§ 12701 Corporate Agent Service Rules

• •Service can be made at any office listed in the agent's certificate.
• •Applies only to agents designated before January 1, 1984 with a city listed.
• •Uses filing sections that were in effect before January 1, 1977.

A corporation filed a certificate in 1980 naming an agent in Chicago and listed an office at 500 State St. Years later, a lawsuit is filed and the plaintiff serves the papers on the agent at a different office the agent listed in the same certificate, such as 800 Lake Shore Dr.

Because the agent was designated before 1984 and the certificate listed a Chicago office, the law allows service at any of the agent's listed offices, even if the service occurs at a different location than the one originally noted.