Refusal of defendant to claim registered mail; affidavit; fee
Sec. 3. If a defendant refuses to accept or claim registered mail,
the secretary of state shall return the registered mail to the plaintiff
or to the plaintiff's attorney. The mail shall be appended to the
original process, together with an affidavit of the plaintiff or of the
attorney or agent that the summons was delivered to the secretary of
state, together with a fee of five dollars ($5), and was returned
unclaimed by the United States Postal Service. The affidavit,
together with the returned envelope including the summons, is
considered sufficient service upon the defendant.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.29.
Last modified: May 24, 2006