{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-303.034","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 303.034","heading":"AGENTS FOR SERVICE.","body":"(a) The president, each vice president, and the registered agent of a corporation are the corporation's agents on whom a process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the corporation may be served.\n(b) If a corporation does not appoint or maintain a registered agent in this state or if the registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office, the secretary of state is an agent of the corporation on whom a process, notice, or demand may be served.\n(c) The secretary of state may be served by delivering two copies of the process, notice, or demand to the secretary of state, the deputy secretary of state, or a clerk in charge of the corporation department of the secretary of state's office. The secretary of state shall immediately forward one copy of the process, notice, or demand by registered mail to the corporation at its registered office.\n(d) Service on the secretary of state is returnable not earlier than the 30th day after the date of service.\n(e) The secretary of state shall keep a record of each process, notice, and demand served, including the time of the service and the action of the secretary of state in reference to the process, notice, or demand.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 41 (H.B. 297), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 9. PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS","SUBTITLE C. PUBLIC BUILDING PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 303. PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATIONS","SUBCHAPTER B. CREATION AND OPERATION OF PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.303.htm#303.034","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"2d62d51198e384eade61e4dec5345a15f18237f94df971eb5c74c4c2b19067f1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-303.033","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-303.035"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}