[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Liberty 6-21-1995 as L.L. No. 8-1995.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
For the purpose of this chapter, the terms used herein are defined
as follows:
Any action or proceeding which may be instituted in the Justice
Court of the Village of Liberty in connection with an alleged violation
of any of the ordinances of the Village of Liberty.
Any improved real property located within the Village of
Liberty which, in whole or in part, is nonowner occupied.
Any individual or individuals, partnership or corporation,
whether for profit or otherwise, in whose name title to a building
stands.
A summons of any notice, mandate or other paper or process
issued under any provision of the Code of the Village of Liberty.
Either the Village Clerk or Code Enforcement Officer of the
Village of Liberty.
A.Â
Every
owner of property located with the Village of Liberty shall file:
(1)Â
A statement of designation, signed and verified in the office of
the Village Clerk, setting forth the name and address, by street and
number within the Village of Liberty, of an agent upon whom process
may be served in any action or proceeding which may be commenced or
instituted against said owner.
(2)Â
A designation, signed and verified, of the Village Clerk, as the
agent upon whom process against the owner may be served, and the post
office address, within or without the Village of Liberty, to which
the Village Clerk may mail a copy of any process against such owner
served upon the Village Clerk.
B.Â
Whenever
process is served upon the Village Clerk, he shall promptly mail,
by certified mail, addressed to the agent named in said designation
at the address therein set forth, a true copy of said process.
Attached to such statement and designation shall be a certificate
properly certified by the owner that he is the owner of the premises
with respect to which statement or designation is filed.
Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, neglects
or refuses to comply with any of the terms of this chapter shall be
guilty of a violation and be subject to a fine of not more than $500.
Each week that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
The effective date of this chapter shall be upon the filing
with the Secretary of State.