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Code · Connecticut · Title 34 — Limited Partnerships, Partnerships, Professional Associations, Limited Liability Companies and Statutory Trusts · CHAPTER 615 — Statutory Trusts

Sec. 34-532. Appointment of agent for service of process.

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(a)Each foreign statutory trust shall, before transacting business in this state, appoint in writing an agent upon whom all process, in any action or proceeding against it, may be served, and by such appointment the foreign statutory trust shall agree that any process against it which is served on such agent shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served on the foreign statutory trust in this state.
(b)A foreign statutory trust's agent for service upon whom process may be served shall be:
(1)The Secretary of the State and his successors in office;
(2)a natural person who is a resident of this state;
(3)a domestic corporation;
(4)a corporation not organized under the laws of this state which has procured a certificate of authority to transact business or conduct its affairs in this state;
(5)a domestic limited liability company;
(6)a limited liability company not organized under the laws of this state which has procured a certificate of registration to transact business or conduct its affairs in this state;
(7)a domestic registered limited liability partnership;
(8)a registered limited liability partnership not organized under the laws of this state and which has procured a certificate of authority to transact business or conduct its affairs in this state;
(9)a domestic statutory trust; or
(10)a foreign statutory trust which has procured a certificate of registration to transact business or conduct its affairs in this state.
(c)A foreign statutory trust's appointment of the Secretary of the State and his successors in office as its initial agent upon whom process may be served shall be included in the application for registration as provided in section 34-531 . A subsequent appointment of the Secretary of the State and his successors in office as a foreign statutory trust's agent upon whom process may be served shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of the State in such form as the secretary shall prescribe.
(d)A foreign statutory trust's appointment of a natural person or an entity set forth in subdivisions
(2)to (10), inclusive, of subsection
(b)of this section as its initial agent upon whom process may be served shall be included in the application for registration as provided in section 34-531 . A foreign statutory trust's subsequent appointment of any such natural person or entity as its agent upon whom process may be served shall be filed with the Secretary of the State in such form as the secretary shall prescribe setting forth:
(1)The name of the foreign statutory trust;
(2)the name of such agent;
(3)a statement of acceptance by the statutory agent therein appointed; and
(4)if such agent is a natural person, the business and residence addresses thereof; if such agent is an entity organized under the laws of this state, the address of the principal office thereof; if such agent is an entity not organized under the laws of this state, the address of the principal office thereof in this state. In each case, the address shall include the street and number or other particular designation. All subsequent written appointments filed with the Secretary of the State shall be signed by a trustee of the foreign statutory trust and, if other than the Secretary of the State, by the statutory agent therein appointed.
(e)If an agent dies, dissolves, removes from the state or resigns, the foreign statutory trust shall forthwith appoint another agent upon whom process may be served. If such agent changes his or its address within the state from that appearing upon the records in the office of the Secretary of the State, the foreign statutory trust or agent shall forthwith file with the Secretary of the State notice of the new address. Such agent may resign by filing with the Secretary of the State a signed statement in duplicate to that effect. The Secretary of the State shall forthwith file one copy and mail the other copy of such statement to the foreign statutory trust at the office designated in the application for registration filed pursuant to section 34-531 . Upon the expiration of thirty days after the mailing of such notice, the resignation shall be effective. A foreign statutory trust may revoke the appointment of an agent upon whom process may be served by making a new appointment as provided in this section and any new appointment so made revokes all appointments theretofore made.
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