Section 10-3A-178 Service of process on foreign corporation. - Alabama Statutes

Section 10-3A-178

Service of process on foreign corporation.

REPEALED IN THE 2009 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2009-513, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2011. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.

(a) The registered agent so appointed by a foreign corporation authorized to conduct affairs in Alabama shall be an agent of such corporation upon whom any process, notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon the corporation may be served.

(b) Whenever a foreign corporation authorized to conduct affairs in Alabama shall fail to appoint or maintain a registered agent in Alabama, or whenever any such registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office, or whenever the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation shall be suspended or revoked, then any process, notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon the corporation may be served as provided by the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure.

(c) Nothing herein contained shall limit or affect the right to serve any process, notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon a corporation in any other manner now or hereafter permitted by law.

(Acts 1984, No. 84-290, p. 502, §74.)