Section 73-29-17 - Nonresident applicants; qualifications; requirements as to service of process(a) Each nonresident applicant for an original license or a renewal license shall file with the board an irrevocable consent that actions against said 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 (2) copies thereof with the secretary. 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 secretary of the board shall send forthwith one (1) copy of the process to the applicant at the address shown on the records of the board by registered or certified mail.(b) Nonresident applicants must satisfy the requirements of Section 73-29-13, and furnish also a recent photograph and fingerprints.Codes, 1942, § 8920-70; Laws, 1968, ch. 380, § 10; reenacted, Laws, 1980, ch. 500, § 9; reenacted, Laws, 1993, ch. 351, § 9, eff. 3/12/1993.