16-10a-1511 - Service on foreign corporation. - Utah Statutes

16-10a-1511. Service on foreign corporation.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (3), the division may serve a foreign corporation byfirst-class, postage prepaid United States mail.
(2) The registered agent of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in thisstate is the foreign corporation's agent for service of process, notice, or demand required orpermitted by law to be served on the foreign corporation.
(3) (a) If a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state has noregistered agent or if the registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the foreigncorporation may be served by mail that is:
(i) registered or certified;
(ii) return receipt requested; and
(iii) addressed to the foreign corporation at its principal office.
(b) Service is perfected under this Subsection (3) at the earliest of:
(i) the date the foreign corporation receives the process, notice, or demand;
(ii) the date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the foreign corporation; or
(iii) five days after mailing.
(4) This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required means, ofserving a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state.

Amended by Chapter 220, 1999 General Session