Sec. 36b-52. (Formerly Sec. 36-468). Appointment of commissioner as attorney for service of process. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 36b-52. (Formerly Sec. 36-468). Appointment of commissioner as attorney for service of process. Each offeror filing a registration statement or Schedule 14D-1, if the principal place of business of such offeror is not located within the state, shall file with such registration statement or Schedule 14D-1 the irrevocable appointment in writing of the commissioner to be the lawful attorney of such offeror, upon whom all process in any suit, action or proceeding against such offeror which arises under sections 36b-40 to 36b-52, inclusive, may be served. In such irrevocable appointment, such offeror shall agree that any process against him which is served on the commissioner shall be of the same legal force and validity as if personally served on the offeror. Such irrevocable appointment shall be acknowledged before some officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds and shall be filed in the office of the commissioner.

      (P.A. 76-362, S. 13, 14; P.A. 81-121, S. 8, 9.)

      History: Sec. 36-347m transferred to Sec. 36-468 in 1979; P.A. 81-121 made the section applicable to an offeror who files a "Schedule 14D-1"; Sec. 36-468 transferred to Sec. 36b-52 in 1995.