Regarding a Churchs Chicken sublease, what methods are acceptable for delivering notices, demands, and other communications between parties?
Churchs_Chicken Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
All notices, demands and any other communications by either party to the other in connection with this Sublease shall be in writing and shall be delivered by personal delivery, by nationally recognized overnight courier service, or by certified U.S. Mail, return receipt requested, to the parties at the addresses set out below or at such other addresses as may be specified by written notice delivered in accordance herewith. All notices shall be effective upon receipt thereof. Notices sent via certified U. S. mail with return receipt requested are effective on the earliest of the date received, the date of the delivery receipt, or the third day after postmark, as applicable.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 68–406)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Churchs Chicken's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, all notices, demands, and other communications related to a sublease must be in writing. These communications can be delivered in the following ways:
First, parties can deliver in person. Second, a nationally recognized overnight courier service can be used. Third, parties can use certified U.S. Mail with return receipt requested.
Notices sent via certified U.S. mail with return receipt requested are effective on the earliest of the date received, the date of the delivery receipt, or the third day after the postmark, as applicable. All notices become effective upon receipt.