489.116 - SERVICE OF PROCESS. - Iowa Statutes

489.116 SERVICE OF PROCESS. 1. A registered agent for service of process appointed by a limited liability company or foreign limited liability company is an agent of the company for service of any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the company. 2. If a limited liability company has no registered agent, or the agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the limited liability company may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the limited liability company at its principal office. 3. Service is effected under subsection 2 at the earliest of any of the following: a. The date the limited liability company or foreign limited liability company receives the process, notice, or demand. b. The date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the company. c. Five days after the process, notice, or demand is deposited with the United States postal service, if correctly addressed and with sufficient postage. 4. This section does not affect the right to serve process, notice, or demand in any other manner provided by law.          Section History: Recent Form 2008 Acts, ch 1162, §16, 155 Referred to in § 489.706, 489.1005, 489.1009, 489.1013