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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 14A.4-040: Service through registered agent.

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    (1) An entity's or foreign entity's registered agent shall be its agent for service of

    process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the entity or

    foreign entity.

    (2) If an entity or foreign entity has no registered agent, or the agen t cannot with

    reasonable diligence be served, the entity or foreign entity may be served with

    process, or any notice or demand may be served by registered or certified mail,

    return receipt requested, addressed to the entity or foreign entity at its princip al

    office and to the attention of the person or office appropriate for giving notice to the

    entity or foreign entity. Service shall be perfected under this subsection at the

    earliest of:

    (a) The date the entity or foreign entity receives the mail;

    (b) The date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the entity or

    foreign entity; or

    (c) Five (5) days after its deposit in the United States mail, as evidenced by the

    postmark, if mailed postage paid and correctly addressed.

    (3) This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required means,

    of serving an entity or foreign entity.

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