2006 Ohio Revised Code - 5747.16. Service of process on nonresidents.

§ 5747.16. Service of process on nonresidents.
 

Any nonresident who accepts the privileges extended by the laws of this state to nonresidents earning or receiving income in this state, and any resident who becomes a nonresident or conceals his whereabouts thereby makes the secretary of state his agent for the service of process or notice in any assessment, action, or proceedings instituted in this state against such person under this chapter, such process or notice shall be served by the officer to whom the same is directed 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 secretary's office 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 certified mail, postage prepaid, a like and true attested copy, with an endorsement thereon of the service upon the secretary of state, addressed to such defendant at his last known address. 
 

HISTORY: 134 v H 475. Eff 12-20-71.