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A.<\/span> A domestic or foreign business trust<\/span>’s registered agent is the business trust’s agent for service of process<\/span>, notice, or demand required or permitted by law<\/span> to be served on the business trust. The registered agent may, by instrument in writing and acknowledged before a notary public, designate a person<\/span> or persons<\/span> in the office of the registered agent upon whom any such process, notice or demand may be served. Whenever any such person<\/span> accepts service of process<\/span>, a photographic copy of such instrument shall be attached to the return. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Whenever a domestic or foreign business trust<\/span> fails to appoint or maintain a registered agent in this Commonwealth, or whenever its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office, then the clerk of the Commission<\/span> shall be an agent of the business trust upon whom service may be made in accordance with § 12.1-19.1<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required means, of serving a domestic or foreign business trust<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSERVICE ON BUSINESS TRUST (\u00a7 13.1-1223)\n\nA. A domestic or foreign business trust’s registered agent is the business\ntrust’s agent for service of process, notice, or demand required or\npermitted by law to be served on the business trust. The registered agent may,\nby instrument in writing and acknowledged before a notary public, designate a\nperson or persons in the office of the registered agent upon whom any such\nprocess, notice or demand may be served. Whenever any such person accepts\nservice of process, a photographic copy of such instrument shall be attached to\nthe return.\n\nB. Whenever a domestic or foreign business trust fails to appoint or maintain a\nregistered agent in this Commonwealth, or whenever its registered agent cannot\nwith reasonable diligence be found at the registered office, then the clerk of\nthe Commission shall be an agent of the business trust upon whom service may be\nmade in accordance with § 12.1-19.1.\n\nC. This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required\nmeans, of serving a domestic or foreign business trust.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 621.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}