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Section 10A-1-5.32


Published: 2015

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Section 10A-1-5.32

Section 10A-1-5.32Change by entity of registered office or registered agent.

(a) A filing entity, registered limited liability partnership required to maintain a registered office and registered agent under Section 10A-1-5.31(a), or foreign filing entity or other foreign entity required to register in this state pursuant to Section 10A-1-7.01, may change its registered office, its registered agent, or both, by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing a statement of the change in accordance with Article 4.



(b) The statement must contain:



(1) the name of the entity;



(2) the name of the entity's registered agent;



(3) the street address of the entity's registered agent;



(4) if the change relates to the registered agent, the name of the entity's new registered agent and the new registered agent's written consent to the appointment, either on the statement or attached to it;



(5) if the change relates to the registered office, the street address of the entity's new registered office;



(6) a recitation that the change specified in the statement is authorized by the entity; and



(7) a recitation that the street address of the registered office and the street address of the registered agent's business are the same.



(c) On acceptance of the statement by the Secretary of State, the statement is:



(1) in the case of a domestic filing entity, effective to change the designation of the entity's registered agent or registered office, or both, without the necessity of amending the entity's certificate of formation;



(2) in the case of a domestic registered limited liability partnership, effective to change its registered agent or registered office, or both, without the necessity of amending its registration as a limited liability partnership filed under Section 10A-8-10.01;



(3) in the case of a foreign filing entity, effective to change the designation of the entity's registered agent or registered office, or both, and effective as an amendment of its application for registration as a foreign entity under Article 7; or



(4) in the case of a foreign registered limited liability partnership, effective to change the designation of its registered agent or registered office, or both, without the necessity of amending its registration as a limited liability partnership filed under Section 10A-8-10.01, and effective as an amendment to its application for registration as a foreign entity under Article 7.

(Act 2009-513, p. 967, ยง43.)