An individual with a practice privilege who engages in the practice of public accounting in the state under the practice privilege, a firm with a permit that engages in the practice of public accounting in this state , and a firm that hires an individual with a practice privilege shall

(1) consent to the personal and subject matter jurisdiction and disciplinary authority of the board;

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 08.04.422

  • action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(2) agree to comply with this chapter, including the regulations adopted by the board;
(3) agree that the individual or firm will stop offering to engage or engaging in the practice of public accounting, whether individually or on behalf of a firm, if the license from the state of the individual’s or firm’s principal place of business becomes invalid; and
(4) consent to the appointment of the state board that issued the individual’s license as the individual’s or firm’s agent for service of process in a court action or in another proceeding against the individual or firm that arises out of a transaction or an operation connected with or incidental to the individual’s or firm’s engagement in the practice of public accounting.