[§414D-74] Service on corporation. (a) A corporation's registered agent shall be the corporation's agent for service of process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the corporation.
(b) If a corporation has no registered agent, or the registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the corporation may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the corporation at its principal office shown in the most recent annual report filed pursuant to section 414D-308. Service shall be perfected under this subsection on the earliest of:
(1) The date the corporation receives the notice via mail service;
(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. [L 2001, c 105, pt of §1]