[§429-10]  Appointment of agent to receiveservice of process.  (a)  A nonprofit association may file in the office ofthe registrar of the land court or in the bureau of conveyances a statementappointing an agent authorized to receive service of process.

(b)  A statement appointing an agent shall setforth:

(1)  The name of the nonprofit association;

(2)  The federal tax identification number, if any, ofthe nonprofit association;

(3)  The address in this State, including the streetaddress, if any, of the nonprofit association or, if the nonprofit associationdoes not have an address in this State, its address out-of-state; and

(4)  The name of the person in this State authorizedto receive service of process and the person's address, including the streetaddress, in this State.

(c)  A statement appointing an agent shall besigned and acknowledged by a person authorized to manage the affairs of anonprofit association.  The statement shall also be signed and acknowledged bythe person to be appointed agent, who thereby accepts the appointment.  Theappointed agent may resign by filing a resignation in the office of theregistrar of the land court or in the bureau of conveyances and giving noticeto the nonprofit association.

(d)  A filing officer may collect a fee forfiling a statement appointing an agent to receive service of process, anamendment, a cancellation, or a resignation in the amount charged for filingsimilar documents.

(e)  An amendment to or cancellation of astatement appointing an agent to receive service of process shall meet therequirements for execution of an original statement. [L 1999, c 161, pt of §1]