Sec. 52-59c. Service upon nonresident attaching creditor.
Sec. 52-59c. Service upon nonresident attaching creditor. In any action brought
to foreclose a mortgage or judgment, tax or mechanic's lien, the attorney of record for
any nonresident attaching creditor, nonresident judgment lienor or nonresident mortgagee who has commenced a foreclosure action on such mortgage shall be the agent
for service of process upon the creditor in the foreclosure and further service shall not
be required. Service of process shall be made by the officer to whom the process is
directed upon the attorney by leaving with or at the office of the attorney, at least twelve
days before the return day of the process, a true and attested copy thereof, and by sending
to the defendant at his last-known address, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, a like true and attested copy, with an endorsement thereon of the service upon the
attorney.
(1969, P.A. 681; 1971, P.A. 36; P.A. 82-160, S. 17; P.A. 85-232, S. 2.)
History: 1971 act added reference to judgment or tax liens; P.A. 82-160 rephrased the section; P.A. 85-232 applied
provisions to attorneys of record for nonresident judgment lienors or nonresident mortgagees who have commenced a
foreclosure action on their mortgages.
Cited. 195 C. 191.