When any person engages in conduct prohibited by this chapter, whether or not he has filed a consent to service of process under section 24 and personal jurisdiction over him cannot otherwise be obtained in this state, that conduct shall be considered equivalent to his appointment of the secretary of state or his successor in office to be his attorney to receive service of any lawful process in any civil action or proceeding against him or his successor or personal representative which grows out of that conduct and which is brought under this chapter, with the same force and validity as if served on him personally. Service shall be made in accordance with the Indiana Rules of Civil Procedure.
IC 23-2-2.5-38