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Subchapter
006
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ADMINISTRATION AND JUDICIAL REVIEW
(Cite as: 9 V.S.A. § 5611)
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§ 5611. Service of process
(a) A consent to service of process complying with this section required by this chapter
must be signed and filed in the form required by a rule or order under this chapter.
A consent appointing the Commissioner the person’s agent for service of process in
a noncriminal action or proceeding against the person, or the person’s successor or
personal representative under this chapter, or a rule adopted or order issued under
this chapter after the consent is filed, has the same force and validity as if the
service were made personally on the person filing the consent. A person that has filed
a consent complying with this subsection in connection with a previous application
for registration or notice filing need not file an additional consent.
(b) If a person, including a nonresident of this State, engages in an act, practice, or
course of business prohibited or made actionable by this chapter or a rule adopted
or order issued under this chapter and the person has not filed a consent to service
of process under subsection (a) of this section, the act, practice, or course of business
constitutes the appointment of the Commissioner as the person’s agent for service
of process in a noncriminal action or proceeding against the person or the person’s
successor or personal representative.
(c) Service under subsection (a) or (b) of this section may be made by providing a copy
of the process to the office of the Commissioner, but it is not effective unless:
(1) the plaintiff, which may be the Commissioner, promptly sends notice of the service
and a copy of the process, return receipt requested, to the defendant or respondent
at the address set forth in the consent to service of process or, if a consent to
service of process has not been filed, at the last known address or takes other reasonable
steps to give notice; and
(2) the plaintiff files an affidavit of compliance with this subsection in the action
or proceeding on or before the return day of the process, if any, or within the time
that the court or the Commissioner in a proceeding before the Commissioner allows.
(d) Service pursuant to subsection (c) of this section may be used in a proceeding before
the Commissioner or by the Commissioner in a civil action in which the Commissioner
is the moving party.
(e) If process is served under subsection (c) of this section, the court or the Commissioner
in a proceeding before the Commissioner shall order continuances as are necessary
or appropriate to afford the defendant or respondent reasonable opportunity to defend. (Added 2005, No. 11, § 1, eff. July 1, 2006.)