| |  | |  | 6.__Investment advice and misrepresentations.__The following |  | sections apply to a person if the person engages in an act, |  | practice or course of business instrumental in effecting prohibited |  | or actionable conduct in this State, whether or not either party is |  | then present in this State: | 
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 |  | | A.__Section 16403, subsection 1; | 
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 |  | | B.__Section 16404, subsection 1; | 
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 |  | | C.__Section 16405, subsection 1; | 
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 |  | | §16611.__Service of process | 
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 |  | |  | 1.__Signed consent to service of process.__A consent to |  | service of process must be signed and filed on a form designated |  | by the administrator. A consent appointing the administrator the |  | person's agent for service of process in a noncriminal action or |  | proceeding against the person, or the person's successor or |  | personal representative under this chapter or a rule adopted or |  | order issued under this chapter after the consent is filed, has |  | the same force and validity as if the service were made |  | personally on the person filing the consent. A person that has |  | filed a consent complying with this subsection in connection with |  | a previous application for licensing or registration or a |  | previous exemption or notice filing need not file an additional |  | consent. | 
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 |  | |  | 2.__Conduct constituting appointment of agent for service.__If |  | a person, including a nonresident of this State, engages in an |  | act, practice or course of business prohibited or made actionable |  | by this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under this |  | chapter and the person has not filed a consent to service of |  | process under subsection 1, the act, practice or course of |  | business constitutes the appointment of the administrator as the |  | person's agent for service of process in a noncriminal action or |  | proceeding against the person or the person's successor or |  | personal representative. | 
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 |  | |  | 3.__Procedure for service of process.__Service under |  | subsection 1 or 2 may be made by providing a copy of the process |  | to the office of the administrator, but it is not effective |  | unless: | 
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