RCW 19.100.160
Application of chapter—Jurisdiction—Service of process—Consent.
Any person who is engaged or hereafter engaged directly or indirectly in the sale or offer to sell a franchise or a subfranchise or in business dealings concerning a franchise, either in person or in any other form of communication, shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter, shall be amenable to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state and shall be amenable to the service of process under RCW 4.28.180, 4.28.185, and 19.86.160. Every applicant for registration of a franchise under this law (by other than a Washington corporation) shall file with the director in such form as he or she by rule prescribed, an irrevocable consent appointing the director or his or her successor in office to be his or her attorney, to receive service or any lawful process in any noncriminal suit, action, or proceeding against him or her or his or her successors, executor, or administrator which arises under this law or any rule or order hereunder after the consent has been filed, with the same force and validity as if served personally on the person filing consent. A person who has filed such a consent in connection with a previous registration under this law need not file another. Service may be made by leaving a copy of the process in the office of the director but it is not as effective unless:
(1) The plaintiff, who may be the director, in a suit, action, or proceeding instituted by him or her forthwith sends notice of the service and a copy of the process by registered or certified mail to the defendant or respondent at his or her last address on file with the director; and
(2) The plaintiff's affidavit of compliance with this section is filed in the case on or before the return day of the process, if any, or within such further times the court allows.
[ 2011 c 336 § 561; 1991 c 226 § 9; 1971 ex.s. c 252 § 16.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous
Chapter 19.100 - Franchise Investment Protection.
19.100.030 - Exemptions from registration requirements.
19.100.040 - Application for registration—Contents—Filing.
19.100.060 - Registration statement—Effective, when.
19.100.070 - Registration—Claim of exemption filing—Duration—Renewal—Supplemental report.
19.100.080 - Unlawful acts—Sale of franchise—Terms of franchise agreement.
19.100.090 - Filings, registration, or finding of director—Construction.
19.100.100 - Advertisements—Copy to be filed.
19.100.110 - Advertisements—False or misleading—Notice—Procedure.
19.100.120 - Registration statement—Stop order—Grounds.
19.100.130 - Registration statement—Stop order—Notice—Hearing—Modification or vacation of order.
19.100.140 - Registration of franchise brokers required.
19.100.150 - Records and accounts—Reports.
19.100.160 - Application of chapter—Jurisdiction—Service of process—Consent.
19.100.180 - Relation between franchisor and franchisee—Rights and prohibitions.
19.100.184 - Terms and conditions from negotiations initiated by franchisee.
19.100.190 - Unfair or deceptive acts—Suits for damages—Violations of other acts, use in evidence.
19.100.200 - Pendency of other proceedings tolls limitation of action.
19.100.230 - Referral of evidence to attorney general or prosecuting attorney.
19.100.242 - Investigations by director.
19.100.243 - Subpoena authority—Application—Contents—Notice—Fees.
19.100.245 - Investigatory powers—Proceedings for contempt.
19.100.248 - Cease and desist orders.
19.100.250 - Powers of director as to rules, forms, orders and defining terms—Interpretive opinions.
19.100.252 - Denial, suspension, or revocation of franchise broker by director.
19.100.255 - Denial, suspension, or revocation of exemption by director.
19.100.260 - Applicability of administrative procedure act.
19.100.270 - Administrator of securities.
19.100.900 - Chapter applicable to existing and future franchises and contracts.
19.100.910 - Chapter cumulative and nonexclusive.