2007 Minnesota Statutes

557.01 NONRESIDENT, AGENT TO ACCEPT SERVICE.
Any nonresident person or corporation owning or claiming any interest or lien in or upon
lands in the state may file with the secretary of state a writing, executed and acknowledged in the
manner of a conveyance, appointing a resident agent, whose place of residence shall be stated,
to accept service of process or summons in any action or proceeding in the courts of the state
concerning such interest or lien, except actions or proceedings for the collection of taxes, and
consenting that service of such process or summons upon such agent shall be binding upon
the person executing the same. Such writing shall be recorded by the secretary. No service by
publication of summons shall be made upon any such nonresident who has complied with the
provisions hereof, but in all such cases service of such process or summons, or of any writ or
notice in the action or proceedings, shall be made upon such agent in the manner provided by law
for such service upon residents of the state, and have the same effect as personal service within
the state upon such owner or claimant; but, if such party appears by attorneys therein, the service
of papers shall thereafter be upon such attorney. The authority of such agent may be revoked by
writing similarly executed and acknowledged and recorded, but no revocation shall affect any
action or proceeding then pending. For filing and recording such papers the secretary shall be
entitled to 15 cents for each folio.
History: (9520) RL s 4387