2007 Minnesota Statutes

80C.20 SERVICE OF PROCESS.
Every applicant for registration under sections 80C.01 to 80C.22 and every franchisor on
whose behalf an application for registration is filed, except applicants and franchisors which are
Minnesota corporations, shall file with the commissioner, in such form as the commissioner
may prescribe, an irrevocable consent appointing the commissioner and successors in office to
be the applicant's or franchisor's attorney to receive service of any lawful process in any civil
action against the applicant or franchisor or a successor, executor or administrator, which arises
under sections 80C.01 to 80C.22 or any rule or order thereunder after the consent has been
filed, with the same force and validity as if served personally on the applicant or franchisor or
a successor, executor or administrator. Service under this section shall be made in compliance
with section 45.028, subdivision 2.
When any person, including any nonresident of this state and any foreign corporation,
engages in conduct prohibited or made actionable by sections 80C.01 to 80C.22, whether or
not the person has filed a consent to service of process, and personal jurisdiction over the
person cannot otherwise be obtained in this state, that conduct shall be considered equivalent
to appointment of the commissioner and successors in office to be the person's agent to
receive service of any lawful process in any suit against the person or a successor, executor or
administrator which grows out of that conduct and which is brought under sections 80C.01 to
80C.22, with the same force and validity as if served personally. Service under this section shall
be made in compliance with section 45.028, subdivision 2.
History: 1973 c 612 s 20; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 564 art 2 s 12