Yesterday's post discussed how to effect service on a foreign corporation. Two of three statutory options relate to service on an agent of the corporation. What if an agent cannot be found? Mirabile dictu! The GCL provides answers when:
Cal. Corp. Code ยง 2111(a). In these cases, the statute authorizes a court to order that service be made by personal delivery to the Secretary of State or to an assistant or deputy secretary of state. Service in this manner is deemed complete on the 10th day after delivery of the process to the Secretary of State. The statute provides additional details on the number of copies to be delivered and what the Secretary of State is to do with the copies.