A corporation may be served by personal, residence, certified mail, or designated delivery service upon any officer, director, managing agent, or registered agent, or by leaving the process at the corporation's registered office with a person employed therein, or by certified mail or designated delivery service to the corporation's registered office.
§ 25-509.01.Service on corporation.
Article 5: Commencement of Actions and Service of Process · Last amended 2011 · Last verified July 22, 2026
In one sentenceThis section lists who can accept service for a corporation in Nebraska — an officer, director, managing agent, or registered agent, or someone at its registered office — using any of the standard service methods.
Full Text of § 25-509.01
Source
Laws 1983, LB 447, § 26; Laws 2011, LB669, § 11.
Plain-English Summary
Corporations cannot be handed a summons the way an individual can, so section 25-509.01 defines who stands in for the company. A corporation may be served by personal, residence, certified mail, or designated delivery service upon any officer, director, managing agent, or registered agent. That gives a plaintiff several people to target rather than one specific gatekeeper.
The section also offers a location-based option: the process can be left at the corporation’s registered office with a person employed there, or sent by certified mail or designated delivery service to that registered office. A corporation’s registered office and agent are matters of public record with the Nebraska Secretary of State, which makes this method a practical way to serve a company whose officers are hard to track down individually.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who can be served on behalf of a corporation in Nebraska?
Any officer, director, managing agent, or registered agent of the corporation, using personal, residence, certified mail, or designated delivery service.
Can I serve a corporation by leaving papers at its office?
Yes. The process can be left at the corporation’s registered office with an employee there, or sent by certified mail or designated delivery service to that address.
How do I find a corporation’s registered agent or registered office?
That information is on file with the Nebraska Secretary of State as part of the corporation’s registration records.
Does it matter which officer or director I serve?
No particular officer or director is designated as the required recipient — service on any one officer, director, managing agent, or registered agent satisfies the section.
What if the corporation has dissolved?
A dissolved corporation is served differently, under section 25-511.02, rather than under this section.
Can a corporation be served by certified mail without going through an officer?
Yes, certified mail or designated delivery service sent to the corporation’s registered office is one of the methods this section allows.
Source & verification. Section text and the amendment-history citation are
reproduced verbatim from the Nebraska Legislature, Revisor of Statutes, enacted by the
Nebraska Legislature. Last verified July 22, 2026. ·
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