Section 35.372. Nonresident requirements

(a) A nonresident applicant shall also file an irrevocable consent that suits and actions may be commenced against the applicant in the proper court of a county of this Commonwealth in which a cause of action may arise, or in which plaintiff may reside, by the service of a process or pleadings authorized by the laws of the Commonwealth on the Commission in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The consent shall stipulate and agree that the service of process or pleadings on the Commission shall be taken and held in all courts to be as valid and binding as if service had been made upon the applicant personally within this Commonwealth.

(b) If process or pleadings are served upon the Commission, they shall be by duplicate copy, one of which shall be filed in the office of the Commission and the other immediately forwarded by certified mail to the main office of the applicant against which the process or pleadings are directed.

The provisions of this § 35.372 adopted February 24, 1989, effective February 25, 1989, 19 Pa.B. 781.

Notation

Authority

The provisions of this § 35.372 issued under the Real Estate Licensing and Registration Act (63 P. S. § § 455.101—455.902).

Cross References

This section cited in 49 Pa. Code § 35.375 (relating to affidavit of consent to service of jurisdiction).