3.__Service on Secretary of State.__Service of any process, notice or demand on the Secretary of State may be made by delivering to and leaving with the Secretary of State duplicate copies of the process, notice or demand. If a process, notice or demand is served on the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State shall forward one of the copies by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the limited partnership or foreign limited partnership at its designated office.

4.__Service effected.__Service is effected under subsection 3 at the earliest of:

A.__The date the limited partnership or foreign limited partnership receives the process, notice or demand;

B.__The date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the limited partnership or foreign limited partnership; and

C.__Five days after the process, notice or demand is deposited in the mail, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.

5.__Record of Secretary of State.__The Secretary of State shall keep a record of each process, notice and demand served pursuant to this section and record the time of, and the action taken regarding, the service.

6.__Service in other manner.__This section does not affect the right to serve process, notice or demand in any other manner provided by law.

§1318.__Consent and proxies of partners

Action requiring the consent of partners under this chapter may be taken without a meeting, and a partner may appoint a proxy to consent or otherwise act for the partner by signing an appointment record, either personally or by the partner's attorney in fact.

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