A. The registered agent of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth shall be an agent of the foreign corporation upon whom any process, notice, order, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon the corporation may be served. The registered agent may by instrument in writing, acknowledged before a notary public, designate a natural person or persons in the office of the registered agent upon whom any such process, notice, order, or demand may be served. Whenever any such person accepts service of process, a photographic copy of such instrument shall be attached to the return.
B. Whenever a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth fails to appoint or maintain a registered agent in the Commonwealth, or whenever its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office, then the clerk of the Commission shall be an agent of the foreign corporation upon whom service may be made in accordance with § 12.1-19.1.
C. Nothing in this section shall limit or affect the right to serve any process, notice, order, or demand, required or permitted by law to be served upon a foreign corporation in any other manner now or hereafter permitted by law.
Code 1950, §§ 13-214 to 13-217, 13.1-111; 1956, c. 428; 1975, c. 500; 1985, c. 522; 1986, cc. 571, 622; 1991, c. 672; 2001, cc. 517, 541; 2019, c. 734.
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Yelp, Inc. v. Hadeed Carpet Cleaning, Inc., 752 S.E.2d 554 (Va. Ct. App. 2014).
· cites it 30× “” Code § 13.1-766 provides, in relevant part: “The registered agent of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this Commonwealth shall be an agent of such corporation upon whom any process, 8 Code § 13.”
Hadeed Carpet Cleaning, Inc. v. Doe, 86 Va. Cir. 59 (Alexandria Cir. Ct. 2012).
· cites it 3× “According to Va. Code § 13.1-766, a registered agent of a foreign corporation “shall be an agent of such corporation upon whom any process, notice, order, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon the corporation may be served.”
Yelp, Inc. v. Hadeed Carpet Cleaning (Va. 2015).
· cites it 2× “4 Both the circuit court and Court of Appeals relied upon Code § 13.1-766(A), which states that "[t]he registered agent of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this Commonwealth shall be an agent of such corporation upon whom any process, notice, order or…”
Geloo v. Doe, 43 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 2125 (Fairfax Cir. Ct. 2014).
“By substituted service on a foreign corporation in accordance with §§ 13.1-766 and 13.1-928, if such corporation is authorized to transact business or affairs within the Commonwealth; 3.”
— Va. Code Ann. § 13.1-766(A) — 1 case
Yelp, Inc. v. Hadeed Carpet Cleaning (Va. 2015).
“4 Both the circuit court and Court of Appeals relied upon Code § 13.1-766(A), which states that "[t]he registered agent of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this Commonwealth shall be an agent of such corporation upon whom any process, notice, order or…”
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