Vermont Statutes Title 11 Sec. 1630
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 11 Sec. 1630
- Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
- Town: shall include city and wards or precincts therein; "selectboard members" and "board of civil authority" shall extend to and include the mayor and aldermen of cities; "trustees" shall extend to and include bailiffs of incorporated villages; and the laws applicable to the inhabitants and officers of towns shall be applicable to the inhabitants and similar officers of all municipal corporations. See
§ 1630. Process agent
Each nonresident doing business in this State in his or her individual capacity, or as copartner or member of a copartnership or association required by sections 1621 and 1623 of this title to file the returns therein specified, or under any name other than his or her own, except as otherwise provided, shall appoint in writing a person having an office or place of business and residing in the town wherein the principal office of such nonresident, copartnership, or association is located, upon whom process against such nonresident may be served in an action founded upon a liability incurred in this State. Such appointment shall continue in force until revoked by a like instrument appointing another person therein residing, and having therein an office or place of business. Such instrument shall be recorded with the Secretary of State. In the event a nonresident has not appointed a process agent, and has not filed such appointment, as set forth in this section, the Secretary of State shall be such process agent. (Amended 1961, No. 217, § 1; eff. July 13, 1961; 1993, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 26.)