§ 1701 Corporate Process Service Rules

This law says you can officially give legal papers to a corporation by handing them to a person the corporation has named as its agent, or to the person listed in the corporation's latest agent filing, and that counts as proper service.

Key Takeaways

•Hand‑delivery of legal papers is enough if you give them to the right person.
•The person must be someone the corporation has officially named as its agent.
•If the corporation uses a corporate agent, you must give the papers to the person listed in the latest filing for that agent, at the agent’s office.

Example

A company is sued and the lawsuit papers need to be delivered. The company has named Sarah as its agent. If you hand the papers to Sarah, the service is valid. If the company uses a corporate agent and the latest filing shows Tom as the contact at that agent’s office, handing the papers to Tom at the agent’s office also counts as proper service.

Because the law allows hand‑delivery to the corporation’s designated agent or to the person named in the most recent agent filing, giving the papers to Sarah or Tom satisfies the legal requirement.

Delivery by hand of a copy of any process against the corporation (a) to any natural person designated by it as agent or (b), if a corporate agent has been designated, to any person named in the latest certificate of the corporate agent filed pursuant to Section 1505 at the office of such corporate agent shall constitute valid service on the corporation. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 682.)

Key Takeaways

•Hand‑delivery of legal papers is enough if you give them to the right person.
•The person must be someone the corporation has officially named as its agent.
•If the corporation uses a corporate agent, you must give the papers to the person listed in the latest filing for that agent, at the agent’s office.

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