33-39-115. Nonresident permit.

(a) Prior to being issued a permit, every nonresident permittee shall file with the board a designation in writing which appoints the director of the board to act as his licensed agent upon whom all judicial and other process or legal notices directed to the permittee may be served. Service upon the agent so designated shall be equivalent to personal service upon the permittee. Copies of the appointment, certified by the director of the board, shall be received in evidence in any proceeding and shall be given the same force and effect as the original. In the written designation the permittee shall agree that any lawful process against the permittee which is served upon his appointed agent shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served upon the permittee, and that the authority of the agent shall continue in force so long as any liability of the permittee remains outstanding in this state. Upon the receipt of any process or notice, the director shall mail a copy of the same by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known business address of the permittee.

(b) No permit shall be issued to a nonresident until he has agreed in writing to abide by all the provisions of this act with respect to his certified real estate appraisal activities within this state and to submit to the jurisdiction of the board and this state as provided in subsection (a) of this section. The agreement shall be filed with the board and shall remain in force for so long as the nonresident holds a permit issued by this state and thereafter with respect to acts or omissions committed while holding a permit in this state as a nonresident permittee.

(c) A nonresident of this state who has complied with the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section may obtain a permit to practice as a certified real estate appraiser by conforming to all of the provisions of this act relating to certified real estate appraisers.