Section 82A.22 Service of Process
82A.22 SERVICE OF PROCESS.
Subdivision 1.Consent to service.
Every membership camping operator or broker, on whose behalf an application for registration or exemption is filed, shall file with the commissioner, in such form as the commissioner may prescribe, an irrevocable consent appointing the commissioner and the commissioner's successors in office to be the membership camping operator's or broker's attorney to receive service of any lawful process in any noncriminal suit, action, or proceeding against the membership camping operator or broker or a successor, executor, or administrator which arises under this chapter or any rule or order thereunder after the consent has been filed, with the same force and validity as if served personally on the membership camping operator or the operator's successor, executor, or administrator. Service under this section shall be made in compliance with section 45.028, subdivision 2.
Subd. 2.Appointment of commissioner.
When any person, including any nonresident of this state, engages in conduct prohibited or made actionable by this chapter, or any rule or order thereunder, and the person has not filed a consent to service of process under subdivision 1 and personal jurisdiction over this person cannot otherwise be obtained in this state, that conduct shall be considered equivalent to the person's appointment of the commissioner or the commissioner's successor to be the person's attorney to receive service of any lawful process in any noncriminal suit, action, or proceeding against the person which grows out of that conduct and which is brought under this chapter or any rule or order thereunder, with the same force and validity as if served on the person personally. Service under this section shall be made in compliance with section 45.028, subdivision 2.
Subd. 3.Continuances.
When process is served under this section, the court or the commissioner in a proceeding before the commissioner shall order such continuance as may be necessary to afford the defendant or respondent reasonable opportunity to defend.
History:
1985 c 129 s 22; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 564 art 2 s 14,15