77085713.1-566Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org2016CorporationsRetail Franchising ActService of process on nonresident franchisor1972, c. 561; 1978, c. 670; 1990, c. 263; 1991, c. 672; 2009, c. 148.http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/13.1-566/12.1-19.1Service of process on the clerk of the State Corporation Commission as statutory agent/12.1-19.1/13.1-759Application for certificate of authority/13.1-759/13.1-767Withdrawal of foreign corporation/13.1-767//13.1-566/13.1/8/13.1-566Every nonresident franchisor who has a franchise registered hereunder and which is not a corporation complying with § 13.1-759 or § 13.1-767 shall appoint in writing the clerk of the Commission as his agent upon whom may be served any process, notice, order or demand. Every nonresident franchisor who sells or offers to sell a franchise registered hereunder and every nonresident franchisor whose franchise is sold or offered to be sold in this Commonwealth shall be deemed to have appointed the clerk of the Commission as his agent upon whom may be served, in any matter arising under this chapter any process, notice, order or demand. Service may be made on the clerk in accordance with § 12.1-19.1.section1