Word help
What does Service of process mean?
Formal delivery of a summons or complaint, accepted by the agent for the LLC.
The short version
- You may also hear
- Being served
- Look at these next
- Registered agent and also Registered office and also Statutory agent, resident agent and other names
Why should I care?
This is the reason states require an agent: someone has to be there to receive the papers.
Where will I run into it?
It shows up here: Forming an LLC: your state's answers, Registered agent rules: your state's answers, Does my LLC need to register in the new state?.