A. A limited liability company or registered foreign limited liability company may be served with any process, notice or demand required or permitted by law by serving its statutory agent.

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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 29-3119

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Commission: means the corporation commission. See Arizona Laws 29-3102
  • Foreign limited liability company: means an unincorporated entity that is formed under the law of a jurisdiction other than this state and that would be a limited liability company if the unincorporated entity were formed under the law of this state and includes a foreign series for the purposes of this article. See Arizona Laws 29-3102
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Principal address: means the mailing address of a limited liability company or foreign limited liability company, whether or not located in this state. See Arizona Laws 29-3102
  • Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and that is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Arizona Laws 29-3102
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Statutory agent: means the agent of a limited liability company or foreign limited liability company that is authorized to receive service of any process, notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the company. See Arizona Laws 29-3102
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215

B. If a limited liability company or registered foreign limited liability company ceases to have a statutory agent, or if its statutory agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the company or foreign company may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by a similar commercial delivery service, addressed to the company or foreign company at its principal address. The principal address must be as shown on the company’s or foreign company’s most recent filing with the commission. Service is effected under this subsection on the earliest of any of the following:

1. The date the company or foreign company receives the mail or delivery by the commercial delivery service.

2. The date shown on the return receipt, if signed by the company or foreign company.

3. Five days after the mail or delivery is deposited with the United States postal service or with the commercial delivery service, if correctly addressed and with sufficient postage or payment.

C. If process, notice or demand cannot be served on a limited liability company or registered foreign limited liability company pursuant to subsection A or B of this section, service may be made by handing a copy to the individual in charge of any regular place of business or activity of the company or foreign company if the individual served is not a plaintiff in the action.

D. Service of process, notice or demand on a statutory agent must be in a written record.

E. Service of process, notice or demand may be made by other means under law other than this chapter.

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