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Finance a la shmoop what is consent to service of process alright well it's [Woman appears on stage]

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like when you in tone ironically so sue me and they do or at least they can

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well this phrase consent to service of process is a legal acceptance of

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financial responsibility when you set up your company in whatever form in [Women discussing company matters]

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whatever given state that is when you consent to being served lawsuit papers

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at your address of record it makes it all the easier for well whoever to sue [Lawyer gives woman a lawsuit]

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you they don't have to hunt you down in the woods or wait for you to show up at

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your PO-- box or to try to ID you in a you know Where's Waldo drawing it's hard [Waldo appears in a crowd and runs away]

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to do well all they have to do is send what's called a process server basically

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registered mail who identifies you and then he you know takes a selfie of [Man takes a selfie with a woman]

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himself serving you papers ie handing you an envelope stating that you are

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being served well the state had to require this consent because too many

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deadbeat companies absconded with unpaid bills unserved responsibilities in

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contracts and other omissions that finally force the government to say

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enough if you want to do business in our neck of the woods then you'll consent to [Government working demanding consent]

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being sued easily and being served yeah don't worry it only hurts the first time

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