§ 17-39-204 - Nonresident applicants.
17-39-204. Nonresident applicants.
(a) Each nonresident applicant for an original license or a renewal license shall file with the Arkansas Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies an irrevocable consent that:
(1) Actions against the applicant may be filed in any appropriate court of any county or municipality of this state in which the plaintiff resides or in which some part of the transaction occurred out of which the alleged cause of action arose; and
(2) Process on the action may be served on the applicant by leaving two (2) copies thereof with the Secretary of the Arkansas Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies.
(b) The consent shall stipulate and agree that the service of process shall be taken and held to be valid and binding for all purposes.
(c) The secretary shall immediately send one (1) copy of the process to the applicant at the address shown on the records of the board by registered or certified mail.
(d) Nonresident applicants must satisfy the requirements of 17-39-202.