(2) The Secretary of State shall be an agent of a limited liability company including a dissolved limited liability company upon whom any such process, notice or demand may be served whenever the limited liability company fails to appoint or maintain a registered agent in this state or whenever the limited liability company’s registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office.
(3) Service shall be made on the Secretary of State by:
(a) Serving on the Secretary of State or a clerk on duty at the office a copy of the process, notice or demand, with any papers required by law to be delivered in connection with the service, and the required fee for each party being served or by mailing to the office a copy of the process, notice or demand and the required fee for each party being served by certified or registered mail.
(b) Transmittal by the person instituting the proceedings of notice of the service on the Secretary of State and copy of the process, notice or demand and accompanying papers to the limited liability company being served by certified or registered mail:
(A) At the last registered office of the limited liability company as shown by the records on file in the office of the Secretary of State; and
(B) At such address of the use of which the person initiating the proceedings knows or, on the basis of reasonable inquiry, has reason to believe is most likely to result in actual notice.
(c) Filing with the appropriate court or other body, as part of the return of service, the return receipt of mailing and an affidavit of the person initiating the proceedings stating that this section has been complied with.
(4) The Secretary of State shall keep a record of all processes, notices and demands served upon the Secretary of State under this section.
(5) After completion of initial service upon the Secretary of State, no additional documents need be served upon the Secretary of State to maintain jurisdiction in the same proceeding or to give notice of any motion or provisional process.
(6) Nothing contained in this section shall limit or affect the right to serve any process, notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon a limited liability company in any other manner now or hereafter permitted by law, or enlarge the purposes for which service on the Secretary of State is permitted where such purposes are limited by other provisions of law. [1993 c.173 §27]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 02 - Business Organizations, Commercial Code
Chapter 063 - Limited Liability Companies
Section 63.004 - Filing requirements.
Section 63.011 - Effective time and date of document.
Section 63.014 - Correcting filed document.
Section 63.017 - Filing duty of Secretary of State.
Section 63.024 - Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.
Section 63.027 - Certificate of existence or authorization.
Section 63.034 - Knowledge and notice.
Section 63.047 - Articles of organization.
Section 63.051 - Organization.
Section 63.074 - Purposes; prohibition on illegal purposes.
Section 63.077 - General powers.
Section 63.094 - Limited liability company name.
Section 63.097 - Reserved name.
Section 63.101 - Registered name.
Section 63.111 - Registered office and registered agent.
Section 63.114 - Change of registered office or registered agent.
Section 63.117 - Resignation of registered agent.
Section 63.121 - Service on limited liability company.
Section 63.140 - Agency power of managers and members; interest in real property.
Section 63.155 - Duties and standard of conduct.
Section 63.160 - Limitation of liability and indemnification.
Section 63.165 - Liability of members and managers.
Section 63.180 - Liability for contributions.
Section 63.185 - Allocation of profits and losses.
Section 63.205 - Voluntary withdrawal of member.
Section 63.209 - Expulsion of member.
Section 63.219 - Distribution in kind.
Section 63.229 - Limitations on distribution.
Section 63.235 - Liability for wrongful distribution.
Section 63.245 - Admission of members.
Section 63.249 - Assignment of membership interest; effect of assignment.
Section 63.255 - Rights of assignee who becomes member.
Section 63.265 - Cessation of membership.
Section 63.431 - Operating agreement.
Section 63.434 - Amendment to articles of organization.
Section 63.437 - Restated articles of organization.
Section 63.441 - Amendment by managers.
Section 63.467 - Definitions for ORS 63.467 to 63.497.
Section 63.473 - Action on plan of conversion.
Section 63.476 - Articles and plan of conversion.
Section 63.479 - Effect of conversion; entity existence continues; assumed business name.
Section 63.487 - Action on plan of merger.
Section 63.494 - Articles and plan of merger.
Section 63.497 - Effect of merger.
Section 63.625 - Distribution of assets upon dissolution.
Section 63.629 - Agency power of members and managers after dissolution.
Section 63.631 - Articles of dissolution.
Section 63.637 - Effect of dissolution; winding up.
Section 63.641 - Known claims against dissolved limited liability company.
Section 63.645 - Enforcement of claims against dissolved limited liability company.
Section 63.647 - Grounds for administrative dissolution.
Section 63.651 - Procedure; effect of administrative dissolution.
Section 63.654 - Reinstatement following administrative dissolution.
Section 63.657 - Appeal from denial of reinstatement.
Section 63.664 - Procedure for judicial dissolution.
Section 63.671 - Judgment of dissolution.
Section 63.701 - Authority to transact business required.
Section 63.704 - Consequences of transacting business without authority.
Section 63.707 - Application for authority to transact business.
Section 63.711 - Amendment to application for authority.
Section 63.714 - Effect of authority.
Section 63.717 - Name of foreign limited liability company.
Section 63.721 - Registered office and registered agent of foreign limited liability company.
Section 63.727 - Resignation of registered agent of a foreign limited liability company.
Section 63.731 - Service on a foreign limited liability company.
Section 63.734 - Withdrawal of foreign limited liability company.
Section 63.737 - Grounds for revocation.
Section 63.741 - Procedure for and effect of revocation.
Section 63.747 - Reinstatement of authority.
Section 63.771 - Limited liability company records.
Section 63.777 - Scope of inspection right.
Section 63.781 - Court-ordered inspection.
Section 63.787 - Annual report; updates; rules.
Section 63.801 - Derivative proceedings.
Section 63.965 - Reservation of power to amend or repeal; effect of amendment or repeal.