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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS
Office of the Secretary of State
Corporations Division
148 W. River Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02904-2615
APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY BY NONRESIDENTS DOING BUSINESS IN
THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 9-5-29 of the General Laws, 1956, as amended, the undersigned individual or
partnership submits the following appointment for the purpose of designating an attorney with the authority to accept
service of any lawful process against the undersigned in this state.
1. The name of the individual or partnership is:
2. The name of the attorney for service of process is:
3. The address of the attorney for service of process is:
4. It is agreed that the service of any lawful process in this state on the above-named attorney shall be of the same force
and validity as service served directly upon the undersigned individual or partnership; and providing, that, in case of
garnishment, when the fees therefor shall have been paid or tendered, the attorney may make the affidavit required
by law in such cases.
Date:
Under penalty of perjury, I declare that the information contained
herein is true and correct.
Print Name of the Individual or Partnership
By
Authorized Person
Section 9-5-29 Appointment of attorney by nonresidents doing business in state. - Every individual not a resident of this state and every
partnership composed of persons not such residents, having a usual place of business in this state, temporarily or permanently, or engaged here,
temporarily or permanently, and with or without a usual place of business here, in the construction, erection, alteration, or repair of a building, bridge,
railroad, railway, or structure of any kind, shall, before carrying on business in this state, file in the office of the secretary of state a written power
appointing some competent person resident in this state as his or her or its attorney with authority to accept service of process against the individual or
partnership in this state, containing an agreement on the part of the maker that the service of any lawful process in this state on the attorney shall be of
the same force and validity as service on the individual or partnership; and providing, that in case of garnishment, when the fees therefor shall have been
paid or tendered, the attorney may make the affidavit required by law in such cases.
Section 9-5-30. Replacement of attorney for nonresident - Revocation of power. - If resident attorney, as provided in § 9-5-29, shall die, resign, or
remove from the state, the individual or partnership shall forthwith file with the secretary of state a further similar written power appointing some other
competent resident in this state as his or her or its attorney for the purpose as provided in § 9-5-29. No power of attorney required to be filed by § 9-5-29
shall be revoked until after a like power shall have been given to some other competent person resident in this state and filed. Any such individual or
partnership which has ceased to have a usual place of business in this state or to be engaged in this state in the construction, erection, alteration or
repair of a building, bridge, railroad, railway, or structure of any kind, may, however, revoke the power of attorney by a written instrument of revocation
filed in the office of the secretary of state; but no such revocation shall be effective as to any liability arising out of any act or omission occurring prior to
the time when the individual or partnership ceased to have a usual place of business in this state or to be engaged here.
Section 9-5-32- Notice to nonresident to appoint attorney - Agents for noncomplying persons. - Every individual or partnership required by §§ 9-529 - 9-5-31 to file a power of attorney and failing so to do shall be notified by the secretary of state, upon information and request by any resident of this
state, of the requirements of §§ 9-5-29 - 9-5-32; and every person who acts within the state as agent of any such individual or partnership which fails,
after receipt of the notice from the secretary of state, to file the power shall for such failure be liable to a penalty of ten dollars ($10.00) for each day
during which the person has so acted after the receipt of the notice by the individual or partnership.
Form No. 9-5-29
Revised: 12/05
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REPLACEMENT OF ATTORNEY FOR NONRESIDENTS DOING BUSINESS IN
THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 9-5-30 of the General Laws, 1956, as amended, the undersigned individual or
partnership submits the following for the purpose of designating an attorney with the authority to accept service of any
lawful process against the undersigned in this state.
1. The name of the individual or partnership is:
2. The name of the attorney for service of process as PRESENTLY shown in the records on file with the Rhode Island
Secretary of State is:
3. The name of the NEW attorney for service of process is:
4. The address of the attorney for service of process as PRESENTLY shown in the records on file with the Rhode Island
Secretary of State is:
5. The address of the NEW attorney for service of process is:
6. It is agreed that the service of any lawful process in this state on the above-named new attorney shall be of the same
force and validity as service served directly upon the undersigned individual or partnership; and providing, that, in
case of garnishment, when the fees therefor shall have been paid or tendered, the attorney may make the affidavit
required by law in such cases.
Date:
Under penalty of perjury, I declare that the information contained
herein is true and correct.
Print Name of the Individual or Partnership
By
Authorized Person
REVOCATION OF POWER OF ATTORNEY BY NONRESIDENTS DOING BUSINESS IN
THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 9-5-30 of the General Laws, 1956, as amended, the undersigned individual or
partnership submits the following for the purpose of revoking the appointment of attorney to accept service of any lawful
process in this state:
1. The Appointment of Attorney filed in the Office of the Secretary of State on
by
is hereby revoked.
Date:
Under penalty of perjury, I declare that the information contained
herein is true and correct.
Print Name of the Individual or Partnership
By
Authorized Person
Form No. 9-5-29
Revised: 12/05
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