§ 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.