31 §610. Service of nonresident managers or members of domestic limited liability companies (WHOLE SECTION TEXT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7/1/11)
Title 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Chapter 13: LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§610. Service of nonresident managers or members of domestic limited liability companies
(CONTAINS TEXT WITH VARYING EFFECTIVE DATES)
(WHOLE SECTION TEXT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7/1/11)
1. Secretary of State; agent to receive service. Each manager, or if there is no manager, each member of a domestic limited liability company who is a nonresident of this State or who becomes a nonresident is deemed to have appointed the Secretary of State as an agent to receive service of process upon that manager or member in an action or proceeding relating to actions of a limited liability company and arising while that manager or member was serving in that capacity.
[ 1993, c. 718, Pt. A, §1 (NEW) .]
2. Method of serving process. Service of process upon the Secretary of State must be made in the same manner as provided by the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 4(d)(8), as amended, in the case of service upon the Secretary of State as an agent of a foreign limited liability company.
A. A copy of the process must be mailed to the nonresident manager or member at the business, residence or mailing address of the manager or member shown on the limited liability company's articles of organization or most recent annual report. [1993, c. 718, Pt. A, §1 (NEW).]
[ 1993, c. 718, Pt. A, §1 (NEW) .]
3. Service on nonresident manager or member. Service under this section also may be made by delivery of a copy of the process to the nonresident manager or member at the manager's or member's address outside the State. Proof of that delivery must be made by affidavit of the person making delivery and the affidavit must be filed with the clerk of the court in which the action or proceeding is pending.
[ 1993, c. 718, Pt. A, §1 (NEW) .]
SECTION HISTORY
1993, c. 718, §A1 (NEW). 2009, c. 629, Pt. A, §1 (RP). 2009, c. 629, Pt. A, §3 (AFF).