Sec. 303.034. AGENTS FOR SERVICE. (a) The president, each vice president, and the registered agent of a corporation are the corporation's agents on whom a process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the corporation may be served.
(b) If a corporation does not appoint or maintain a registered agent in this state or if the registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office, the secretary of state is an agent of the corporation on whom a process, notice, or demand may be served.
(c) The secretary of state may be served by delivering two copies of the process, notice, or demand to the secretary of state, the deputy secretary of state, or a clerk in charge of the corporation department of the secretary of state's office. The secretary of state shall immediately forward one copy of the process, notice, or demand by registered mail to the corporation at its registered office.
(d) Service on the secretary of state is returnable not earlier than the 30th day after the date of service.
(e) The secretary of state shall keep a record of each process, notice, and demand served, including the time of the service and the action of the secretary of state in reference to the process, notice, or demand.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 41 (H.B. 297), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 9 - Public Buildings and Grounds
Subtitle C - Public Building Provisions Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government
Chapter 303 - Public Facility Corporations
Subchapter B. Creation and Operation of Public Facility Corporation
Section 303.021. Authority to Create
Section 303.022. Creation Under Other Law
Section 303.024. Articles of Incorporation
Section 303.025. Certificate of Incorporation; Beginning of Corporate Existence
Section 303.026. Organizational Meeting
Section 303.028. Certificate of Amendment
Section 303.029. Restated Articles of Incorporation
Section 303.030. Restated Certificate of Incorporation
Section 303.031. Registered Office and Agent
Section 303.032. Change of Registered Office or Agent
Section 303.033. Resignation of Registered Agent
Section 303.034. Agents for Service
Section 303.037. Indemnification
Section 303.040. Meetings; Quorum
Section 303.041. Corporation's General Powers
Section 303.044. Open Meetings; Open Records
Section 303.045. Alteration of Corporation or Activities