§ 13.1-1221. Change of registered office or registered agent
A. A business trust or a foreign business trust registered pursuant to Article 9 (§ 13.1-1241 et seq.) of this chapter may change its registered office or registered agent, or both, upon filing in the office of the Commission a statement of change on a form supplied by the Commission that sets forth:
1. The name of the business trust or foreign business trust;
2. The address of its current registered office;
3. If the current registered office is to be changed, the post office address, including the street and number, if any, of the new registered office, and the name of the city or county in which it is to be located;
4. The name of its current registered agent;
5. If the current registered agent is to be changed, the name of the new registered agent; and
6. That after the change or changes are made, the business trust or foreign business trust will be in compliance with the requirements of § 13.1-1220.
B. A statement of change shall forthwith be filed in the office of the Commission by a business trust or a foreign business trust registered pursuant to Article 9 (§ 13.1-1241 et seq.) of this chapter whenever its registered agent dies, resigns or ceases to satisfy the requirements of § 13.1-1220.
C. If (i) the business address of a registered agent changes to another place within this Commonwealth, (ii) the name of a registered agent changes, or (iii) a registered agent merges into an entity that is qualified to serve as a registered agent pursuant to § 13.1-1220, the registered agent or surviving entity shall forthwith file a statement as required above except that it need be signed, either manually or in facsimile, only by the registered agent or the surviving entity and shall recite that a copy of the statement has been mailed to the business trust on whose behalf it is to be filed.
(2002, c. 621; 2003, c. 597.)
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