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(805 ILCS 105/105.25) (from Ch. 32, par. 105.25)
Sec. 105.25. Service of process on domestic or foreign
corporation.
(a) Any process, notice, or demand required
or permitted by law to be served upon a domestic corporation
or a foreign corporation having authority
to conduct affairs in this State may be served either upon
the registered agent appointed by the corporation or upon
the Secretary of State as provided in this Section.
(b) The Secretary of State shall be irrevocably appointed
as an agent of a domestic corporation or of a foreign
corporation having authority upon whom any
process, notice or demand may be served:
(1) Whenever the corporation shall fail to appoint or |
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(2) Whenever the corporation's registered agent
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(3) When a domestic corporation has been dissolved,
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| the conditions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) exist, and an action, suit or proceeding is instituted against or affecting the corporation within the two years after the dissolution or the filing of a judgment of dissolution; or
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(3.5) When a domestic corporation has been dissolved,
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| the conditions of paragraph (1) or (2) exist, and a criminal proceeding has been instituted against or affecting the corporation; or
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(4) When the authority of a foreign corporation to
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(c) Service under subsection (b) shall be made by:
(1) Service on the Secretary of State, or on any
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| clerk having charge of the corporation division at his or her office, of a copy of the process, notice or demand, together with any papers required by law to be delivered in connection with service, and a fee as prescribed by subsection (b) of Section 115.15 of this Act;
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(2) Transmittal by the person instituting the action,
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| suit or proceeding of notice of the service on the Secretary of State and a copy of the process, notice or demand and accompanying papers to the corporation being served, by registered or certified mail:
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(i) At the last registered office of the
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| corporation as shown by the records on file in the office of the Secretary of State; or
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(ii) At such address the use of which the person
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| instituting the action, suit or proceeding knows or, on the basis of reasonable inquiry, has reason to believe is most likely to result in actual notice; and
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(3) Appendage by the person instituting the action,
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| suit or proceeding of an affidavit of compliance with this Section in substantially such form as the Secretary of State may by rule or regulation prescribe, to the process, notice or demand.
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(d) Nothing herein contained shall limit or affect the
right to serve any process, notice, or demand required or
permitted by law to be served upon a corporation in any
other manner now or hereafter permitted by law.
(e) The Secretary of State shall keep a record of all
processes, notices, and demands served upon him or her under
this Section, and shall record therein the time of such
service and his or her action with reference thereto but
shall not be required to retain such information for a
period longer than five years from his or her receipt of the
service.
(Source: P.A. 98-171, eff. 8-5-13.)
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