§ 17-28-104 — Service on business entity

Wyoming § 17-28-104

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 17: Corporations, Partnerships and Associations
• Ch. 28: REGISTERED OFFICES AND AGENTS

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(a) A business entity's registered agent, or the natural
person having an agency relationship with the registered agent
as provided in W.S. 17-28-101(a), shall accept service of
process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law that is
served on the entity. The secretary of state may provide service
of process, notice or demand by electronic means.
(b) If a business entity has no registered agent, or the
agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the entity may
be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, addressed to the entity at its principal office.
Service is perfected under this subsection at the earliest of:
(i) The date the entity receives the mail;
(ii) The date shown on the return receipt, if signed,
either manually or in facsimile, on behalf of the entity; or
(iii) Five (5) days after its deposit in the United
States mail, as evidenced by the postmark, if mailed postpaid
and correctly addressed.
(c) A business entity may be served as provided in this
section or as provided in the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure.
(d) Every entity shall provide to its registered agent, or
to the secretary of state as provided in W.S. 17-28-107(b), and
keep current the name, mailing address and physical address, if
different, and business telephone number of a natural person who
is an officer, director, limited liability company member or
manager, managing partner or trustee of the entity who is
authorized to receive communications from the registered agent
and is deemed the designated communications contact for the
entity. The designated communications contact for the entity
shall not be the entity's registered agent or an employee of the
entity's registered agent unless the registered agent is the
entity's officer, director, limited liability company member or
manager, managing partner or trustee.
(e) Upon formation of a business entity, the business
entity shall execute a consent to service by electronic means
for use in the limited circumstances where the business entity
has no registered agent or where the agent cannot with
reasonable diligence be served. Upon acceptance of a summons in
accordance with the limited circumstances specified in this
subsection, the secretary of state may elect to serve the
business entity by electronic means in lieu of the process
specified in subsection (b) of this section. Service is
perfected under this subsection on the date the electronic
communication is sent to the business entity.