183.1010 Service on foreign limited liability company.

(1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3), the registered agent of a foreign limited liability company authorized to transact business in this state is the foreign limited liability company's agent for service of process, notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the foreign limited liability company.

(2) A foreign limited liability company authorized to transact business in this state may be served in the manner provided in sub. (4) if the foreign limited liability company has no registered agent or its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served.

(3) A foreign limited liability company formerly authorized to transact business in this state may be served in the manner provided in sub. (4) in any civil, criminal, administrative or investigatory proceeding based on a cause of action arising while it was authorized to transact business in this state, if the foreign limited liability company has withdrawn its registration in this state under s. 183.1011.

(4)

(a) With respect to a foreign limited liability company described in sub. (2) or (3), the foreign limited liability company may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the foreign limited liability company at its principal office as shown on the records of the department, except as provided in par. (b). Service is perfected under this paragraph at the earliest of the following:

1. The date on which the foreign limited liability company receives the mail.

2. The date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the foreign limited liability company.

3. Five days after the mail is deposited in the U.S. mail, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.

(b) Except as provided in s. 183.1021 (2g) (b), if the address of the foreign limited liability company's principal office cannot be determined from the records of the department, the foreign limited liability company may be served by publishing a class 3 notice, under ch. 985, in the community where the foreign limited liability company's principal office or, if not in this state, its registered office, as most recently designated in the records of the department, is located.

(5) This section does not limit or affect the right to serve any process, notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon a foreign limited liability company in any other manner permitted by law.

History: 1993 a. 112; 1995 a. 27; 2011 a. 234.