G.F.S. Ventures, Inc. v. Harris

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, because the actual residents of the registered agent’s address had never heard of the registered agent, any further attempts to serve the registered agent would be futile
• noting that, under Texas law, secretary of state becomes agent for service of process on corporation whenever corporation fails to maintain registered agent in Texas, or whenever its registered agent cannot be found with reasonable diligence at registered office.
• noting that, under Texas law, secretary of state becomes agent for service of process on corporation whenever corporation fails to maintain registered agent in Texas, or whenever its registered agent cannot be found with reasonable diligence at registered office.
• noting that, under Texas law, secretary of state becomes agent for service of process on corporation whenever corporation fails to maintain registered agent in Texas, or whenever its registered agent cannot be found with reasonable diligence at registered office.
• finding futility where deputy found that the address had been occupied by another resident for nearly a year
• an officer’s recitations in a return of service are given great weight as proof of service

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).