statutory agent

An agent designated by law to receive litigation documents and other legal notices for a nonre-sident corporation.

• In most states, the secretary of state is the statutory agent for such corporations. [Cases: Corporations 507(5, 12), 646, 668(14). C.J.S. Corporations §§ 725, 728, 902, 959.]

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