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2019 Texas Statutes
Occupations Code
Title 10 - Occupations Related to Law Enforcement and Security
Chapter 1703 - Polygraph Examiners
Subchapter E. License Requirements
Section 1703.206. Nonresident Applicant for License

Universal Citation:
TX Occ Code § 1703.206 (2019)
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Sec. 1703.206. NONRESIDENT APPLICANT FOR LICENSE. (a) An applicant for the issuance or renewal of a polygraph examiner license who is not a resident of this state, in addition to meeting all other requirements for a license, must file with the department an irrevocable consent to have:

(1) an action against the applicant filed in a court of a county or municipality of this state in which:

(A) the plaintiff resides; or

(B) a part of the transaction out of which the alleged cause of action arose occurred; and

(2) process in the action served on the applicant by leaving two copies of the process with the department.

(b) The consent must stipulate that service of process in the manner described by Subsection (a)(2) is binding for all purposes.

(c) The department shall immediately send by registered or certified mail a copy of the process to the applicant at the address shown on department records.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by:

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 213 (S.B. 1005), Sec. 11, eff. May 27, 2009.

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