2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 52 - Civil Actions
Chapter 896 - Civil Process, Service and Time for Return
Section 52-59c - Service upon nonresident attaching creditor.

In any action brought to foreclose a mortgage or judgment, tax or mechanic’s lien, the attorney of record for any nonresident attaching creditor, nonresident judgment lienor or nonresident mortgagee who has commenced a foreclosure action on such mortgage shall be the agent for service of process upon the creditor in the foreclosure and further service shall not be required. Service of process shall be made by the officer to whom the process is directed upon the attorney by leaving with or at the office of the attorney, at least twelve days before the return day of the process, a true and attested copy thereof, and by sending to the defendant at his last-known address, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, a like true and attested copy, with an endorsement thereon of the service upon the attorney.

(1969, P.A. 681; 1971, P.A. 36; P.A. 82-160, S. 17; P.A. 85-232, S. 2.)

History: 1971 act added reference to judgment or tax liens; P.A. 82-160 rephrased the section; P.A. 85-232 applied provisions to attorneys of record for nonresident judgment lienors or nonresident mortgagees who have commenced a foreclosure action on their mortgages.