(a) Service of any notice or process authorized by law that is issued against a domestic or foreign limited liability company by any court, judicial or administrative officer, or board, may be made in the manner provided by law upon any registered agent, manager, if the company is manager-managed, or upon any member if the company is member-managed, who is found within the jurisdiction of the court, officer, or board; or if any registered agent, manager, or member cannot be found, upon any person who is found in charge of the property, business, or office of the company within the jurisdiction of the court, officer, or board.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-110

  • Business: includes every trade, occupation, profession, and other lawful purpose, whether or not carried on for profit. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
  • Director: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
  • Foreign limited liability company: means an unincorporated entity organized under laws other than the laws of this State which afford limited liability to its owners comparable to the liability under § 428-303 and is not required to obtain a certificate of authority to transact business under any law of this State other than this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Limited liability company: means a limited liability company organized under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
  • Manager: means a person, whether or not a member of a manager-managed limited liability company, who is vested with authority under section 428-301(b). See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
  • Person: includes any individual or entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
  • Principal office: means the office, whether or not in this State, where the principal executive office of a domestic or foreign limited liability company is located. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
  • Signed: includes any symbol executed or adopted by a person with the present intention to authenticate a record. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
(b) If no manager, member, or other person in charge of the property, business, or office of the limited liability company can be found within the State, and the limited liability company has not filed with the 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, or the person named is not found within the State, service may be made upon the limited liability company by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the limited liability company at its principal office.
(c) Service by registered or certified mail is perfected at the earliest of:

(1) The date the company receives the mail;
(2) The date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the company; 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 limited liability company or foreign limited liability company in any other manner permitted by law.

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