UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

before the

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Release No. 99730 / March 13, 2024

Admin. Proc. File No. 3-21871

In the Matter of

HQDA ELDERLY LIFE NETWORK CORP.

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO SERVE RESPONDENT VIA THE NEVADA

SECRETARY OF STATE

On February 29, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued an order 

instituting proceedings (“OIP”) against HQDA Elderly Life Network Corp. (“Respondent”) 

pursuant to Section 12(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.1

 On March 4, 2024, the 

Division of Enforcement filed a motion for leave to serve the OIP on Respondent via the Nevada 

Secretary of State. The Division submitted, as exhibits to the motion, printouts from 

Respondent’s corporate status pages from the website of the Nevada Secretary of State, which 

show that Respondent is a revoked Nevada corporation located in China (and whose officers are 

located in China) whose registered agent has resigned.

Commission Rule of Practice 141(a)(2)(ii) permits service on a corporation by delivering 

a copy of the OIP to any “agent authorized by appointment or law to receive such notice.”2 

Under Nevada law, corporations created in Nevada are required to have “a registered agent who 

resides or is located in [Nevada].”3 A registered agent may resign that appointment by 

complying with the procedures prescribed by statute.4 

1 HQDA Elderly Life Network Corp., Exchange Act Release No. 99629, 2024 WL 893522

(Feb. 29, 2024).

2 17 C.F.R. § 201.141(a)(2)(ii); cf. Wonhe High-Tech Int’l, Inc., Exchange Act Release No. 

91467, 2021 WL 1235878, at *1 (Apr. 2, 2021) (noting that service of an OIP on a Nevada 

corporation located in China was consistent with Rule 141(a)(2)(ii) where delivery was made to

its registered agent).

3 Moment, LLC v. Mammoth Outdoor Sports, Inc., No. 316CV00297RCJVPC, 2017 WL 

886976, at *4 (D. Nev. Mar. 6, 2017) (citing Nev. Rev. Stat. § 14.020(1)); see also Nev. Rev. 

Stat. § 80.070.

4 Nev. Rev. Stat. § 77.370.
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Under Nevada law, if a corporation fails to appoint a registered agent or fails to file a

timely statement of change of registered agent, service may be accomplished by serving the 

Nevada Secretary of State and complying with specified procedures.

5

 Among other required 

steps, a copy of the service papers must also be sent by registered or certified mail to the lastknown address of the corporation or any of its officers.6

 According to the Division’s motion and

its exhibits, Respondent’s registered agent has resigned, and Respondent has failed to appoint 

another registered agent. Thus, we find it appropriate to grant the motion.

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Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Division may serve the OIP via the Nevada 

Secretary of State in accordance with the procedures specified in Nevada Revised Statute

§ 14.030. To assist the Office of the Secretary in maintaining a record of service that establishes 

that the OIP has been properly served,8 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Division file a 

status report concerning service of the OIP by March 27, 2024, and every 28 days thereafter until 

service is accomplished.

The parties’ attention is directed to the e-filing requirements in the Rules of Practice.

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For the Commission, by the Office of the General Counsel, pursuant to delegated 

authority.

Vanessa A. Countryman

Secretary

5 Nev. Rev. Stat. § 14.030; see also Nev. R. Civ. P. 4.2(c)(3)(C) (providing for service 

through Secretary of State “[i]f, for any reason, service on an entity or association required to 

appoint a registered agent in this state or to register to do business in this state cannot be made 

under Rule 4.2(c)(1) or (2)”).

6 See, e.g., 3D Pioneer Sys., Inc., Exchange Act Release No. 99453, 2024 WL 360898, at 

*1 & n.3 (Jan. 31, 2024).

7 We have previously stated that advance permission from the Commission is not required 

for the Division to serve an OIP on a Nevada corporation via the Nevada Secretary of State. See, 

e.g., Emarine Glob., Inc., Exchange Act Release No. 93842, 2021 WL 6062970, at *1 (Dec. 21, 

2021) (finding that it was appropriate for the Division to serve an OIP on a Nevada corporation 

via the Nevada Secretary of State where the corporation’s registered agent had resigned, and that 

the Division could do so “without prior leave to do so from the Commission”).

8 See Rule of Practice 141(a)(3), 17 C.F.R. § 201.141(a)(3).

9 See Rules of Practice 151, 152(a), 17 C.F.R. §§ 201.151, .152(a) (providing procedure for 

filing papers with the Commission and mandating electronic filing in the form and manner 

posted on the Commission’s website); Instructions for Electronic Filing and Service of 

Documents in SEC Administrative Proceedings and Technical Specifications, 

https://www.sec.gov/efapdocs/instructions.pdf. Parties generally also must certify that they have 

redacted or omitted sensitive personal information from any filing. Rule of Practice 151(e), 

17 C.F.R. § 201.151(e).