Current through the 2024 Budget Session
Section 17-28-104 - Service on business entity(a) A business entity's registered agent, or the natural person having an agency relationship with the registered agent as provided in W.S. 17-28-101(a), shall accept service of process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law that is served on the entity. The secretary of state may provide service of process, notice or demand by electronic means.(b) If a business entity has no registered agent, or the agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the entity may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the entity at its principal office. Service is perfected under this subsection at the earliest of:(i) The date the entity receives the mail;(ii) The date shown on the return receipt, if signed, either manually or in facsimile, on behalf of the entity; or(iii) Five (5) days after its deposit in the United States mail, as evidenced by the postmark, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.(c) A business entity may be served as provided in this section or as provided in the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure.(d) Every entity shall provide to its registered agent, or to the secretary of state as provided in W.S. 17-28-107(b), and keep current the name, mailing address and physical address, if different, and business telephone number of a natural person who is an officer, director, limited liability company member or manager, managing partner or trustee of the entity who is authorized to receive communications from the registered agent and is deemed the designated communications contact for the entity. The designated communications contact for the entity shall not be the entity's registered agent or an employee of the entity's registered agent unless the registered agent is the entity's officer, director, limited liability company member or manager, managing partner or trustee.(e) Upon formation of a business entity, the business entity shall execute a consent to service by electronic means for use in the limited circumstances where the business entity has no registered agent or where the agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served. Upon acceptance of a summons in accordance with the limited circumstances specified in this subsection, the secretary of state may elect to serve the business entity by electronic means in lieu of the process specified in subsection (b) of this section. Service is perfected under this subsection on the date the electronic communication is sent to the business entity.Amended by Laws 2021 , ch. 21, § 2, eff. 7/1/2021.Amended by Laws 2017 , ch. 156, § 1, eff. 7/1/2017.