950 CMR, § 110.04
Service of legal process in all judicial and administrative proceedings against a foreign corporation doing business in the Commonwealth shall be made by an officer authorized to serve legal process upon the Division. Service of legal process may be made upon the Division against a foreign corporation no longer doing business in the Commonwealth if the proceeding involves a liability alleged to have been incurred by the foreign corporation while it was doing business in the Commonwealth. If the foreign corporation has designated a resident agent in its most recent certificate filed with the Division then service of process shall not be deemed to have been completed until the resident agent has received the service of process from the Division, unless the resident agent cannot be found at the designated address or unless the resident agent refuses to act as such.
When legal process is served upon the Division by an officer authorized to serve such process, the Division shall take the following steps pursuant to M.G.L. c. 181, § 15:
In the event that the foreign corporation is not registered to do business in the Commonwealth and the plaintiff or his attorney has not furnished the address of the foreign corporation, the Division shall return the notice and copies of the process to the plaintiff or his attorney.
950 CMR, § 110.04