Nebraska Statutes 21-1937. Service on corporation
(a) A corporation‘s registered agent is the corporation’s agent for service of process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the corporation.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 21-1937
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- United States: shall include territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(b) If a corporation has no registered agent, or the agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the corporation may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the secretary of the corporation at its principal office shown in the most recent biennial report filed pursuant to section 21-19,172. Service is perfected under this subsection on the earliest of:
(1) The date the corporation receives the mail;
(2) The date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the corporation; or
(3) Five days after its deposit in the United States mail, if mailed and correctly addressed with first-class postage affixed.
(c) This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required means, of serving a corporation.