Under what legal authority does the Secretary of State accept service of process?

Service of Process is issued under the following statutes:

  • Tennessee’s Long-Arm Statutes, Tennessee Code Annotated (T.C.A.) Title 20, Chapter 2, Part 2.
  • The Tennessee Business Corporation Act, T.C.A. Title 48, Chapters 11-27
  • Tennessee Nonprofit Corporation Act, T.C.A. Title 48, Chapters 51-68
  • Tennessee Limited Liability Company Act ,T.C.A. Title 48,Chapters 201-248
  • The Tennessee Revised Limited Liability Company Act, T.C.A. Title 48, Chapter 249
  • The Tennessee Revised Uniform Partnership Act, T.C.A.  Title 61, Chapter 1
  • Tennessee Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, T.C.A. Title 61, Chapter 2

The Hague Convention is preprinted as an annotation to Rule 4, 28 U.S.C.A., Fed. R. Civ. P., Rules 1011, (1992) (Annotation to Rule 4).