394.580 - Jurisdiction; service of process. - Nevada Statutes

394.580  Jurisdiction; service of process.

      1.  Any person, private school or postsecondary educational institution, whether or not a resident of or having a place of business in this state, that instructs or educates, or offers to instruct or educate, enrolls or offers to enroll, contracts or offers to contract, to provide education, educational services or educational credentials in this state, whether provided in person or by correspondence, to a resident of this state or a resident of another state if provided by a person in this state, thereby submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state, concerning any cause of action arising from violation of any section of this chapter. If the institution is a natural person, he or she thereby submits himself or herself or his or her personal representative to such jurisdiction.

      2.  Service of process upon any institution subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state may be made by personally serving the summons upon the defendant within or outside this state, in the manner prescribed by the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure, with the same effect as if the summons had been personally served within this state.

      3.  This section does not limit the right to serve any process as prescribed by the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure.

      (Added to NRS by 1975, 1516; A 1979, 1636; 1985, 1001; 1989, 1467)