21-20,177 Foreign corporation; service; consent to service of search warrant or subpoena.
21-20,177. Foreign corporation;service; consent to serviceof search warrant or subpoena.(1) Theregistered agent of a foreign corporation authorized to transact businessin this state shall be the corporation's agent for service of process, notice,or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the foreign corporation. By being authorized to transact businessin this state, the foreign corporation's agent for service of process shallalso consent to service of process directed to the foreign corporation's agentin Nebraska for a search warrant issued pursuant to sections 28-807 to 28-829,or for any other validly issued and properly served subpoena, including thoseauthorized under section 86-2,112, for records or documents that are in thepossession of the foreign corporation and are located inside or outside ofthis state. The consent to service of a subpoena or search warrant appliesto a foreign corporation that is a party or nonparty to the matter for whichthe search warrant is sought.(2) A foreign corporation may be served by registered or certifiedmail, return receipt requested, addressed to the secretary of the foreigncorporation or the designatedcustodian of records at its principal office shown in its applicationfor a certificate of authority or in its most recent annual report if theforeign corporation has:(a) No registered agent or its registered agent cannot withreasonable diligence be served;(b) Withdrawn from transacting business in this state undersection 21-20,178; or(c) Had its certificate of authority revoked under section 21-20,180.(3) Service shall be perfected under subsection (2) of thissection at the earliest of:(a) The date the foreign corporation receives the mail;(b) The date shown on the return receipt if signed on behalfof the foreign corporation; or(c) Five days after its deposit in the United States mailas evidenced by the postmark if mailed postage prepaid and correctly addressed.(4) This section shall not be construed to prescribe the onlymeans or necessarily the required means of serving a foreign corporation. SourceLaws 1995, LB 109, § 177; Laws 2009, LB97, § 1.