(1) Service of process in any action relating to the condominium may be made on:
(a) If the condominium was submitted to the provisions of this chapter before October 3, 1989, the person designated in the declaration to receive service of process;
(b) The person named as designated agent in the Condominium Information Report filed with the Real Estate Agency under ORS 100.250;
(c) If the association is organized as a corporation under Oregon law, the registered agent in accordance with ORS 60.111 or 61.086 (1987 Replacement Part); or
(d) The chairperson or secretary of the association.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, if the association of unit owners of property submitted to the provisions of this chapter before October 15, 1983, wishes to designate a person other than the one named in the declaration to receive service of process in the cases provided in subsection (1) of this section, it shall record an amendment to the declaration. The amendment shall be certified by the chairperson and the secretary of the association of unit owners, and shall state the name of the successor with the successor’s residence or place of business as required by ORS 100.105 (1)(L), and that the person named in the amendment was designated by resolution duly adopted by the association of unit owners.
(3) Unless prohibited by the declaration or bylaws, the board of directors of the association of unit owners of property submitted to the provisions of this chapter after October 15, 1983, may elect to designate a person other than the one named in the declaration to receive service of the process in the cases provided in subsection (1) of this section. After the adoption of a resolution by the board of directors in accordance with the bylaws, the board of directors, without the need for further action by the association or approval under ORS 100.110 and 100.135, shall record an amendment to the declaration. The amendment shall be certified by the chairperson and the secretary of the association of unit owners, and shall state the name of the successor with the successor’s residence or place of business as required by ORS 100.105 (1)(L), that the person named in the amendment has consented to the designation and that the resolution was duly adopted by the association of unit owners.
(4) Subsection (3) of this section applies to property submitted to the provisions of this chapter before October 15, 1983, if:
(a) The board of directors of the association of unit owners receives a written request from at least one unit owner that subsection (3) of this section applies; or
(b) The board of directors of the association of unit owners adopts a resolution in accordance with the bylaws of the association that subsection (3) of this section applies. [Formerly 94.280; 1995 c.31 §14; 1999 c.677 §54; 2001 c.756 §61; 2007 c.410 §19]
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