35-1-317. Demand on or notice to corporation. (1) This section applies when the law requires or permits a demand on or notice to a corporation. However, the law does not require that the demand or notice be served in accordance with the Montana Rules of Civil Procedure.
     (2) A corporation's registered agent is the corporation's agent for demand or notice required or permitted by law.
     (3) If a corporation has no registered agent or the agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the demand may be made or the corporation may be notified by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the secretary of the corporation at its principal office. The demand or notice is perfected under this subsection at the earliest of:
     (a) the date the corporation receives the mail;
     (b) the date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the corporation; or
     (c) 5 days after its deposit in the United States mail, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.

     History: En. Sec. 32, Ch. 368, L. 1991.