Nev. Rev. Stat. § 370.680 — Nonresident or foreign nonparticipating manufacturers and wholesale dealers: Agent for service of process

NRS  370.680    Nonresident or foreign nonparticipating manufacturers and
wholesale dealers: Agent for service of process.
1.  Any nonresident or foreign nonparticipating
manufacturer or wholesale dealer that has not registered to do business in the
State as a foreign corporation or other business entity must, as a condition
precedent:
(a) For a nonparticipating manufacturer, to
having its brand families included or retained in the directory; or
(b) For a wholesale dealer, to selling cigarettes
in this State,
Ê appoint and
continually engage without interruption the services of an agent in this State
to act as its agent for the service of process on whom all process, in any
action or proceeding against it concerning or arising out of the enforcement of
this chapter or chapter 370A of NRS, may be
served in any manner authorized by law.
2.  Service upon an agent pursuant to this
section constitutes legal and valid service of process on the nonparticipating
manufacturer or wholesale dealer. The nonparticipating manufacturer or
wholesale dealer shall provide the name, address, phone number and proof of the
appointment and availability of such agent to, and to the satisfaction of, the
Attorney General and the Department.
3.  A nonparticipating manufacturer or
wholesale dealer shall provide notice to the Attorney General and the
Department at least 30 calendar days before the termination of the authority of
an agent appointed pursuant to this section and shall provide proof to the
satisfaction of the Attorney General and the Department of the appointment of a
new agent not less than 5 calendar days before the termination of appointment
of an existing agent. If an agent terminates his or her appointment as an
agent, the nonparticipating manufacturer or wholesale dealer shall notify the
Attorney General and the Department of that termination within 5 calendar days
and include with that notification proof to the satisfaction of the Attorney
General and the Department of the appointment of a new agent.
4.  Any nonparticipating manufacturer or
wholesale dealer which sells or purchases cigarettes in this State and which
has not appointed and engaged an agent as required by this section shall be
deemed to have appointed the Secretary of State as an agent and may be
proceeded against in courts of this State by service of process upon the
Secretary of State, except that the appointment of the Secretary of State as an
agent does not satisfy the condition precedent for having the brand families of
the nonparticipating manufacturer included or retained in the directory.