683A.281 - Nonresident licensees: Service of process; agreement to appear. - Nevada Statutes

683A.281  Nonresident licensees: Service of process; agreement to appear.

      1.  Every nonresident licensed by this state as a producer of insurance shall appoint the Commissioner in writing as his or her attorney upon whom may be served all legal process issued in connection with any action or proceeding brought or pending in this state against or involving the licensee and relating to transactions under his or her Nevada license. The appointment is irrevocable and continues in force for so long as any such action or proceeding may arise or exist. Duplicate copies of process must be served upon the Commissioner or other person in apparent charge of the Division during the Commissioner’s absence, accompanied by payment of the fee for service of process. Upon such service the Commissioner shall promptly forward a copy of the process by certified mail with return receipt requested to the nonresident licensee at his or her business address last of record with the Division. Process served and the copy thereof forwarded as provided in this subsection constitutes for all purposes personal service thereof upon the licensee.

      2.  Every such licensee shall likewise file with the Commissioner his or her written agreement to appear before the Commissioner pursuant to notice of hearing, show cause order or subpoena issued by the Commissioner and deposited, postage paid, by certified mail with the United States Postal Service, addressed to the licensee at his or her address last of record in the Division, and that upon failure of the licensee so to appear the licensee thereby consents to any subsequent suspension, revocation or refusal of the Commissioner to continue the licensee’s license.

      (Added to NRS by 1971, 1651; A 1987, 735; 1991, 1625; 1993, 1914; 2001, 2206)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 683A.350)