The registered agent appointed by a corporation shall be an agent of the corporation upon whom any process, notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon the corporation may be served. Nothing in this section limits or affects 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.
History: 1953 Comp., § 51-24-13, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 81, § 13.
ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — This section is derived from Section 14 of the ABA Model Business Corporation Act.
Cross references. — For service of process on secretary of state, see 38-1-5 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 19 Am. Jur. 2d Corporations §§ 2192, 2194.
What suits at domicile of corporation involving corporate stock, or rights and obligations incident thereto, are in rem, jurisdiction of which may rest on constructive service of process against nonresident, 145 A.L.R. 1393.
Setting aside default judgment for failure of statutory agent on whom process was served to notify defendant, 20 A.L.R.2d 1179.
Service in absence of express statutory direction on dissolved domestic corporation, 75 A.L.R.2d 1399.
19 C.J.S. Corporations §§ 721 to 735.