Illinois Statutes Chapter 805. Business Organizations § 5/5.25. Service of process on domestic or foreign corporation

(1) Whenever the corporation shall fail to appoint or maintain a registered agent in this State, or

(2) Whenever the corporation's registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office in this State, or

(3) When a domestic corporation has been dissolved, the conditions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) exist, and a civil action, suit or proceeding is instituted against or affecting the corporation within the five years after the issuance of a certificate of dissolution or the filing of a judgment of dissolution, or

(4) When a domestic corporation has been dissolved, the conditions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) exist, and a criminal proceeding has been instituted against or affecting the corporation, or

(5) When the authority of a foreign corporation to transact business in this State has been revoked or withdrawn.

(1) Service on the Secretary of State, or on any clerk having charge of the corporation division of his or her office, of a copy of the process, notice or demand, together with any papers required by law to be delivered in connection with service, and a fee as prescribed by subsection (b) of Section 15.15 of this Act;

(2) Transmittal by the person instituting the action, suit or proceeding of notice of the service on the Secretary of State and a copy of the process, notice or demand and accompanying papers to the corporation being served, by registered or certified mail:

(3) Appendage, by the person instituting the action, suit or proceeding, of an affidavit of compliance with this Section, in substantially such form as the Secretary of State may by rule or regulation prescribe, to the process, notice or demand.