(a) A domestic cooperative‘s registered agent is the cooperative’s agent for service of process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the cooperative.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 43-38-110

  • Cooperative: means an association organized under this title conducting business on a cooperative plan as provided under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 43-38-103
  • Secretary of state: means the person who holds the office of secretary of state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 43-38-103
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Whenever a domestic cooperative fails to appoint or maintain a registered agent in this state, or whenever its registered agent cannot be found with reasonable diligence, then the secretary of state shall be an agent of such cooperative on whom any such process, notice or demand may be served.
(c) This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required means, of service on a domestic cooperative.
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