§ 851. Service on Secretary of State When a foreign corporation has appointed the Secretary of State as its process agent pursuant to the statutes relating to such corporations, service of process made upon the Secretary by delivering to him or her duplicate copies thereof, shall be sufficient. A copy of the stipulation, filed under […]
§ 852. Fees; mailing of copy to corporation When process is served on the Secretary of State under the provisions of section 851 of this title, there shall be paid to him or her by the officer at the time of such service the sum of $5.00. The Secretary shall forthwith forward by mail prepaid […]
§ 853. Doing business by particular companies without designating process agent; penalty A person or agent for a foreign insurance, express, shipping car, telephone or telegraph company, or other foreign company doing like business, which has not designated the Secretary of State as its process agent, as required by 11 V.S.A. § 692 who solicits […]
§ 855. Doing business as appointment of process agent If the contact with the State or the activity in the state of a foreign corporation, or the contact or activity imputable to it, is sufficient to support a Vermont personal judgment against it, the contact or activity shall be deemed to be doing business in […]
§ 856. Service of process Service of process by virtue of section 855 of this title shall be made by delivering to the Secretary of State duplicate copies of the process, with the officer’s return of service thereon, and a fee of $25.00, to be taxed in the plaintiff’s costs if he or she prevails. […]
§ 857. Continuance; costs The court in which the action is pending may order such continuances as may be necessary to afford the defendant reasonable opportunity to appear and defend. The fee provided in section 856 of this title shall be taxed in the plaintiff’s costs if he or she prevails.
§ 858. Alternative means of service As an alternative to service of process under this subchapter or when a stipulation appointing the Secretary of State as process agent is not filed with the Commissioner of Foreign Corporations, process may be served upon a foreign corporation in accordance with sections 912 and 913 of this title […]
