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(a) Service of legal process upon any corporation of the Commonwealth shall be made by delivering a copy personally to any officer or director of the corporation in the Commonwealth, or the registered agent of the corporation in the Commonwealth, or by leaving it at the dwelling house or usual place of abode in the Commonwealth of any officer, director or registered agent (if the registered agent be an individual), or at the registered office or other place of business of the corporation in the Commonwealth. If the registered agent be a corporation, service of process upon it as such agent may be made by serving, in the Commonwealth, a copy thereof on the president, vice-president, secretary, assistant secretary or any director of the corporate registered agent. Service by copy left at the dwelling house or usual place of abode of any officer, director or registered agent, or at the registered office or other place of business of the corporation in the Commonwealth, to be effective must be delivered thereat at least six (6) days before the return date of the process, and in the presence of an adult person, and the officer serving the process shall distinctly state the manner of

must be delivered thereat at least six (6) days before the return date of the process, and in the presence of an adult person, and the officer serving the process shall distinctly state the manner of service in such person’s return thereto. Process returnable forthwith must be delivered personally to the officer, director or registered agent.\n(b) Whenever a corporation cannot be served by due diligence with process by delivery to any person authorized to receive it pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, process may be served in the manner provided in the Rules of Civil Procedure of the Commonwealth.\nHistory —Dec. 16, 2009, No. 164, § 12.01.