RCW 21.20.330
Consent to service of process—Service, how made.
Every applicant for registration as a broker-dealer, investment adviser, investment adviser representative, or salesperson under this chapter, every issuer that files an application to register or files a claim of exemption from registration to offer a security in this state through any person acting on an agency basis in the common law sense, and every person filing pursuant to RCW 21.20.050 or 21.20.327 shall file with the director or with such person as the director may by rule or order designate, in such form as the director by rule prescribes, an irrevocable consent appointing the director or the director's successor in office to be the attorney of the applicant to receive service of any lawful process in any noncriminal suit, action, or proceeding against the applicant or the applicant's successor, executor or administrator which arises under this chapter 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 the consent. A person who has filed such a consent in connection with a previous registration, or notice filing pursuant to RCW 21.20.050 or 21.20.327, 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 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 mail to the defendant or respondent at the last address of the respondent or defendant 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 time as the court allows.
[ 1998 c 15 § 15; 1994 c 256 § 19; 1979 ex.s. c 68 § 23; 1975 1st ex.s. c 84 § 19; 1959 c 282 § 33.]
NOTES:
Findings—Construction—1994 c 256: See RCW 43.320.007.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 21 - Securities and Investments
Chapter 21.20 - Securities Act of Washington.
21.20.010 - Unlawful offers, sales, purchases.
21.20.020 - Unlawful acts of person advising another.
21.20.030 - Unlawful acts of investment adviser.
21.20.035 - Unlawful purchases or sales for customer's account.
21.20.037 - Variable contracts—Registration required—Rules.
21.20.040 - Registration and notification required—Exemptions.
21.20.050 - Application for registration—Filing of documents—Consent to service of process—Fee.
21.20.060 - Contents of application for registration—Capital requirements.
21.20.070 - When registration effective—Requirements determined by rule.
21.20.090 - Renewal of registration—Financial reports—Application for a successor.
21.20.130 - Cancellation of registration or application—Grounds.
21.20.135 - License as salesperson or broker-dealer prerequisite to suit for commission.
21.20.140 - Unlawful to offer or sell unregistered securities—Exceptions.
21.20.180 - Registration by coordination—Requirements—Statement, contents.
21.20.210 - Registration by qualification—Statements—Requirements—Audits.
21.20.220 - Information not required when nonissuer distribution.
21.20.230 - Time of taking effect of registration statement by qualification—Conditions.
21.20.240 - Registration statements—Generally.
21.20.250 - Registration by qualification or coordination—Escrow—Impounding proceeds.
21.20.260 - Registration by coordination or qualification—Offer and sale—Duration of effectiveness.
21.20.270 - Reports by filer of statement—Annual financial statements.
21.20.275 - Pending registration—Notice of termination—Application for continuation.
21.20.280 - Stop orders—Grounds.
21.20.290 - Stop order prohibited if facts known on effective date of statement.
21.20.300 - Notification of entry of stop order—Hearing—Findings, conclusions, modification, etc.
21.20.310 - Securities exempt from registration.
21.20.320 - Exempt transactions.
21.20.325 - Denial, revocation, condition, of exemptions—Authority—Procedure.
21.20.327 - Required filings—Consent to service—Failure to comply—Rules—Fees.
21.20.330 - Consent to service of process—Service, how made.
21.20.350 - False or misleading statements in filed documents.
21.20.377 - Subpoena authority—Application—Contents—Notice—Fees.
21.20.380 - Oaths—Subpoenas—Assisting another state—Compelling obedience—Punishment.
21.20.395 - Administrative action—Hearing—Judicial review—Judgment.
21.20.400 - Penalty for violation of chapter—Limitation of actions.
21.20.420 - Criminal punishment, chapter not exclusive.
21.20.430 - Civil liabilities—Survival, limitation of actions—Waiver of chapter void—Scienter.
21.20.435 - Assurance of discontinuance of violations—Acceptance—Filing.
21.20.440 - Judicial review of order—Modification of order by director on additional evidence.
21.20.460 - Administrator of securities—Appointment, qualifications, term, etc.
21.20.470 - Compensation, travel expenses of administrator and employees.
21.20.480 - Unlawful use or disclosure of filed information.
21.20.490 - No liability under chapter for act in good faith.
21.20.500 - Administrative hearings public—Exception.
21.20.510 - Document filed when received—Register—Inspection of register, information, etc.
21.20.520 - Copies of entries, documents to be furnished—Copies as prima facie evidence.
21.20.530 - Interpretative opinions by director.
21.20.540 - Exemptions, exceptions, and preemptions—Burden of proof.
21.20.700 - Investigations and examinations—Additional authority—Scope.
21.20.702 - Suitability of recommendation—Reasonable grounds required.
21.20.810 - Application of chapter not limited.
21.20.855 - Examination reports and information—Exempt from public disclosure—Use in civil actions.
21.20.860 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
21.20.880 - Small securities offerings—Exemptions—Annual reports—Disqualification provisions—Rules.
21.20.900 - Construction to secure uniformity.
21.20.910 - Saving—Civil, criminal proceedings.
21.20.915 - Saving—Prior effective registrations.
21.20.920 - Application of prior law.
21.20.925 - Judicial review of prior administrative orders.
21.20.930 - Solicitation permits under insurance laws not limited.