2025 Session
Last amended: 1997 session
§ 303.115 — Foreign Professional Firm Filings
Plain-Language Summary
This section addresses service of process on the Secretary of State as agent for a foreign corporation that has failed to maintain a registered agent.
303.115 FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL FIRM FILINGS.
When a foreign corporation uses chapter 319B to elect professional firm status, rescind that status, or change the specification of professional services required under section 319B.04, the foreign corporation must file with the secretary of state a notice which:
(1) states the election, rescission, or change in specification;
(2) had been approved in accordance with the foreign corporation’s generally applicable governing law, as that term is defined in section 319B.02, subdivision 8; and
(3) has been signed on behalf of the foreign corporation.
History:
History: History:
1997 c 22 art 2 s 3
Practical Notes
If a foreign corporation cannot be served through its registered agent, lawsuits and legal documents can be served on the Secretary of State, who will forward them to the corporation.