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.
1973 c 612 s 20; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 564 art 2 s 12
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 80B - 81A — Commercial Regulations
Section 80C.02 — Registration Requirement.
Section 80C.04 — Application For Registration.
Section 80C.05 — Registration Provisions.
Section 80C.06 — Public Offering Statement.
Section 80C.07 — Amendment Of Registration.
Section 80C.08 — Annual Report.
Section 80C.10 — Books, Records And Accounts.
Section 80C.11 — Opinions, Appraisals, And Reports.
Section 80C.12 — Denial, Suspension Or Revocation Of Registrations Or Exemptions.
Section 80C.13 — Prohibited Practices.
Section 80C.14 — Unfair Practices.
Section 80C.144 — Exempt Motor Fuel Franchises; Alternative Compliance.
Section 80C.145 — Motor Fuel Franchises; Right Of Survivorship.
Section 80C.146 — Elimination Of Service Bays Prohibited.
Section 80C.147 — Change In Ownership.
Section 80C.16 — Enforcement; Penalties And Remedies.
Section 80C.17 — Civil Liability.
Section 80C.18 — Administrative Pronouncements.
Section 80C.19 — Scope Of Sections 80c.01 To 80c.22.
Section 80C.20 — Service Of Process.