Wisconsin Code § 181.0504

(1)
A corporation may be served with any process, notice, or demand
required or permitted by law by serving its registered agent. The
department may serve any written notice required or authorized
under this chapter by e-mailing it to the registered agent’s e-mail
address on file with the department, and such notice shall be effective as provided in s. 181.0105 (4).
(2) Except as provided in sub. (3), if a corporation has no registered agent, or its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the corporation may be served by registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, or by similar commercial
delivery service, addressed to the corporation at its principal office, as shown on the records of the department on the date of
sending. Service is perfected under this subsection at the earliest
of the following:
(a) The date the corporation receives the mail or delivery by
commercial delivery service.
(b) The date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf
of the corporation.
(c) Five days after it is deposited in the U.S. mail, or with the
commercial delivery service, if correctly addressed and with sufficient postage or payment.
(3) If process, notice, or demand in an action cannot be
served on a corporation pursuant to sub. (1) or (2), service may be
made by handing a copy to the individual in charge of any regular
place of business or activity of the corporation if the individual
served is not a plaintiff in the action. If the address of the corporation’s principal office cannot be determined from the records of
the department, the corporation may be served by publishing a
class 3 notice, under ch. 985, in the community where the corporation’s principal office or registered office, as most recently designated in the records of the department, is located.
(3m) Service of process, notice, or demand on a registered
agent must be in a written record.
(4) Service of process, notice, or demand may be made by
other means under law other than this chapter.

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