§ 17-4-611 — Service of process

(a) A consent to service of process complying with W.S.
17-4-611 required by this act must be signed and filed in the
form required by a rule or order under this act. A consent
appointing the secretary of state the person's agent for service
of process in a noncriminal action or proceeding against the
person, or the person's successor or personal representative
under this act or a rule adopted or order issued under this act
after the consent is filed, has the same force and validity as
if the service were made personally on the person filing the
consent. A person that has filed a consent complying with this
subsection in connection with a previous application for
registration or notice filing need not file an additional
consent.
(b) If a person, including a nonresident of this state,
engages in an act, practice, or course of business prohibited or
made actionable by this act or a rule adopted or order issued
under this act and the person has not filed a consent to service
of process under subsection (a) of this section, the act,
practice, or course of business constitutes the appointment of
the secretary of state as the person's agent for service of
process in a noncriminal action or proceeding against the person
or the person's successor or personal representative.
(c) Service under subsection (a) or (b) of this section
may be made by providing a copy of the process to the office of
the secretary of state, but it is not effective unless:
(i) The plaintiff, which may be the secretary of
state, promptly sends notice of the service and a copy of the
process, return receipt requested, to the defendant or
respondent at the address set forth in the consent to service of
process or, if a consent to service of process has not been
filed, at the last known address, or takes other reasonable
steps to give notice; and
(ii) The plaintiff files an affidavit of compliance
with this subsection in the action or proceeding on or before
the return day of the process, if any, or within the time that
the court, or the secretary of state in a proceeding before the
secretary of state, allows.
(d) Service pursuant to subsection (c) of this section may
be used in a proceeding before the secretary of state or by the
secretary of state in a civil action in which the secretary of
state is the moving party.
(e) If process is served under subsection (c) of this
section, the court, or the secretary of state in a proceeding
before the secretary of state, shall order continuances as are
necessary or appropriate to afford the defendant or respondent
reasonable opportunity to defend.