Nevada Revised Statutes 696A.180 – Commissioner required to be appointed attorney upon whom process may be served
1. Every motor club desiring to transact business in this state shall file with the Commissioner a duly executed instrument whereby the motor club shall appoint and constitute the Commissioner and his or her successor or successors in office the true and lawful attorney of such motor club upon whom all lawful process in any action or legal proceeding against it on a contract issued or cause of action arising in this state may be served, and shall agree that any such lawful process against it which may be served upon its attorney as provided in this section shall be of the same force and validity as if served upon the motor club and that the authority thereof shall continue in force irrevocably so long as any liability of the motor club in the State remains outstanding. The fee for filing such power of attorney shall be $5.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 696A.180
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
2. Process authorized by such instrument or by any similar instrument executed prior to January 1, 1972, shall be served in the manner and under the conditions provided in NRS 680A.260.