2006 Ohio Revised Code - 5749.12. Service of process on nonresidents.

§ 5749.12. Service of process on nonresidents.
 

Any nonresident of this state who accepts the privilege extended by the laws of this state to nonresidents severing natural resources in this state, and any resident of this state who subsequently becomes a nonresident or conceals his whereabouts, makes the secretary of state of Ohio 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 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 certified mail, 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. 
 

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

 

Ohio Rules

Methods of service, CivR 4.1. 

Out-of-state service, CivR 4.3.