452.11 Nonresident applicants and licensees. - Wisconsin Statutes

452.11

452.11 Nonresident applicants and licensees.

452.11(1)

(1) A nonresident may become a broker, salesperson or time-share salesperson by conforming to all the provisions of this chapter.

452.11(3)

(3) Every nonresident applicant, and every resident licensee who becomes a nonresident, shall file with the department an irrevocable consent that actions may be commenced against the applicant or licensee in the proper court of any county of the state in which a cause of action arises or in which the plaintiff resides, by the service of any process or pleading authorized by the laws of this state on the department or any duly authorized employee. The consent shall stipulate and agree that such service is valid and binding as due service upon the applicant or licensee in all courts in this state. The consent shall be duly acknowledged and, if made by a corporation, shall be authenticated by the corporate seal.

452.11(4)

(4) Any process or pleading under this section shall be served in duplicate upon the department or its duly authorized employee. One copy shall be filed with the department and the other immediately forwarded by certified mail to the nonresident licensee against whom the process or pleading is directed at the last address provided to the department by the nonresident licensee. No default in any such proceeding or action may be taken unless it appears by affidavit of the secretary or any duly authorized employee that a copy of the process or pleading was mailed to the nonresident licensee as required in this subsection. No judgment by default may be taken in any action or proceeding within 20 days after the date of mailing the process or pleading to the nonresident licensee.

452.11 - ANNOT.

History: 1981 c. 94; 1983 a. 27; 1987 a. 399; 1991 a. 207.

452.11 - ANNOT.

Cross Reference: See also ch. RL 12, Wis. adm. code.