(A) Before any license is issued, the applicant shall file with the Clerk-Treasurer an instrument nominating and appointing the Clerk-Treasurer or the person performing the duties of that position as his or her true and lawful agent with full power and authority to acknowledge service of notice or process for and on behalf of the applicant in respect to any matters connected with or arising out of:
(1) The business transacted under his or her license and the bond given as required by § 110.16 above; or
(2) The performance of the conditions of the bond or the breach thereof.
(B) The instrument shall also contain recitals to the effect that the applicant for a license consents and agrees that:
(1) Service of any notice or process may be made upon the agent appointed pursuant to division (A) of this section;
(2) When so made, the service shall be taken and held to be as valid as if personally served upon the person applying for a license under this chapter in accordance with the law of this or any other state; and
(3) He or she waives all claim or right of error by reason of that acknowledgment of service or manner of service.
(C) Immediately upon the service of process upon the Clerk-Treasurer, as provided in this section, the Clerk-Treasurer shall send by ordinary mail a copy of the process to the licensee at his or her last known address.
(1985 Code, § 510-20) (Ord. 87-12, passed 6-19-1987)