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The consent shall stipulate that such service of process or pleadings on the Director shall be taken and held in all courts to be as valid and binding as if due service has been made upon the applicant in the Commonwealth of Virginia.\n\nB\n\nAny process or pleading served upon the Director shall be filed by the Director in his office and a copy thereof immediately forwarded by registered mail to the main office of the licensee at the last known address.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1369708,"text":"Every nonresident applicant shall file with the Board an irrevocable consent that suits and actions may be commenced against such applicant in the proper court of any county or city of this Commonwealth in which a cause of action may arise or in which the plaintiff may reside, by the service of any process or pleading authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth on the Director of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. 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This law was first created in 1990. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 459 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1993, chapter 499.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1466883,"object_type":"law","relational_id":368011,"identifier":"54.1-2019","token":"54.1\/II\/20.1\/54.1-2019","url":"\/54.1-2019\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2019\/","token":"54.1\/II\/20.1\/54.1-2019","dublin_core":{"Title":"Consent to suits and service of process of nonresidents; manner of service","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2019","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Every nonresident applicant shall file with the Board<\/span> an irrevocable consent that suits and actions may be commenced against such applicant in the proper court<\/span> of any county or city of this Commonwealth in which a cause of action<\/span> may arise or in which the plaintiff<\/span> may reside, by the service of any process or pleading authorized by the laws<\/span> of this Commonwealth on the Director<\/span> of the Department<\/span> of Professional and Occupational Regulation<\/span>. The consent shall stipulate that such service of process<\/span> or pleadings<\/span> on the Director<\/span> shall be taken and held in all courts<\/span> to be as valid and binding as if due service has been made upon the applicant in the Commonwealth of Virginia. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any process or pleading served upon the Director<\/span> shall be filed by the Director<\/span> in his office and a copy thereof immediately forwarded by registered mail to the main office of the licensee at the last known address. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONSENT TO SUITS AND SERVICE OF PROCESS OF NONRESIDENTS; MANNER OF SERVICE (\u00a7\n54.1-2019)\n\nA. Every nonresident applicant shall file with the Board an irrevocable consent\nthat suits and actions may be commenced against such applicant in the proper\ncourt of any county or city of this Commonwealth in which a cause of action may\narise or in which the plaintiff may reside, by the service of any process or\npleading authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth on the Director of the\nDepartment of Professional and Occupational Regulation. The consent shall\nstipulate that such service of process or pleadings on the Director shall be\ntaken and held in all courts to be as valid and binding as if due service has\nbeen made upon the applicant in the Commonwealth of Virginia.\n\nB. Any process or pleading served upon the Director shall be filed by the\nDirector in his office and a copy thereof immediately forwarded by registered\nmail to the main office of the licensee at the last known address.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 459; 1993, c. 499.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}