Paramount Credit Inc., D/B/A 5 Star Autoplex v. Kimberly Montgomery

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• stating service through the Texas Secretary of State is inappropriate where reasonable diligence is not evident from the record “even if a corporation has failed to designate and maintain a registered agent and registered office”
• “We have previously held that one attempt at service constitutes reasonable diligence when it is clear from the record that further attempts would be futile.”
• if the record before the trial court does not affirmatively show, at the time that default judgment is requested, that the defendant has appeared, was properly served, or waived service in writing, the trial court lacks personal 9 jurisdiction over the defendant.
• where process server’s affidavit was unclear regarding what attempts he made to serve the defendant’s registered agent at his registered address, the record did not reflect that plaintiff used reasonable diligence in attempting to serve process on the agent prior to serving Secretary of State
• strict 11 compliance with diligence requirement is required

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