§ 34-33-2-1 — Service upon resident agent authorized

Indiana § 34-33-2-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 34: CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE
• Art. 33: COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION: SERVICE OF
• Ch. 2: Service of Process on Agent Representing Nonresident

Text

(a) In an action commenced in a court of
general jurisdiction in Indiana by or against any corporation
incorporated under the laws of Indiana, in which one (1) or more of the
directors of the corporation is:
(1) a necessary or proper party; and
(2) a nonresident of Indiana;
service of summons upon a director for the purpose of obtaining
jurisdiction of the person of the director in the action is obtained by
serving the summons on the resident agent of the corporation.
(b) If service of process is made upon the resident agent of a
corporation, the resident agent shall forward a copy of the process by
registered mail to the director at the director's last known address.
Service made under this chapter is returnable in not less than thirty (30)
days.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-2-2-1.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.29.