Vermont Statutes Title 8 Sec. 4489
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 8 Sec. 4489
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- Society: means a fraternal benefit society. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
§ 4489. Service of process
(a) Every society authorized to do business in this State shall appoint in writing the Secretary of State and each successor in office to be its true and lawful attorney upon whom all lawful process in any action or proceeding against it shall be served, and shall agree in the writing that any lawful process against it which is served on the attorney shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served upon the society, and that the authority shall continue in force so long as any liability remains outstanding in this State. Copies of the appointment, certified by the Secretary of State, shall be deemed sufficient evidence thereof and shall be admitted in evidence with the same force and effect as the original thereof might be admitted.
(b) Service may be made upon the Secretary of State or, if absent, upon the person in charge of the Secretary’s office. It shall be made in duplicate and shall constitute sufficient service upon the society. When legal process against a society is served upon the Secretary of State, the Secretary shall immediately forward one of the duplicate copies by registered mail prepaid, directed to the secretary or corresponding officer.
(c) The service authorized in this section shall be alternative to and not exclusive of any other method of service provided by law or by rule. (Added 1959, No. 197, § 29, eff. Nov. 22, 1959; amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 20, eff. March 29, 1972; 2003, No. 70 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 1, 2004; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 199, eff. July 1, 2022.)