§414D-280 Service on foreign corporation. (a) Service of any notice or process authorized by law that is issued against any foreign corporation by any court, judicial or administrative officer, or board may be made in the manner provided by law upon any registered agent, officer, or director of the foreign corporation who is found within the jurisdiction of the court, officer, or board; or if any registered agent, officer, or director cannot be found, upon the manager or superintendent of the foreign corporation or any person who is found in charge of the property, business, or office of the foreign corporation within the jurisdiction.
(b) If no officer, director, manager, superintendent, or other person in charge of the property, business, or office of the foreign corporation can be found within the State, and if the foreign corporation has not filed with the department director pursuant to this chapter the name of a registered agent upon whom legal notice and process from the courts of the State may be served, and likewise if the person named is not found within the State, service may be made upon the foreign corporation by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the secretary of the foreign corporation at its principal office shown in its application for a certificate of authority or in its most recent annual report filed under section 414D-308.
(c) Service using registered or certified mail is perfected at the earliest of:
(1) The date the foreign corporation receives the mail;
(2) The date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the foreign corporation; or
(3) Five days after its deposit in the United States mail, as evidenced by the postmark, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.
(d) Nothing contained herein shall limit or affect the right to serve any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon a foreign corporation in any other manner permitted by law. [L 2001, c 105, pt of §1; am L 2003, c 124, §38]
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships
414D. Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act
414D-2 Reservation of power to amend or repeal.
414D-5 Filing, service, and copying fees.
414D-6 Effective time and date of document.
414D-7 Correcting filed document.
414D-8 Filing duty of the department director.
414D-9 Appeal from the department director's refusal to file document.
414D-10 Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.
414D-11 Certificates and certified copies to be received in evidence.
414D-12 Penalty for signing false document.
414D-13 Department director; powers.
414D-18 Miscellaneous charges.
414D-19 Shares of stock and dividends prohibited; compensation; distribution.
414D-20 Notice to the attorney general of commencement of proceeding.
414D-32 Articles of incorporation.
414D-34 Liability for preincorporation transactions.
414D-35 Organization of corporation.
414D-37 Emergency bylaws and powers.
414D-64 Administrative order of abatement for infringement of corporate name.
414D-72 Designation or change of registered agent.
414D-73 Resignation of registered agent.
414D-74 Service on corporation.
414D-83 No requirement of members.
414D-84 Differences in rights and obligations of members.
414D-85 Member's liability to third parties.
414D-86 Member's liability for dues, assessments, and fees.
414D-87 Creditor's action against member.
414D-89 Termination, expulsion, and suspension.
414D-92 Purchase of memberships.
414D-101 Annual and regular meetings.
414D-103 Court-ordered meetings.
414D-104 Action by written consent.
414D-107 Record date; determining members entitled to notice and vote.
414D-109 Members' list for meeting.
414D-110 Voting entitlement generally.
414D-114 Cumulative voting for directors.
414D-115 Other methods of electing directors.
414D-116 Corporation's acceptance of votes.
414D-131 Requirement for and duties of the board.
414D-132 Qualifications of directors.
414D-134 Election, designation, and appointment of directors.
414D-135 Terms of directors generally.
414D-136 Staggered terms for directors.
414D-137 Resignation of directors.
414D-138 Removal of directors elected by members or directors.
414D-139 Removal of designated or appointed directors.
414D-140 Removal of directors by judicial proceeding.
414D-142 Compensation of directors.
414D-143 Regular and special meetings.
414D-144 Action without meeting.
414D-145 Call and notice of meetings.
414D-146 Waiver of notice of meeting.
414D-148 Committees of the board.
414D-149 General standards for directors.
414D-150 Director conflict of interest.
414D-151 Loans to or guaranties for directors and officers.
414D-152 Liability for unlawful distributions.
414D-154 Duties and authority of officers.
414D-155 Standards of conduct for officers.
414D-156 Resignation and removal of officers.
414D-157 Contract rights of officers.
414D-158 Officers' authority to execute documents.
414D-160 Authority to indemnify.
414D-161 Mandatory indemnification.
414D-162 Advance for expenses.
414D-163 Court-ordered indemnification.
414D-164 Determination and authorization of indemnification.
414D-165 Indemnification of officers, employees, and agents.
414D-167 Application of this part.
414D-182 Procedure to amend articles of incorporation.
414D-183 Articles of amendment.
414D-184 Restated, amended and restated, articles of incorporation.
414D-185 Amendment pursuant to judicial reorganization.
414D-186 Effect of amendment and restatement.
414D-188 Approval by third persons.
414D-202 Action on plan by board, members, and third persons.
414D-206 Bequests, devises, and gifts.
414D-210.1 Effect of conversion.
414D-211 Limitations on merger by public benefit corporations.
414D-221 Sale of assets in regular course of activities and mortgage of assets.
414D-222 Sale of assets other than in regular course of activities.
414D-231 Prohibited distributions.
414D-232 Authorized distributions.
414D-233 Notice to the attorney general of intention to dissolve
414D-241 Dissolution by incorporators, initial directors, and third persons.
414D-242 Dissolution by directors, members, and third persons.
414D-243 Articles of dissolution.
414D-244 Revocation of dissolution.
414D-245 Effect of dissolution.
414D-246 Known claims against dissolved corporation.
414D-247 Unknown claims against dissolved corporation.
414D-248 Grounds for administrative dissolution.
414D-249 Procedure for and effect of administrative dissolution and effect of expiration.
414D-250 Reinstatement following administrative dissolution.
414D-251 Appeal from denial of reinstatement.
414D-252 Grounds for judicial dissolution.
414D-253 Procedure for judicial dissolution.
414D-254 Receivership or custodianship.
414D-255 Decree of dissolution.
414D-256 Deposit with director of finance.
414D-271 Authority to transact business required.
414D-272 Consequences of transacting business without authority.
414D-273 Application for certificate of authority.
414D-274 Change of name by foreign corporation.
414D-275 Effect of certificate of authority.
414D-276 Corporate name of foreign corporation.
414D-277 Registered agent of foreign corporation.
414D-278 Change of registered agent of foreign corporation.
414D-279 Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation.
414D-280 Service on foreign corporation.
414D-281 Application to corporations heretofore authorized to transact business in this State.
414D-282 Withdrawal of foreign corporation.
414D-283 Grounds for revocation of certificate of authority.
414D-284 Procedure and effect of revocation.
414D-285 Appeal from revocation.
414D-302 Inspection of records by members.
414D-303 Scope of inspection rights.
414D-304 Court-ordered inspection.
414D-305 Limitations on use of membership list.
414D-306 Financial statements for members.
414D-306.5 Inspection of records by directors.
414D-307 Report of indemnification to members.
414D-311 Superseding chapters.
414D-321 Application to existing domestic corporations.