§ 64B.35 — Service of Process
Plain-Language Summary
This law requires every fraternal benefit society doing business in Minnesota to appoint the Commissioner of Commerce as its agent for receiving legal papers. Any lawsuits served on the Commissioner are treated the same as if served directly on the society. The society must have at least 30 days to respond after being served.
64B.35 SERVICE OF PROCESS.
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Subdivision 1.Appointment of commissioner as attorney.
Every society authorized to do business in this state shall appoint in writing the commissioner 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 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 commissioner, 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. §
Subd. 2.Service.
Service under this section shall be made in compliance with section 45.028, subdivision 2. No service shall require a society to file its answer, pleading, or defense in less than 30 days from the date of mailing the copy of the service to a society. Legal process shall not be served upon a society except in the manner herein provided.
History:
1985 c 49 s 35; 1992 c 564 art 2 s 5
History: History: 1985 c 49 s 35; 1992 c 564 art 2 s 5