1. Every employer, not specifically excepted by the provisions of this chapter, shall provide, secure, and pay compensation according to the provisions of this chapter for any and all personal injuries sustained by an employee arising out of and in the course of the employment, and in such cases, the employer shall be relieved from other liability for recovery of damages or other compensation for such personal injury.
2. Any employer who is a nonresident of the state, for whom services are performed within the state by employees entitled to rights under this chapter, chapter 85A or chapter 85B by virtue of having such services performed shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the industrial commissioner and to all of the provisions of this chapter, chapters 85A, 85B, 86, and 87, as to any and all personal injuries sustained by an employee arising out of and in the course of such employment within this state.
In addition to those persons authorized to receive personal service as in civil actions as permitted by chapter 17A, such employer shall be deemed to have appointed the secretary of state of this state as its lawful attorney upon whom may be served or delivered any and all notices authorized or required by the provisions of this chapter, chapters 85A, 85B, 86, 87, and 17A, and to agree that any and all such services or deliveries of notice on the secretary of state shall be of the same legal force and validity as if personally served upon or delivered to such nonresident employer in this state.
[S13, § 2477-m; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1363; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 85.3]
Referred to in § 86.36
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