48-249-109 - Registered office and registered agent. - Tennessee Statutes

48-249-109. Registered office and registered agent.

(a)  Registered office and agent.  Each domestic and foreign LLC shall continuously maintain in this state:

     (1)  A registered office, which may be the same as any of its places of business; and

     (2)  A registered agent, who may be an individual who resides in this state, a domestic corporation, a not-for-profit domestic corporation, a domestic LLC or a domestic registered limited liability partnership; or a foreign corporation, a not-for-profit foreign corporation, a foreign LLC or a foreign registered limited liability partnership, in each case authorized to transact business in this state. The registered agent shall maintain a business office at the same street address as the registered office.

(b)  New registered agent required.  If a registered agent resigns or is unable to perform the required duties, the affected domestic or foreign LLC shall promptly designate another registered agent, to the end that each domestic LLC and each foreign LLC authorized to transact business in this state shall at all times have a registered agent in this state.

[Acts 2005, ch. 286, § 1.]