(a) Each nonresident applicant for an original license or a renewal license shall file with the board an irrevocable consent that actions against the applicant may be filed in any appropriate court of any county or municipality of this state in which the plaintiff resides or in which some part of the transaction occurred out of which the alleged cause of action arose and that process on any such action may be served on the applicant by leaving two copies thereof with the board. Such consent shall stipulate and agree that such service of process shall be taken and held to be valid and binding for all purposes. The board shall send forthwith one copy of the process to the applicant at the address shown on the records of the board by registered or certified mail.

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Terms Used In Alabama Code 34-25-23

  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) Nonresident applicants must satisfy the requirements of Section 34-25-21.