§ 13.1-834. Change of registered office or registered agent
A. A corporation 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 corporation;
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 county or city 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 corporation will be in compliance with the requirements of § 13.1-833.
B. A statement of change shall forthwith be filed in the office of the Commission by a corporation whenever its registered agent dies, resigns or ceases to satisfy the requirements of § 13.1-833.
C. If (i) the business address of a registered agent changes to another place within the 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 § 13.1-833, 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, reciting that a copy of the statement has been mailed to the corporation on whose behalf it is to be filed.
(Code 1950, § 13.1-209; 1956, c. 428; 1958, c. 564; 1975, c. 500; 1976, c. 4; 1985, c. 522; 1986, c. 622; 1987, c. 183; 1988, c. 405; 2003, c. 597; 2007, c. 925.)
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