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     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.  

    HIST: 1973 c 612 s 20; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 564 art 2 s 12 

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