340. The special notice addressed to an absent property-owner or taxpayer who has appointed an agent residing in the territory of the municipality, must be served on such agent, in the same manner as on a resident owner.
If no agent resident in the territory of the municipality has been appointed, the notice shall be served by lodging, in the post-office of the locality, a copy thereof in a sealed and registered or certified envelope addressed to the absent property-owner or taxpayer.
R. S. 1964, c. 193, s. 367; 1975, c. 83, s. 84; 1996, c. 2, s. 210.