10-504. Service on corporation
A. The statutory agent appointed by a corporation is an agent of the corporation on
whom process, notice or demand that is required or permitted by law to be served on the
corporation may be served and that, when so served, is lawful personal service on the
corporation.
B. If a corporation fails to appoint or maintain a statutory agent at the address
shown on the records of the commission, the commission is an agent of the corporation on
whom process, notice or demand may be served. Pursuant to the Arizona rules of civil
procedure, service on the commission of any process, notice or demand for an entity that
is registered pursuant to this title shall be made by delivering to and leaving with the
commission duplicate copies of the process, notice or demand, and the commission shall
immediately cause one of the copies of the process, notice or demand to be forwarded by
mail, addressed to the corporation at its known place of business. Service made on the
commission is returnable pursuant to applicable law relative to personal service on the
corporation. If service is made on the commission, whether under this chapter or a rule
of court, the corporation has thirty days to respond in addition to the time otherwise
provided by law.
C. The commission shall keep a permanent record of all processes, notices and
demands served on it under this section and shall record in the record the time of the
service and its action with reference to the service.
D. Notice required to be served on a corporation pursuant to section 10-1421 or
10-1422 may be served:
1. By mail addressed to the statutory agent of the corporation or, if the
corporation fails to appoint and maintain a statutory agent, addressed to the known place
of business required to be maintained pursuant to section 10-501.
2. Pursuant to the rules for service of process authorized by the Arizona rules of
civil procedure.
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