2006 Ohio Revised Code - 5728.12. Service on non-resident.

§ 5728.12. Service on non-resident.
 

Any non-resident of this state who accepts the privilege extended by the laws of this state to non-residents of operating a commercial car or commercial tractor, which is subject to the tax levied in section 5728.06 of the Revised Code, or of having the same operated within this state, and any resident of this state who operates a commercial car or commercial tractor, which is subject to the tax levied in section 5728.06 of the Revised Code, or has the same operated within this state and subsequently becomes a non-resident or conceals his whereabouts, makes the secretary of state of the state of Ohio his agent for the service of process or notice in any assessment, action or proceeding instituted in this state against such person out of the failure to pay the taxes imposed upon him by the provisions of section 5728.06 of the Revised Code. 
 

Such process or notice shall be served, by the officer to whom the same is directed or by the tax commissioner, or by the sheriff of Franklin county, who may be deputized for such purpose by the officer to whom the service is directed, upon the secretary of state by leaving at the office of the secretary of state, at least fifteen days before the return day of such process or notice, a true and attested copy thereof, and by sending to the defendant by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, a like and true attested copy, with an endorsement thereon of the service upon said secretary of state, addressed to such defendant at his last known address. The registered or certified mail return receipt of such defendant shall be attached to and made a part of the return of such service of process. 
 

HISTORY: 125 v 369 (Eff 7-16-53); 126 v 817. Eff 9-30-55.