by the Commissioner. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 48A, § 717; 1995, ch. 36.]