A. A nonresident licensee shall file with the commission an irrevocable consent that lawsuits and actions may be commenced against the associate broker or qualifying broker in the proper court of any county of New Mexico in which a cause of action may arise or in which the plaintiff may reside, by service on the commission of any process or pleadings authorized by the laws of New Mexico, the consent stipulating and agreeing that such service of process or pleadings on the commission is as valid and binding as if personal service had been made upon the associate broker or qualifying broker in New Mexico.
B. Service of process or pleadings shall be served in duplicate upon the commission; one shall be filed in the office of the commission and the other immediately forwarded by certified mail to the main office of the associate broker or qualifying broker against whom the process or pleadings are directed.
History: Laws 2014, ch. 27, § 4.
Effective dates. — Laws 2014, ch. 27 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 21, 2014, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses
Article 29 - Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen
Section 61-29-1 - Prohibition.
Section 61-29-1.1 - Recompiled.
Section 61-29-2 - Definitions and exceptions.
Section 61-29-3 - Criminal offender's character evaluation.
Section 61-29-4 - Creation of commission; powers and duties.
Section 61-29-4.3 - Regulation and licensing department; administratively attached.
Section 61-29-5 - Organization of commission.
Section 61-29-5.1 - Recompiled.
Section 61-29-6 - Meeting of the commission.
Section 61-29-7 - Reimbursement and expenses.
Section 61-29-8 - License fees; disposition.
Section 61-29-9 - Qualifications for license.
Section 61-29-10 - Application for license and examination.
Section 61-29-10.1 - Brokerage relationships; creation.
Section 61-29-10.2 - Licensee's duties; disclosure.
Section 61-29-10.3 - Repealed.
Section 61-29-11 - Issuance, renewal and surrender of licenses.
Section 61-29-12 - Refusal, suspension or revocation of license for causes enumerated.
Section 61-29-13 - Provision for hearing before suspension or revocation of license.
Section 61-29-15 - Maintenance of list of licensees.
Section 61-29-16 - Suit by qualifying or associate broker.
Section 61-29-16.1 - Foreign brokers; consent to service; referral fees.
Section 61-29-16.2 - Nonresident licensees; consent to service.
Section 61-29-17 - Penalty; injunctive relief.
Section 61-29-17.1 - Recompiled.
Section 61-29-17.2 - Unlicensed activity; civil penalty; administrative costs.
Section 61-29-18 - Interpretation of act.
Section 61-29-19.1 - Real estate education and training fund created; purpose; appropriation.
Section 61-29-20 - Short title.
Section 61-29-21 - Fund created.
Section 61-29-22 - Additional fees.
Section 61-29-24 - Commission; compromise.
Section 61-29-25 - Commission finding.
Section 61-29-26 - Insufficient funds.